Mar 3, 2023
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is currently developing two international legal instruments intended to increase its authority in managing health emergencies, including pandemics: The draft IHR amendments (analysed in detail here) would lay out new powers for WHO during health emergencies and broaden the context within which they can be used. The draft CA+ ('treaty'; analysed here) is intended to support the bureaucracy, financing and governance to underpin the expanded IHR. These proposed instruments, as currently drafted, would fundamentally change the relationship between the WHO, its Member States and their populations, promoting what can fairly be described as a fascist and neo-colonialist approach to healthcare and governance. The documents need to be viewed together, and in the wider context of the global/globalist pandemic preparedness agenda. The exaggerated threat of pandemics The current rapidly increasing funding for pandemics and health emergencies is based on