WHO Pandemic Agreement Faces Scant Opposition in Canada, as UK Rejects Current Text

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference on the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 6, 2023. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

With a vote on the World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement and international health regulations expected to take place later this month, the UK government has pulled support and Republicans in the United States are pressing the White House to do the same.

In Canada, however, it’s going forward with limited opposition.