FIRST OPEN LETTER ON THE WHO’s PANDEMIC TREATY #StopTheTreaty 1 March 2022

TO: People throughout the world. Governments, presidents, health ministers. Independent media TO: WHO via World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus, Dr Soumya Swaminathan TO: United NaCons via Antonio Guterres, Liu Zhenmin, EllioG Harris, Maria-Francesca Spatolisano The World Council for Health, a coali4on of scien4sts, doctors, lawyers and civil society advocacy organiza4ons, opposes the World Health Organisa4on (WHO)’s moves to implement a power grab in the form of a global pandemic agreement, while the world’s aBen4on is diverted by the latest crisis. The proposed WHO agreement is unnecessary, and is a threat to sovereignty and inalienable rights. It increases the WHO's suffoca4ng power to declare unjus4fied pandemics, impose dehumanising lockdowns, and enforce expensive, unsafe and ineffec4ve treatments against the will of the people. The WCH believes that the people have a right to par4cipate in any agreement that affects their lives, livelihoods and well-being. However, the WHO has not engaged in a process of public par4cipa4on, which is evidence that its priority is capturing more power for itself and its corporate accomplices, than serving the interests of the people. Without an unbiased democra4c process, any agreement by the WHO, ac4ng via the United Na4ons, will be unlawful, illegi4mate and invalid. Historically, the WHO leadership has failed the people. Among many examples, it approved the injurious H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine for a controversially declared pandemic. Equally, the WHO failed during the Covid-19 chapter as it encouraged lockdowns, suppressed early preven4ve treatments and recommended product interven4ons that have proven to be neither safe nor effec4ve. The WHO cannot be allowed to control the world's health agenda, nor enforce bio surveillance. While it receives funding from public sources belonging to the people, it is caught in a perpetual conflict of interest because it also receives substan4al funding from private interests that use their contribu4ons to influence and profit from WHO decisions and mandates. For example, the Gates Founda4on and the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine promo4on alliance, contribute over $1 billion a year. WCH partners, from Australia to Zimbabwe, stand against this costly abuse of power and assert the sovereign right of people to make their own decisions, over and above what their representa4ves may want. We urge everyone to approach credible government representa4ves, poli4cal par4es, trade unions, civil society groups, professionals, public figures, and independent media to: a) Raise awareness about the implica4ons of the proposed global pandemic agreement; b) Call for na4onal campaigns that protect natural law and democra4c cons4tu4ons; c) Join credible civil society coali4ons such as the World Council for Health. Law and Ac4vism CommiBee World Council for Health www.worldcouncilforhealth.org We also encourage everyone to learn more about principles, accords, conven4ons, and trea4es that protect the rights of men, women and children. These include the Siracusa Principles in the Interna4onal Covenant on Civil and Poli4cal Rights which provide legal standards to protect rights. Leading up to the WHO's 77th World Health Assembly in 2024, where the WHO intends to confirm their pandemic agreement, the WCH will con4nue to raise awareness through campaigning against this undemocra4c move. For informa4on about the WCH's past work on this issue, follow these links to the WCH Townhall on the pandemic plan, and see these ar4cles on the subject. If you or your organisa4on want to support World Council for Health in this crucial campaign: • Connect via: info@worldcouncilforhealth.org • Become a partner with your organiza4on via: hBps://swiy.io/cg-applica4on • Donate contribu4ons via: hBps://worldcouncilforhealth.org/donate/ There is a be*er way. We are crea0ng it together, for a healthy, inclusive, and harmonious world. #StopTheTreaty