Far-Reaching US Amendments to WHO Regulations, Global Pandemic Treaty Raise Concerns: Journalist

Far-Reaching US Amendments to WHO Regulations, Global Pandemic Treaty Raise Concerns: Journalist
A sign of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 24, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Ella Kietlinska
Joshua Philipp
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U.S.-proposed amendments to the international health regulations which govern response to pandemics and the new global pandemic treaty, both on the agenda of the World Health Organization’s general meeting, pose a threat to countries’ sovereignty, said journalist and author Nick Corbishley.

The amendments proposed in January by the Biden administration will give the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) unilateral authority to declare a public health emergency in any nation based on whatever evidence the director chooses.
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