May 28, 2024
Today the attendees of the World Health Assembly (WHA) discussed the fate of the pandemic treaty and the proposed changes to the International Health Regulations (IHR). No decisions yet, but there was near-unanimous consensus to keep on trucking. The question right now is how fast.
Some urged quick agreements to show the world that the World Health Organization (WHO) can work together successfully, while others called for more time on both documents. Notably, smaller or poorer countries want more time. Without expansive resources like large, wealthy countries have, they cannot participate fully in all discussions, therefore losing their voice.
The U.S., specifically, has its sights on the IHR. Our delegates urged rapid adoption of IHR amendments this week, despite the document not being finished, and called for up to two years more of negotiation on the treaty. This is in line with what the U.S. global health strategy has been all along. Remember, it was the U.S. that proposed the IHR amendments at the same time the treaty negotiations started. Why would they do that? The IHR doesn’t require advice and consent of the Senate to go into force, but the treaty clearly would.
One of our tasks moving forward is to make sure our Congress has its eye on the IHR the same way the White House does. We also call on our lawmakers to reclaim their constitutional right and duty to approve of significant international agreements, whether globalists call them a treaty or not.
In short, everyone was in general agreement that the treaty needs more time, whether that means the rest of this year, another year, or two more years. Opinion was split on whether the IHR amendments should be finalized this week or given more time. The outcome of today’s session was to create a new drafting group to “consider” the treaty and the IHR, “including further work,” the details of which we will learn tomorrow.
What we do know for sure is that this is not over by a long shot. Globalists in the U.S. are playing a long game, where the treaty is just one part of the global health architecture being built. When it was clear last week that there would be no treaty document ready for the WHA, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared that the WHO will “try everything” to make the treaty happen.
But U.S. states are fighting back. At the same time the WHA was planning the global health architecture, Louisiana’s governor Jeff Landry was signing a law prohibiting WHO and other international agency jurisdiction in the state! SHF’s own JILL HINES was on site for the special occasion. Louisiana has been on the front lines of states’ rights in the face of a global health power grab since the word COVID became common vocabulary. Thank you to everyone who is fighting there to keep our liberties and protect our Constitution.