A global vaccine deal being drafted by the World Health Organization (WHO) may have to give up a fifth of vaccinations while ceding sovereignty to an unelected UN subsidiary body. It was rejected by the UK due to concerns.
of daily telegraph report Wealthier countries should be asked to help the world deal with the pandemic, according to a draft pandemic agreement being negotiated at the WHO, including for WHO to distribute to poorer countries during emergencies. This includes providing more than 20 percent of the tests, treatments and vaccines for the United States. discretion.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson confirmed: “We will only support the adoption of a deal and accept it on behalf of the UK if it is firmly in the UK’s national interests and respects national sovereignty.” statement to Reuters.
The spokesperson did not comment on the details of the specific deal proposals, adding that “no proposals have been agreed” as other countries have also rallied to reject calls for a “global pandemic deal”.
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The new agreement, first proposed in 2021, and a series of updates to existing rules for dealing with pandemics by the WHO since then, aim to establish central control in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in China.
One of the main points of disagreement is the issue of sharing medicines and vaccines.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week that countries need to agree a deal in time to help fight future pandemics.
He added that countries that do not fully agree to the document should at least not interfere with the agreement of the WHO’s 194 member states.
While Mr Tedros is working to get sovereign national governments to agree to his plan, British voters are less convinced.
As reported by Breitbart News, more than 100,000 people in the UK have signed a petition calling for a referendum on the so-called Pandemic Treaty in 2022.
The petition recalled the idea of the Brexit referendum in 2016 to secure Britain’s sovereignty from the European Union, and called on the government to raise the issue with the British people in the form of a referendum.
of petitionThe report, which has since gathered more than 150,000 signatures, states: The UK Government has signed on to this. ”
Under the UK government’s rules on official petitions, the document requires 100,000 signatures, so Parliament is obliged to consider the motion for consideration.
