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"New Zealand’s recent decision to reject the latest amendments to the World
Health Organization’s
International Health Regulations (IHR) made news
largely due to the lack of a clear explanation from the government rather than
what the rules actually say.
Health Minister Simeon Brown and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters made
the decision without seeking cabinet approval, but offered different reasons.
Brown’s position was that New Zealand had not completed the necessary domestic
processes to be in a position to accept them. This is despite having had two
years to review the amendments.
Meanwhile, as leader of NZ First, Peters posted on social media:
We have fought on your behalf for these IHR amendments to be fully rejected,
we made a promise to put the national interests of New Zealanders first, to
maintain our sovereign decision making, and to push back on globalist
bureaucrats …
Technical and administrative or politically motivated? Either way, the
confusion obscured what the amendments really involve. And the decision placed
New Zealand in a small group of countries that have rejected the amendments,
including the United States, which later left the WHO entirely.
Former prime minister Helen Clark warned that New Zealand “will be seen as a
somewhat irrelevant and quirky actor with little to contribute”.
If that is true, it may have lasting consequences because WHO regulations are
vitally important for the management of global public health emergencies,
including pandemics."
Of course it doesn’t make sense, it’s part of the culture war.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
