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Independent monitoring of the pandemic treaty is a non-negotiable, write Nina Schwalbe, Elliot Hannon, and Susanna Lehtimaki Last week, a new draft of the pandemic treaty was released to member states with various revisions.1 When negotiations began more than two years ago for an international agreement on pandemic preparedness and response, it was hoped that this new treaty could lead to greater accountability from governments. Yet the treaty’s new sections outlining governance are a far cry from these aspirations and are a step backwards from previous versions. The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response recommended that pandemic governance should be led by heads of state to ensure it receives the political attention it deserves.2 Yet in the new text, oversight of treaty compliance is left to member states through a “third committee” of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the main decision making body of the World Health Organization (WHO).3 This third committee

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