TY - JOUR
T1 - The WHO - Destined to Fail?
T2 - Political Cooperation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Benvenisti, Eyal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by The American Society of International Law.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - In this Essay, I argue that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not been equipped with the necessary authority to adequately fulfill its mission. The WHO was built on the mistaken assumption that attaining adequate global health is a matter of high-level coordination. However, the challenge of global health governance is, crucially, also one of complex political cooperation. I distinguish between different types of cooperation problems faced by the WHO and explain why achieving global health calls for intrusive powers by a governing authority - powers that the WHO does not enjoy.
AB - In this Essay, I argue that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not been equipped with the necessary authority to adequately fulfill its mission. The WHO was built on the mistaken assumption that attaining adequate global health is a matter of high-level coordination. However, the challenge of global health governance is, crucially, also one of complex political cooperation. I distinguish between different types of cooperation problems faced by the WHO and explain why achieving global health calls for intrusive powers by a governing authority - powers that the WHO does not enjoy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123552125&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/ajil.2020.66
DO - 10.1017/ajil.2020.66
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AN - SCOPUS:85123552125
SN - 0002-9300
VL - 114
SP - 588
EP - 597
JO - American Journal of International Law
JF - American Journal of International Law
IS - 4
ER -
