— Kuwait and the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday discussed a draft legally binding agreement on the prevention of any future pandemic, and response to it on the basis of solidarity and fairness principles.

This came in a meeting held between Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva Ambassador Nasser Al-Hayen and WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus in Geneva.

Speaking to KUNA after the meeting, Al-Hayen said the talks covered the organization’s view on the draft, within the framework of applying the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic.

He lauded the WHO’s efforts and effective role in shedding light on several problems related to health systems and the importance of being ready for any pandemic or emergency cases across the world.

Al-Hayen voiced Kuwait’s keenness on enhancing its distinguished ties with the WHO for developing Kuwait’s health system to be very ready for any emergency cases.

Meanwhile, Ghebreyesus extolled Kuwait’s health system performance mainly during the Covid-19 and beyond

Source: Kuwait News Agency