As the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) gathers in Geneva from 5 to 7 December 2022 to assess the so called “Conceptual Zero Draft” (CZD) of a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (“pandemic treaty”), the undersigned representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) share with the INB and all the Member States involved in the INB process a number of critical observations that relate to the process and the substance of this proto-draft of the treaty text.