World Organisation for Animal Health ( WOAH )

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 The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), formerly the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1924, coordinating, supporting and promoting animal disease control.

Mission and status

The primary objective of WOAH is to control epizootic diseases and prevent their spread. 

Further objectives include: the sharing of transparent, scientific information, international solidarity, sanitary safety, the promotion of Veterinary Services, food safety and animal welfare. 

WOAH is recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and in 2022 counted a total of 182 member states. Its newest member state is Saint Lucia. WOAH maintains permanent relations with 45 other international and regional organisations and has Regional and sub-regional Offices on every continent. 

WOAH is not a part of the UN system. Its autonomy is both institutional and financial and its activities are governed by its own constitutional texts. 

Since its first General Session held in Paris, the Organisation carries out its work under the authority of a Committee consisting of delegates of the contracting Governments.

History

The need to fight animal diseases at a global level led to the creation of the Office International des Epizooties through the international Agreement signed on January 25, 1924. Delegates at the International Conference on Epizootic Diseases of Domestic Animals, a May 1921 conference with diplomats from 43 countries, had called for the establishment of an international organisation to coordinate responses against infectious animal diseases. The delegates were motivated by a rinderpest pandemic.

In May 2003, the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health but kept its historical acronym OIE, which was in use until May 2022.

In December 2016, 430 delegates to the 4th Global Conference on Animal Welfare approved a range of measures aimed to improve animal welfare. An OIE strategy document which stemmed from this conference was to be presented for adoption at the OIE World Assembly in May 2017.[8]

In January 2017, the outgoing Obama administration designated the OIE as an organization entitled to benefits of the International Organizations Immunities Act.

In May 2022, the Organisation stopped using historical acronym OIE, and start to use new acronym WOAH.


WOAH's headquarters are located in Paris, France.


Wikipedia, World Organisation for Animal Health ( WOAH )

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