The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused Nigel Farage of spreading disinformation following the launch of his WHO reform campaign.
Farage’s Latest Campaign
Farage is fronting Action on World Health (AWH), a campaign group that wants to ensure health policies are decided by countries and not dictated by the WHO.
Action on World Health
Registered at Companies House on May 7, 2024, AWH aims to “take back control” and “demand a review of existing WHO treaties and agreements at a national level”.
What Is the Aim?
Actionwh.org states that its mission is to “stop the failures” and accuses the WHO of acting “incompetently” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reform
AWH is calling for the WHO’s reform, stating that it “wastes too much money” and is “bullying countries.” Following COVID-19, the WHO is working on a treaty to deal with future pandemics, which AWH strongly opposes.
The WHO?
The WHO was founded in 1948 and aims to “champion health and a better future for all”. It is a UN agency with 194 Member States.
WHO’s Plans
After COVID, the Member State-led Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) was created to work on a commitment to “protect the world from a repeat of the horrors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic”, according to who.int.
Rights and Freedoms
The AWH claims that “unelected global bodies” should not be in control of health policies that impact the rights and freedoms of citizens.
“Interfering in Domestic Policy”
The AWH is campaigning for elected politicians to help take back control in “areas where the WHO is interfering in domestic policy”.
Pandemic Agreement
The treaty aims to ensure collaboration among countries in the event of another pandemic.
Commitment to Protect the World
The agreement would include a new global system for pathogen access, vaccine and treatment sharing, pandemic prevention planning, and financial coordination to help countries be better prepared and respond if necessary.
Misinformation
However, Farage claimed that the treaty would include mandatory lockdowns and vaccinations. He also said that countries would be required to give away 20% of their vaccines. Health Minister Andrew Stephenson stated in parliament, “there is the idea that we would give away a fifth of our vaccines in the next pandemic. That is simply not true.” Lockdown orders are also not part of the deal.
Spreading Myths
Stephenson also addressed the “myth” that the WHO is leading the negotiations, clarifying that “they are entirely led by member states.”
Protecting Everyone
Stephenson further added that “Effective agreements can help us deliver smarter surveillance, swifter pathogen and data sharing, and faster development of pandemic vaccines, tests and treatments that would save lives and protect people both in the UK and around the world,” clearly supporting the pandemic agreement’s intent.
Power Over Governments
Conservative MP Danny Kruger stated that the WHO “wants to have binding powers over national Governments.”
“Running Scared”
Farage, who appears on GB news four days a week, has said that the “governing party are very scared of me”.
Sovereignty Claims
Following accusations from the AWH that the treaty “will hand over unprecedented powers from countries to the WHO”, a spokesperson for the WHO said, “Claims that the draft agreement will cede sovereignty to WHO and will give the WHO secretariat power to impose lockdowns or vaccine mandates on countries are false and have never been requested nor proposed. This agreement will not, and cannot, grant sovereignty to WHO.”
Ongoing Negotiations
Member States are still negotiating the agreement, which would be a legally binding treaty if adopted. The WHO website states that they are “further refin[ing] the draft, ahead of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly that starts 27 May.”
Denial
Farage has denied that the campaign is spreading disinformation, having commented online on May 13, “The WHO is proposing a pandemic treaty that would be legally binding on all 194 member states, and is pushing for mandatory lockdowns and vaccinations”.
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