New Delhi, April 24 -- Perhaps it was the best they could do, given the stark inequities of resources and technology among the nations of the world and the power imbalance in international forums. Perhaps it is natural that after three years of intensive negotiations that started during the COVID-19 outbreak, the worst pandemic in a 100 years, World Health Organization (WHO) members were relieved to agree on some essential steps to make the world somewhat safer from pandemics. The draft agreement finalised on April 16 by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) of WHO will be placed for approval by the World Health Assembly meeting coming up in May. If it goes through, would WHO have put in place a more equitable global health securit...