The Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR Progress Report - 2024

Overview

In October 2019, the Principals of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) responded to the request of the UN Secretary-General to establish a Tripartite and UNEP Joint Secretariat on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In April 2022, the Secretariat’s name evolved into the Quadripartite Joint Secretariat (QJS) on AMR with the formal incorporation of UNEP. The QJS is a functional arrangement that leads and coordinates global efforts across the One Health spectrum by consolidating collaboration and cooperation among FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH, drawing on their core mandates and comparative advantages. WHO hosts the QJS as a standing secretariat and work together with dedicated liaison officers in FAO, UNEP, and WOAH through which further technical inputs and resources are availed from each organisation.