The Trump administration has formally rejected the World Health Organization’s 2024 amendments to the International Health Regulations, according to statements released Thursday by the U.S. Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The amendments were designed to strengthen global preparedness for future pandemics, introducing new measures such as a dedicated “pandemic emergency” category, expanded information-sharing between nations, and provisions aimed at ensuring equitable access to medical supplies for developing countries. The Biden Administration had initially supported the drafting of these changes during international negotiations in Geneva. They were ultimately finalized in 2024 after the US had exited the negotiation process.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the rejection, citing serious concerns over national sovereignty and the potential for undue influence by the WHO over domestic health policies. They also criticized the process as lacking meaningful public input and transparency.
“This administration will never cede control over American public health decisions to unelected international bureaucrats,” Rubio said in a joint statement with Kennedy. “We will always defend the rights of the American people to self-determination.”
Administration officials raised alarms about ambiguous language in the amendments that they argued could open the door to censorship of public discourse, as well as the possible imposition of digital health documentation systems or vaccine passports that could compromise Americans’ privacy rights. They also expressed fears that the amendments could be interpreted to allow the WHO to recommend lockdowns or travel restrictions, although the WHO has clarified it does not have the authority to enforce such actions, and the final amendments specifically preserved national sovereignty.
The rejection follows President Trump’s broader efforts to distance the United States from the WHO, culminating in his January 20, 2025, executive order to withdraw from the global health body. Trump cited the WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and alleged undue influence by China as justification for the withdrawal.
The move is seen as a necessary defense of American autonomy.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed “regret” over the US decision, warning that the rejection could undermine coordinated global responses to future pandemics.
In earlier statements, Ghebreyesus has expressed the communist notion that health care is an absolute human right and that all humans on the planet are entitled to the same level of health care: “Health cannot be a question of income; it is a fundamental human right,” he said, quoting Nelson Mandela, a devout Marxist. Such a theory would ultimately lead to the United States and wealthier nations being responsible for the health of 8.2 billion people, regardless of their location, lifestyle choices, or medical history.
WHO is a result of socialist propaganda begun in the Wilson administration. The Senate rejected the League of Nations then but we made the mistake of endorsing the United Nations 25 years later. We are the world’s greatest power and if the rest of the world would be smart they would just follow our lead – because our Constitutional Republic threatens no one.
My dad, who is 85 years old, had told me for decades that the Wilson administration was the start of the decline of America. He was right.
Can one imagine were the “Cackler” be President and her clown side show cabinet with this issue. We’d be sold down the river lock, stock, and barrel.
Thank the Lord.
Cheers.
We are not part of the WHO. Story is kinda irrelevant. Just saying
How is it that the promoters of this and other communist programs and power grabs believe that slavery to the collective is superior to the freedom of capitalism? I can only imagine evil intent.
The ultimate goal was for agencies like the WHO or UN, in so called emergencies, to have total control. Many emergencies could be folded into this… health emergencies like pandemics, climate change, gun control, and natural disasters to name a few. The power would be there to “temporarily” suspend our constitution.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. It’s good we keep tabs on what these cretins are up to; and good that we routinely assert US sovereignty. There is value in this article….
WHO are you?
WHO WHO, WHO WHO?
I really wanna know …
The WHO. Heavily funded. Populace sick with obesity, mental disorders and autoimmune diseases at an all time high, yet somehow with all the major funding to them, the CDC and the FDA. We still don’t have a cure for cancer. Not to mention children are now getting cancer.
The people I find who are healthy are the ones who investigate science for themselves and have learned to stop trusting corporate narratives.
Be gone beast systems that only serve to perpetuate sick care. Let it be that humans can make better choices for themselves based on living plant and food medicine, healthier thinking, healthier habits, exercise, water and breathing.
End the WHO and all those who profit off our pain.