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Twitter CEO, Elon Muskknown for sparking controversy on his social media with conflicting opinions, gave plenty of talking points this morning when decided to criticize the World Health
Twitter CEO, Elon Muskknown for sparking controversy on his social media with conflicting opinions, gave plenty of talking points this morning when decided to criticize the World Health Organization (WHO).
Responding to a video of right-wing Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts criticizing the organization, Musk wrote that countries they should not “cede authority” to WHO.
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However, the debate intensified when Director of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, He replied from his personal account to Musk’s comment.
“Countries do not cede sovereignty to the WHO,” he tweeted. “The pandemic deal is not going to change that. The agreement will help countries better protect yourself from the pandemiche added.
Tedros assured that the agreement will help to better protect people, regardless of whether they live in rich or poor countries.
As part of his response, Tedros shared a link to the WHO Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Agreement.
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Since the emergence of Covid-19 more than three years ago, the World Health Organization has complained about misinformation “infodemic” around the pandemic.
The UN agency has sometimes been the direct target of such attacks and has been accused by some commentators of trying to wrest health policy from governments, especially since international negotiations among Member States have begun on a new pandemic treaty to prevent and control future outbreaks.
What is Elon Musk criticizing?
The 194 Member States of the World Health Organization have agreed to start a global process for the development and negotiation of an international convention, agreement or other instrument in accordance with the Constitution of the World Health Organization. to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
According to the WHO, these international documents represent a commitment made by countries around the world meet the medical needs of its citizens to improve their health and strengthen the socio-economic situation of their communities as a whole.
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If WHO Member States decide to do so, the agreement could cover the shortcomings identified by the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular the following key areas of action:
– Global Preparedness and Response Agreements that help anticipate and prevent future pandemics and manage them more effectively when they occur;
–Sustainable and predictable funding for preparedness and response to health emergencies, especially from national budgets, to support preparedness measures.
– Creation governance and oversight mechanisms to enhance trust, ensure accountability and promote transparency.
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Will it affect the sovereignty of countries?
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, assured that the treaty being discussed in the organization to combat future pandemics will not require countries to cede part of their sovereignty, as feared by some sectors.
“We continue to see misinformation about this in the media and social media, as well as accusations that the agreement will mean a transfer of power to the WHO. they are just falseTedros assured at a press conference.
“It will be countries, and only countries, that will decide what the agreement does or does not establish, and they will enforce it in accordance with their own national laws, with no country having to cede any part of its sovereignty to the WHO,” Tedros said. “If any leader, businessman or any other person does not understand what this agreement will meanwe will be happy to explain and discuss ithe added.
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WHO hopes that negotiations on a treaty or convention finish within a year and that the legal document could be signed at the general meeting of the organization to be held in May 2024.
An initial draft of a possible agreement was submitted in December 2022 and is currently being discussed by an intergovernmental commission that will at least nine rounds within twelve months.
The first blueprint proposed building a global food production and distribution system in response to the pandemic to avoid a recurrenceSupply issues as evidenced by Covid especially at the beginning of 2020, when there was even a shortage of masks.
He also called for guaranteeing public funding for vaccines, treatments and other products against possible pandemics, and take steps to limit privacy provisions in commercial contracts between pharmaceutical companies and governments.
On the other hand, the text recommends the establishment of a governing body for a treaty, convention or similar legal instrument that meet regularly in the format of a conference of the parties, in the same way as do, for example, countries that have signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
(According to information from Reuters And EFE)
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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