The eighth meeting of the International Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response took place between 19th February to 1st March 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. The usual format for the meeting was followed – the opening and closing sessions were publicly webcast with all other sessions held in private.…
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The seventh meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) took place 5th – 9th February 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. The opening session of the 7th meeting of the WGIHR took place on 5th February 2024 and was an open session that was publicly webcast. The entire session can be…
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The deadline for Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the WHO, to communicate to the UK government (and every other State Party to the WHO) a package of amendments to the IHR to be considered at the 77th World Health Assembly in May 2024, was 27th January 2024. Since no one is aware of any…
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Following 116,000 signatures to e-petition 635904, the proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations were finally debated in Parliament on 18th December 2023. Unfortunately, this was too late to have any impact on the incorporation of the amendments agreed at the World Health Assembly in May 2022 but still vitally important as the proposed amendments…
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The continuation of the Seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) took place in Geneva between 4th and 6th December 2023. Report of INB7 and Closing Session The report of the meeting and the closing session of the INB7, held on 6th December 2023, were the only sessions publicly webcast from the second part…
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An overview of WHO Funding, Corporate and Financial Interests, together with the implications for us from the WHO’s Power Grab via The Pandemic Treaty and International Health Regulations. Find the video on Rumble by clicking here or watch below. Isn’t it time to join the people’s pushback? #BINTHEWHO Our gratitude and credit to Global Health…
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A compilation of the most significant speeches from Nation States and Stakeholders at the Seventh Meeting of the International Negotiating Body (INB), Geneva, 6th – 10th November, 2023. We have stripped back over 6 hours of negotiations to just 52 minutes so you can see how things are progressing for yourself. As you will see…
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The Seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) took place in Geneva between 6th and 10th November 2023. You can follow proceedings for yourself at https://apps.who.int/gb/inb/e/e_inb-7.html. We have included the time stamps in brackets for ease of accessing the individual speakers. Note that the session is split into two parts. If time is short…
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Many of us are aware that the Amendments to the International Health Regulations adopted at the World Health Assembly in May 2022 are due to take effect on 1st December. We also know that the government appear to be delaying the debate in Parliament to reject them. Letter 22 is to demand that MPs lobby…
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Back in early October 2023, the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (WGIHR) met for the fifth time. They are supposed to have an agreed package of proposed amendments by January 2024 but now realise that time is running out. Instead of postponing the deadline to allow negotiations to continue, they have…
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