Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics have begun at the World Health Organization (WHO). The United Nations health agency has set a target date of May 2024 for its 194-member countries to reach an agreement. The goal is to develop rules for dealing with infectious diseases that affect the world. A new agreement is among more than 200 recommendations for improving defenses against new infectious materials. The recommendations were made in studies of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused the deaths of more than 6.2 million people in two years. An independent advisory group described the WHO as underpowered when COVID-19 appeared. It said the agency had limited powers to investigate outbreaks and to organize measures to limit the spread of disease. On February 17, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on the G20 economic powers to create a fund at the World Bank to help prevent global pandemics. It is among the efforts that could decide the future of the 74-year-old body.
Title: Does the WHO Need a New Treaty for Pandemics?
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data-end-time='33542'>The goal is to develop rules for dealing with infectious diseases that affect the world.</span> <span data-start-time='33542' data-end-time='45833'>A new agreement is among more than 200 recommendations for improving defenses against new infectious materials. </span> <span data-start-time='45833' data-end-time='61896'>The recommendations were made in studies of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused the deaths of more than 6.2 million people in two years.</span> <span data-start-time='61896' data-end-time='73667'>An independent advisory group described the WHO as underpowered when COVID-19 appeared. </span> <span data-start-time='73667' data-end-time='86750'>It said the agency had limited powers to investigate outbreaks and to organize measures to limit the spread of disease.</span> <span data-start-time='86750' data-end-time='105792'>On February 17, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on the G20 economic powers to create a fund at the World Bank to help 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