WHO Power Grab? Nations on Edge

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WHO’s new pandemic agreement strips national sovereignty, requiring countries to surrender 20% of their vaccines and enforce lockdowns under a global surveillance system that President Trump is fighting to keep America free from.

Key Takeaways

  • The World Health Assembly adopted a controversial Pandemic Agreement requiring nations to provide WHO with 20% of their vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics during future pandemics.
  • The agreement includes provisions for implementing social measures like lockdowns and mask mandates, while also targeting “misinformation” as a public health risk.
  • Critics warn the pact creates a pathway to a global surveillance state with digital health IDs that could restrict travel and individual freedoms.
  • The Trump administration has initiated withdrawal from the WHO, with Republican lawmakers introducing bills to completely sever U.S. ties and funding to the organization.
  • The agreement was adopted despite significant sovereignty concerns, with the United States notably absent from WHO meetings for the first time since 1948.

Global Control Mechanism Disguised as Health Cooperation

The World Health Organization’s new Pandemic Agreement, adopted at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, represents an unprecedented power grab under the guise of global health cooperation. The agreement, approved by a vote of 124 in favor with 11 abstentions, followed three years of negotiations supposedly aimed at addressing gaps in pandemic response. Under the agreement’s provisions, nations will be required to surrender 20% of their pandemic-related medical resources for WHO-controlled distribution, effectively commandeering sovereign assets during health emergencies.

“The WHO has become mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest, and international power politics. While the United States has provided the lion’s share of the organization’s funding historically, other countries such as China, have exerted undue influence over its operations in ways that serve their own interests,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Sovereignty Concerns and Enforcement Mechanisms

While WHO officials insist the agreement respects national sovereignty, the fine print tells a different story. The pact foresees nations amending their laws to comply with WHO directives, creating a de facto global governance system for health emergencies. Most alarming is the agreement’s focus on combating what it deems misinformation and disinformation, establishing a framework for potential censorship of dissenting medical perspectives. This provision could silence legitimate scientific debate and alternative treatment approaches during future pandemics.

“Far from ceding sovereignty, the agreement actually affirms national sovereignty and national responsibility in its foundational principles,” he wrote in February 2024. “Indeed, the agreement is itself an exercise of sovereignty.” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Despite these claims, the agreement’s requirements for nations to implement social measures like physical distancing, mask-wearing, and lockdowns directly undermines the autonomy of sovereign nations to determine their own public health policies. Additionally, the controversial Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system (PABS) has been deferred to future negotiations, leaving open the possibility of even more intrusive measures down the road.

Digital Control System and Surveillance State

Perhaps most concerning is the agreement’s inclusion of health IDs, which experts warn could evolve into a global digital identification system. This framework could enable widespread restrictions on travel, access to services, and personal freedoms based on compliance with WHO-determined health protocols. Such a system would create unprecedented surveillance capabilities under international control, far removed from accountability to citizens of individual nations.

“The pandemic agreement “is intended to create a rules-based, future-proof system that will stand the test of time,”” said Anne-Claire Amprou, France’s ambassador for global health.

This rules-based system represents exactly what sovereignty advocates have long feared – a global bureaucracy with the power to override national policies and individual rights. The agreement’s provisions for vaccine transfer and centralized control of medical resources could also increase the risk of lab leaks and potential bioterrorist attacks by broadening access to dangerous pathogens. Recognizing these threats, President Trump has taken decisive action to withdraw America from the WHO’s influence.

America’s Response Under President Trump

In a bold assertion of American sovereignty, the Trump administration has begun the process of withdrawing from the WHO, refusing to send representatives to the World Health Assembly for the first time since 1948. This decisive action protects Americans from being subject to the agreement’s intrusive mandates. Republican lawmakers have further introduced legislation to permanently withdraw from the WHO and cut all funding to the organization, ensuring taxpayer dollars won’t support this globalist power grab.

“We remember too vividly the oxygen shortages, the overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare workers, and over seven million lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated Jamaica.

While other nations cite pandemic trauma to justify surrendering sovereignty, the Trump administration recognizes that centralized global control produces worse, not better, outcomes. The COVID-19 experience demonstrated that locally-responsive approaches tailored to specific communities outperformed one-size-fits-all mandates from distant bureaucracies. President Trump’s America First approach ensures health decisions affecting Americans will remain under American control, not subject to international organizations with questionable allegiances and agendas.

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