International Opposition Grows To Biden Granting WHO Pandemic Powers

- International Opposition Grows To Biden Granting WHO Pandemic Powers
by Mark Tapscott The Epoch Times, https://www.zerohedge.com/
Opposition from African delegates to the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, has forced hours of informal dickering on possible revisions to President Joe Biden’s proposals to grant new powers to the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with viral pandemics.
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As previously reported by The Epoch Times, Biden’s 13 proposed amendments to the UN’s International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern WHO operations grant broad new powers to Director-General Tedros Adhanhom Ghebreysus, a former Ethiopian government minister who has been in the role since 2017.
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Earlier this week, Tedros was confirmed for a second term by the assembly, which is WHO’s decision-making body. The United States provides more than $150 million in assessed contributions to fund the organization and has given, on average, an additional $262 million in annual voluntary funding since 2012.
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Under the proposed amendments, the director-general could declare a public health emergency in any country regardless of whether local officials agree with the declaration.
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Tedros also would be authorized to rely on evidence from sources other than those approved by the affected country as the basis of such a declaration.
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Neither the organization’s media office nor its counterpart at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responded to The Epoch Times’ request for comment.
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