DECIDES Clause Samples

DECIDES. (1) to establish, in accordance with Rule 41 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, an open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group in order to draft and negotiate an international instrument to define the modalities, terms and conditions, and operational dimensions of the WHO Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (hereinafter PABS IGWG), in accordance with Article 12 of the Agreement, with a view to adoption by the Health Assembly under Article 21 of the WHO Constitution, or under relevant provisions of the Agreement, as may be deemed appropriate; (2) that the PABS IGWG shall be open to all States and regional economic integration organizations referred to in Article 33 of the Agreement; (3) to request the Director-General to convene, as early as possible and no later than 15 June 2024, a PABS preparatory committee, composed of independent experts, on terms of reference to be established in accordance with the Regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees, to prepare proposals, in accordance with Article 12 of the Agreement, for the consideration of the PABS IGWG, and to further request that the PABS preparatory committee submit its report to the Director-General no later than 15 September 2024, with the Director-General communicating it without delay to the PABS IGWG; (4) that the first meeting of the PABS IGWG shall follow the conclusion of the work of the PABS preparatory committee described in paragraph 8(3), and in any event shall be held no later than 1 October 2024, in order to elect two co-chairs, reflecting a balance of developed and developing countries, and to define and agree on its working methods and timelines, consistent with this resolution and based on the principles of inclusiveness, transparency, efficiency, Member State leadership and consensus; (5) in order to provide that WHO Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System is operational no later than 31 May 2026, that the PABS IGWG shall submit its outcome for consideration by the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly, or to the Conference of the Parties, as appropriate to the legal nature of the proposed international instrument deemed appropriate by the PABS IGWG;

DECIDES. The State of Israel is invited to accede to the Convention on the terms proposed in the Final Statement by the Government of the State of Israel [C(2010)43/FINAL] and those set out below.