Peer Claims Pandemic Treaty Could Breach WHO’s Own Guidelines

A House of Lords debate raised concerns that the World Health Organisation (WHO) could be in breach of its own regulations through proposed amendments to the Pandemic Preparedness Treaty scheduled for this month. The Conservative backbench peer Lord Strathcarron asked what assessment the government has made of the warning from independent experts at the Brownstone Institute that the proposed new treaty could be in breach of Article 55 of the United Nations, of which the WHO is a branch. In response, the government’s health and social care spokesman, Lord Markham, said he was satisfied the proposed amendments did comply with Article 55, which stresses the importance of fundamental freedoms and human rights for all....