Wed May 18, 2022 – 12:02 pm EDT
DARWIN, Australia (LifeSiteNews) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has expressed his support for a “pandemic treaty” that would give the World Health Organization (WHO) more power over its member states in the event of a pandemic.
Morisson made the comment at a Tuesday press conference in Darwin, as he was campaigning for his re-election in the next Australian federal election.
When asked whether he would sign a “pandemic treaty” which would “allow the WHO to direct countries in how they control pandemics,” should he be re-elected, Morisson replied that he has “always been supportive” of the idea.
“I’ve always been supportive right from the outset [and] was criticized heavily, mocked in fact by the Labour Party for saying that the WHO should have those powers and those authorities,” he replied.
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“We’ll look at the text of all of that, but we have been amongst the countries that have been positive about these sorts of changes,” Morisson said.
“I think it’s only sensible that
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