Loading ...Eleven countries express their opposition to UN political pandemic declaration
NOTE: As per post earlier this week, silence was considered approval BUT NOW 11 countries have objected to the proposed mandates and potential genocide.
Countries under economic sanctions have objected to UN declarations promoting global vaccination and universal health coverage, but it is unclear whether the UN will heed their concerns.
The declaration has been slated for adoption on September 20, ostensibly if no objections are voiced by member states. However, Health Policy Watch noted that it is unclear what impact the 11 nations’ objections will have on the declarations’ outcomes since there is a “possibility” the documents may be passed via a vote count rather than unanimously, as has been the custom.
Writing to U.N. President Dennis Francis on September 17, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe also expressed their objections to the draft political declarations of the SDG Summit, the high-level meeting on universal health coverage (UHC), and the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis.