Countries Soldier On To Negotiate Pandemic Agreement, Make Slow But Sure Progress

Newsletter Edition #113 [Treaty Talks]

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In this edition, we discuss about half a dozen key provisions in the draft Pandemic Agreement. We bring you an update on how they have progressed over the last two weeks during the negotiations at WHO.

This story will be updated subsequently after the conclusion of the meeting later tonight.

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I. INB12 ANALYSIS

Countries Soldier On To Negotiate Pandemic Agreement, Make Slow But Sure Progress

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Countries made slow but sure progress across a range of provisions in the draft Pandemic Agreement, even as they continue to wrestle with the toughest provisions continue to lack consensus. The deliberations continued through formal and informal sessions in the course of the two-week marathon negotiating meeting in Geneva between 4^th-15^th November, 2024. The next INB meeting is scheduled for December 2^nd-6^th, 2024, where WHO member states will decide on the future course of action in 2025.

For this story we spoke with numerous negotiators and experts on the sidelines of the meeting during the past two weeks.

In this story we look at the progress made in some of the key provisions, and also discuss the areas of contention in the language of the draft Pandemic Agreement. This analysis is based on the draft text dated November 14, 2024.

Diplomatic sources are of the view that geopolitical considerations will have an impact on the way these negotiations will unfold over the coming months. (See our update: Slippery Slope: Geopolitics and the Pandemic Agreement Negotiations)

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