2 June 2025
Fellow Regional Administrators, Distinguished Colleagues, Companions,
It’s my nice honour to affix you right now for the signing of the Regional QPT Joint Assertion.
The institution of a Regional Quadripartite One Well being Coordination Mechanism is a significant step ahead for the well being and resilience of our Area.
The well being of individuals, animals, and ecosystems is deeply interconnected.
Within the Jap Mediterranean Area, we have now seen firsthand the devastating penalties of zoonotic outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance, and foodborne ailments—challenges that demand a unified, multisectoral response.
With 18 of twenty-two international locations within the Area having reported rising zoonotic ailments lately, and with hundreds of thousands affected yearly by foodborne sickness and AMR, the urgency of One Well being implementation couldn’t be clearer.
This joint mechanism strengthens our collective capacity to stop, detect and reply to those threats—making certain coherence, avoiding duplication, and making the most effective use of sources.
It displays our shared dedication to advancing well being safety and sustainable improvement.
WHO is proud to face alongside FAO, UNEP, and WOAH as a part of this effort.
Collectively, by way of our new Regional One Well being Motion Plan, we are going to help international locations with the instruments, coordination, and political dedication wanted to show imaginative and prescient into motion.
The implementation of the One Well being strategy will not be non-compulsory however important.
Allow us to seize this chance to construct a more healthy and safer world for current and future generations— One Area, One World, One Well being, and One Dedication.
