As a medical organisation reliant on timely access to medical tools in health emergencies and humanitarian settings, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has witnessed how global solidarity has failed to ensure equitable access.
MSF is concerned that current negotiations may not deliver a meaningful multilateral PABS system that guarantees fair access to pandemic vaccines, diagnostics and treatments for countries and populations most in need.
At this critical moment, we reiterate MSF’s positions and urge negotiators to endorse a PABS system with enforceable benefit-sharing obligations agreed before system access, including non-exclusive licensing, technology transfer, secured WHO‑coordinated stockpiling and health-needs-based allocation (including in humanitarian settings), and strong transparency requirements. IGWG6 should define the contractual arrangements. The world cannot afford another failure of global solidarity.
