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UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – The U.S. rejected WHO's 2024 International Health Regulations amendments citing threats to civil liberties and sovereignty, emphasizing transparent democratic oversight, officials said.
- On July 18, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a joint rejection transmitted by the State Department and HHS, opposing the 2024 WHO amendments.
- On June 1, 2024, the World Health Assembly adopted the 2024 International Health Regulations amendments through a rushed process lacking debate and public input, which would have allowed the WHO to impose lockdowns, travel restrictions, and oversee a universal vaccine passport system.
- According to Garret Mehl, the system would issue a QR code digital ID to every person on the planet, while the amendments' vague terminology risks politically driven responses and requiring digital health documents raises privacy and surveillance concerns.
- The United States must never cede our sovereignty to any international entity or organization,” Congressman Chip Roy declared, and the announcement received resounding support from U.S. lawmakers, while State Department and HHS argued the amendments would give the WHO undue influence on domestic health responses.
- This formal rejection marks a victory for critics of globalism, prioritizing sovereignty, transparency, and constitutional protections, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voiced concern that the agreement bypasses the U.S. Senate’s constitutional safeguards.
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The decision was announced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The Meloni government also follows Trump on health. At the same time as the American decision to reject amendments 2024 to the International Health Regulations, the news arrives that Rome has also decided to take the same path. By a letter of 18 July to the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci, communicated the decision of Italy. "In accordance with Article 61 of the Inte…
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