A controversial pandemic agreement proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is at risk of falling through, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said last week.
The pandemic accord has been peddled by the WHO and its parent organization the United Nations as a way “to strengthen global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response to prevent a repeat of the health, social and economic impacts that were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
But many fear that the legally binding agreement, which gives Ghebreyesus sweeping authority to declare global pandemics at whim, will require member states to forfeit their sovereignty in such an event. Ghebreyesus has denied this claim.
The treaty does, however, use “public health” as a pretext to advance a globalist agenda that includes “climate change” and “gender equality.” It also calls on countries to crack down on those who are non-compliant with public health orders and to increase censorship of dissenting information.
The pandemic accord has already been through several rounds of negotiations by participating countries. And while countries were given a deadline to settle on a final draft by this coming May, Ghebreyesus says it looks like that may not happen.
“I’m concerned that member states may not meet that commitment and there are several outstanding issues that remain to be resolved,” said the WHO chief at the World Economic Forum’s summit in Davos last week. “In my view, a failure to deliver the pandemic agreement and the IHR (International Health Regulations) amendments will be a missed opportunity for which future generations may not forgive us.”
Ghebreyesus warned that the pandemic treaty must be signed before the next pandemic, which he said will be caused by “Disease X” and is imminent. Disease X is a “placeholder” name for the next virus which, while unknown, is sure to be 20 times more deadly than SARS-CoV-2, the WHO chief said.
Despite the fact that Disease X is unknown, vaccines are already being developed to supposedly combat it.
But Ghebreyesus’ urgency to ratify the pandemic treaty may also be because the agreement gives the WHO cover to impose globalist policies on countries.
Participating governments must, for instance, “encourage ceasefires in affected countries during pandemics to promote global cooperation against common global threats,” according to a paragraph from the agreement. Another section states that in order to develop a suitable “health and care workforce,” nations must uphold “gender equality” and provide women more leadership roles.
The treaty contains further sections that require governments to adopt an authoritarian response to pandemics that surpasses simple restrictions and incorporates social engineering. For instance, Article 17 mandates that governments create “social policies” as well as public health policies with the goal of “mobilizing social capital in communities for mutual support.”
In Article 18 the WHO clarifies that governments are required to stifle dissenting information and promote “pandemic literacy,” a tactic similar to media literacy that tells the public who to trust.
“The Parties shall strengthen science, public health and pandemic literacy in the population, as well as access to information on pandemics and their effects and drivers, and combat false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation, including through effective international collaboration and cooperation as referred to in Article 16 herein,” says the agreement.
Governments should also create laws that will punish people for not adhering to “public health and social measures” and for lacking “trust in science and public health institutions.”
“The Parties shall, as appropriate, conduct research and inform policies on factors that impede trust in science and public health institutions as well as adherence to public health and social measures in a pandemic.”
Additionally, member nations are commanded to involve the commercial sector in pandemic-related initiatives.
Two years after signing, governments will have the option to withdraw from the Pandemic Agreement; after that, it will be in force for an additional year.
The WHO has the authority to declare a pandemic at any point throughout that period for any reason. A virus like SARS-CoV-2, a social issue like loneliness, or a phenomenon like “climate change” are but a few examples of such triggers.
The agreement also enjoins member states to implement the One Health approach to healthcare which states that “climate change” is the primary driver of human health. For instance, changing weather patterns can lead to the spread of bird flu, and warmer temperatures can encourage tick infestations that carry dangerous diseases.
Thus, according to the One Health agenda, human health needs to be considered in relation to animals and the environment, or what is known as the “human-animal-environment interface,” since pandemic diseases are zoonotic, meaning they pass from animals to humans.
The One Health agenda, which also dictates scientific research, must be followed by WHO member states at all stages of pandemic preparedness, response, and prevention. Scientific research, including that which is connected to social and behavioral sciences, risk communication, and community participation, will require “taking a One Health approach into account,” as stated in the agreement.
“The approach mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities at varying levels of society to work together to foster well-being and tackle threats to health and ecosystems, while addressing the collective need for clean water, energy and air, safe and nutritious food, taking action on climate change, and contributing to sustainable development,” the WHO adds.
