What is the world signing up for with the WHO?

The WHO has not conducted any thorough post mortem of its failings and weaknesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, but is seeking mandatory powers over the world response to any future pandemic.

Global distribution networks and shorter timeframes for drug approvals

If the WHO has the power to set up a global distribution network for specified pharmaceuticals and also the ability to mandate national pharmaceutical regulators new product appraisal timeframes, potential conflicts of interest arise. This will allow the WHO in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies to develop a monopoly or ‘drug cartel’ during any future pandemic.

The world witnessed the political power of Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Safety and efficacy issues have been bypassed by governmental authorities until the present day, and the terms of pharmaceutical company to government supply agreements remain secret. This will give too much power to the pharmaceutical industry without instating proper checks, balances and transparencies into the public domain, where independent experts will be unable to scrutinize new products.

Nothing the world has seen to date from the WHO and the pharmaceutical industry gives any confidence that these new powers will be exercised in any responsible manner, where manufacturers would be accountable for what they produce.

Rape and sexual abuse scandals

In Africa during the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu 2018-20, there have been widespread allegations of mistreatment of people by those employed by the WHO. The WHO denies any knowledge of this. A commission of investigation documented 83 allegations of abuse, including nine allegations of rape. At least 21 of the alleged perpetrators were employees of the WHO. These people were not drivers and general workers, most of the accused were specialist doctors from the WHO.

If the IHRs and Pandemic Treaty are ratified, there will be many more WHO missions abroad all over the world in the future. WHO officials and their families are given diplomatic immunity. So, the only penalty a host nation could impose upon any alleged sexual abusers would be to send them home. WHO officials are immune from national legal systems.

Gain of function research

The Pandemic Treaty will allow research groups commissioned by the WHO to bio-prospect for new pathogens in places these biological organisms would not usually come in contact with humans. Some of these pathogens may exist deep within cave systems, and may not jump across to humans in their present form. However, with collection, transportation to laboratories that engage in gain of function research, some of these pathogens may (or will) become transmissible to humans.

This is taking unacceptable risks for humankind, where the origins of Covid-19 are still unknown, with the lab-leak theory still a very plausible explanation. The only explanation for gain of function research upon novel pathogens would be for biological warfare applications. Such research should be outlawed rather than encouraged by the Pandemic Treaty.

Who funds the WHO?