A coalition of U.S. senators is demanding the Biden administration withdraw its support of two international agreements that would grant greater authority to the World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially weaken America’s sovereignty.
As CBN News reported, the White House submitted 13 amendments for a pandemic-related treaty last May that essentially give the WHO the right to tell the U.S. what to do in a pandemic. Opponents warn the treaty essentially gives up control of the country’s health care system.
The treaty, which includes 300 proposals to increase the WHO’s emergency powers, is being considered later this month during the World Health Assembly (WHA).
The treaty would allow the W.H.O. to declare a health emergency in the United States, require the U.S. to report to an international “Compliance Committee” on whether it was obeying W.H.O. directives, and would create an enforcement mechanism to essentially punish nations that don’t follow the W.H.O.’s directives.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and a host of other Republican senators and pointed out the organization’s response to the pandemic was “abysmal.”
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