Negotiators in Geneva are contentiously drafting a global accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response — but experts are concerned about whether accountability measures will ensure it has teeth.
“In the current draft, there are no accountability mechanisms,” said Lawrence Gostin, director of WHO’s Collaborating Center on Global Health, during a Devex event held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City this week.
Instead, negotiators are looking to “punt that off, kick the can down the road. ... That's nonsense. You can't do that,” he said.