As the World Health Organization’s annual World Health Assembly quickly approaches, many Americans are both concerned and confused about what could transpire the week of May 27–June 1, 2024.

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Multiple versions of the so-called “Pandemic Agreement” and its International Health Regulations amendments have been released, but much ambiguity remains as last-minute changes continue amid the process of crafting these highly contested documents.

Throughout the negotiations, the Biden administration has insisted that this Pandemic Treaty is merely an “agreement” and not a treaty, and thus requires no U.S. Senate approval. The administration also claims that the IHR amendments within that pandemic document will not legally bind the United States to the conditions and dictates specified by the WHO.

New Document Exposes U.S. Health Security Agenda

Just recently, however, a new document was released ahead of the World Health Assembly, titled U.S. Government Global Health Security Strategy 2024. This detailed, 60-page health security framework, published in April 2024, specifically cites both the Pandemic “Agreement” and the IHR amendments. In fact, the information contained within shows a willingness to comply and move forward with the WHO’s plans for future pandemics.

The very first page of the document implicitly states that “this new Global Health Security Strategy lays out the actions the United States will take over the next 5 years” and adds that “through investments and cooperation with foreign partners, we will continue to build our capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to biological threats wherever they emerge.”

Page 6 specifies: “We are at a critical juncture to redouble our efforts before the next pandemic, including by strengthening global health security (GHS) capacities around the world … collaborating with partners and allies to achieve measurable and sustainable improvements in GHS.”

Page 9 elaborates on how strengthening will take place:

“The United States is supporting efforts to strengthen global policies and legal preparedness, including negotiating a Pandemic Agreement and targeted amendments to the IHR, as these two instruments have the potential to provide the international community with the opportunity to establish a shared path forward for preventing, preparing for, and responding to international health emergencies.”

 What Do the IHR Amendments and Pandemic ‘Agreement’ Actually Say?

 The path forward is described in both of these documents. Liberty Counsel meticulously investigated the latest versions, which include:

• establishing the WHO as a world authority on medical matters;
• creating digital health passports to share internationally for vaccines and test results;
• establishing health care as a right in a path to international socialized medicine (globalized heath care);
• elevating plants, animals, and the ecosystem as equal to human life;
• censoring “disinformation” and “misinformation”;
• censoring unapproved medical/alternative treatments;
• controlling water access;
• mandating that medical staff and facilities participate in abortion, LGBTQ concerns, and forced vaccinations;
• and requiring liability immunity for vaccine manufacturers and forcing wealthy nations to subsidize other nations.

 The definition of International Health Regulations is listed on page 59 of the U.S. Government Global Health Security Strategy document, stating that they are “a legally binding instrument of international law, with 196 countries, that has its origin in the International Sanitary Conventions of 1851, concluded in response to increasing concern about the links between international trade and the spread of disease (cross-border health risks).”

Page 24 highlights the IHR and Pandemic “Agreement,” even stating: “By leveraging commitments made under IHR (2005), through ongoing efforts to negotiate amendments to the IHR and develop a Pandemic Agreement, and also with initiatives like the Pandemic Fund and other multilateral investments, we will continue to work with international partners to advance political ambition, mobilize additional resources and address critical preparedness gaps.” This has the power to “shape global policy.”

In order to achieve its GHS goals, page 24 reveals that “the U.S. government will partner with civil society, the private sector and other non-governmental organizations” such as GAVI (the Vaccine Alliance), CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) and the WEF (World Economic Forum). All three of these organizations have partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on shared goals of vaccinating the world quickly and efficiently. Additionally, CEPI AND GAVI are both heavily funded by the Gates Foundation. Mentions of these “robust” nongovernmental stakeholders can be found throughout the GHS framework.

Strategies to achieve goals include making vaccines more rapidly; strengthening acceptance of vaccines; incentivizing production and development of novel vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics; expediting emergency-use authorization; and regulatory approval of vaccines and treatments.

Page 49 suggests developing and operationalizing “a national plan for mass vaccination response to epidemics and other outbreaks,” as well as “guidelines for legal and appropriate regulatory approval.” Promoting “community acceptance of vaccinations to counter mis and dis information” is a priority listed on that same page.

The Biden administration will be working with a long list of departments such as the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, the National Security Council’s Global Health Security and Biodefense Directorate, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense.

National sovereignty and individual liberty are clearly set aside in the Pandemic “Agreement.”

Lawmakers Are Pushing Back!

Even as plans are forged, the Pandemic “Agreement” and the IHR amendments are encountering resistance. On May 1, 2024, all 49 Republican senators, led by Sen. Ron Johnson, signed a formal letter to President Biden that urges him to withdraw his support for expanding the WHO’s pandemic authority. The letter highlights the WHO’s gross mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for major reforms, rather than granting it more power. Additionally, the senators warn that granting such power could threaten U.S. sovereignty and the constitutional rights of Americans. Thus, any international “agreement” must be treated as a treaty, which would require a two-thirds supermajority vote in the Senate for approval.

Liberty Counsel stresses: “The U.S. House holds the purse strings and can stop the WHO. Urge Congress to pass the ‘No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act (HR 1425 and S 444).’ “ Sign the petition on Liberty Counsel website. Additionally, H.R.79 will block U.S. tax dollars from funding the WHO’s agenda. The American Sovereignty Coalition has a declaration provided here that you can sign and which will send a letter to congressional representatives asking for a U.S. exit from the WHO.

Pray About the WHO

Intercessors, we are not out of time when it comes to praying about this critical issue that could undermine our freedoms. We must stand our ground and faithfully pray against global tyranny.

• Pray that more members of Congress will reject the WHO’s plans as revealed in the IHR amendments and the Pandemic “Agreement.”
• Pray that Congress would pass the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act (H.R.1425 and S.444).
• Pray that the U.S. would withdraw completely from the WHO, by passing legislation such as the WHO Withdrawal Act (H.R. 79).
• Pray that the WHO’s plans will fall apart at the World Health Assembly.
• Pray that the plans listed in the U.S. Government Global Health Security Strategy 2024 would be thwarted.

We know that the mighty, sovereign hand of God will direct our path forward.

Lord Jesus, we declare that You are king over our rights and our nation. Frustrate the evil devices of the crafty ones, and stop them from carrying out their wicked plans.

How are you praying about the World Health Assembly, to be held May 27–June 1, 2024?

Angela Rodriguez is an author, blogger, and homeschooling mom who studies the historical and biblical connections between Israel and the U.S. Visit her blogs at 67owls.com and 100trumpets.com. She is also the author of Psalm 91: Under the Wings of Jesus, and her first children’s book, Hallelujah’s Great Ride, was released in September 2023. Photo Credit: I, Yann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.