MP: WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Sounds Like a ‘Threat to Parliamentary Sovereignty’

During a debate, MPs warned that proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations sounded like a “threat to parliamentary sovereignty” as it would give more power to officials at the WHO. On Monday, following a petition signed by 116,000 members of the public, MPs debated the UK’s involvement in the World Health Organisation (WHO) pandemic treaty. The WHO is currently negotiating a treaty on pandemic preparedness. In 2021, global leaders made “an urgent call” for an international pandemic treaty that was co-signed by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The global organisation said that such a measure would signal “high-level political action needed to protect the world from future health crises.”...