1️⃣ #IGWG8 opening statements revealed a shared message across #LMIC groups (Africa, SE Asia, EMRO, the Equity Group): Access and benefits must be operationalised on equal footing, with legal certainty, predictability, and meaningful benefits at the core.
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Over five days at #IGWG8, @who.int Member States sought to advance the #PABS Annex – but no major breakthrough emerged. Complex discussions continued on how pathogen data would flow through the system and how benefits would be enforced.

Key takeaways 🧵👇🏼

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@who.int #IGWG8 discussion with relevant stakeholders on downstream checkpoints.

"A downstream approach can effectively (1) reduce the free rider risk to near zero and (2) future proof benefit sharing no matter how fast developing information or product development technologies evolve." #IGWG8

"Equity is important, and was central to the rationale for the treaty. In other multilateral negotiations, the focus is now on downstream measures to address equity, and this has been missing from this negotiation." #IGWG8

KEI: "We do not think a quid pro quo on access to data is appropriate in an emergency, and we do not think it is a dependable mechanism to obtain equity measures." #IGWG8 @who.int @jamielove.bsky.social apps.who.int/gb/igwg/pdf_...

Our statement to the @who.int #IGWG8 calls for a Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system that makes equity enforceable.

For the WHO #PandemicAgreement to deliver on equity, access & benefit sharing must stand on an equal footing.

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Statement by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on behalf of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. #IGWG8 @who.int

In the @rani.co Playbook: Shared Ambition 🌟 The compromise challenge #MFF 💶 @rani.co at #UNGA81 📅 #UNHLM #PPPR around the corner 📜 Gains and gaps #Ebola 📈 Expectations in check #IGWG8 8️⃣ & more! mailchi.mp/rani/shared-...