The Pandemic Treaty and the Whole of Society Approach

Back in October 2023, I reviewed the pandemic treaty draft at the time. And though this in the meantime was updated a few times, I saw no particular reason to write another article on the matter, because it - in my book, at least - hadn’t truly changed sufficiently for me to dedicate time on.

But the language in some areas in general perhaps warrant another look, because the pandemic plan ultimately is only part of a much larger plan.

I covered the October, 2023 draft over here -

The Pandemic Treaty - Oct 2023

And here’s the related backstory -

The Health Planning Agencies of America

And central in much of this stand a little-known organisation -

The ESWI

You can find the latest, revised draft on the WHO’s website¹. It’s titled ‘Revised draft of the negotiating text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement‘, and dated the 13th of March, 2024. In other words, it’s about a month old, so you’d expect more work has been carried out in the meantime.

Now, I realise a number of commentators have already delivered their verdict on the matter. Consequently, I’m going to dedicate my time to areas which I see covered less elsewhere, because a fair few things are not being given their appropriate levels of attention. The Introduction includes mention of ‘health being a human right’, which is a typical UN-style inversion, because this doesn’t mean that the UN will grant you anything in terms of health, but merely that you’re allowed to deal with the matter. And how it’s to be dealt with was outlined in first the Declaration of Alma-Ata of 1978 followed by the 1986 Ottawa Declaration.