A nonprofit advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday released a letter slamming the proposed World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty and questioning the United States' continued membership in the international body. did.
Pence's nonprofit American Advancement of Freedom (AAF) is urging the U.S. government to withdraw from the WHO, citing the guidelines' “equity theater” and their impact on free speech included in the Pandemic Treaty. I'm looking for it.
” [WHO] “Proposals to strengthen the WHO's powers and erode the sovereignty of the United States through the Pandemic Preparedness Convention are untenable and raise serious and serious questions about the United States' independence of action and ability to respond to a global pandemic.” says the letter from the AAF.
WHO Director-General calls for conclusion of a global pandemic treaty to prepare for Disease X
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attended a panel session on the second day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Holly Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to sign up to the health organization's pandemic treaty so the world can prepare for “Disease X.”
Disease X is a “placeholder” virus that does not exist but could emerge and threaten global health. In 2017, it was added to the candidate list of research pathogens with the potential to cause a “serious international epidemic,” according to a 2022 WHO press release.
Speaking to an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Ghebreyesus said he hoped countries could reach a pandemic agreement by May to deal with this hypothetical “common enemy.” He said there was.
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Logo and building of the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone, via AP)
The AAF says the treaty ostensibly aims to save lives by giving international priority to best medical practice, and that in its “general principles and approach” it prioritizes race over almost all other values. It points out that it emphasizes “fairness.”
“The draft treaty published on October 30, 2023, uses the word 'equity' at least nine times and the word 'equity' at least 20 times,” the AAF wrote. “It presents ‘fairness’ as a third general principle, ahead of responsibility, transparency, accountability, science and evidence, but this is a far more important principle than ‘fairness’ during a global pandemic.” It is.”
The AAF also cautioned about the treaty's provisions relating to freedom of expression, with one article specifically calling on signatories to “combat false, misleading, misinformation and disinformation, including through effective international cooperation and co-operation.” ”
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The proposed treaty would also give WHO control of international supply chains in the event of another pandemic, with the aim of allowing for more efficient operation of resources.
Regarding the proposed treaty, the AAF letter said: “The United States should withdraw from the World Health Organization and not become further entangled in an irredeemable organization that rejects American leadership in favor of the Chinese Communist Party's pursuit of global domination. It shouldn't be.” “The Trump-Pence administration was right to cut U.S. taxes on the WHO and formally withdraw from the organization.”
The deadline for the proposed treaty is May 2024, when the World Health Assembly is scheduled to convene.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
