153 TO 3: America Says No to the UN Pandemic Declaration
On Monday the United Nations General Assembly adopted a political declaration on pandemics, 153 votes to 3, per UN News and Health Policy Watch. The three no votes: the United States, Israel and Argentina. New Zealand and Paraguay abstained. It was supposed to pass quietly by consensus in September; America objected, so it went to a recorded vote. The declaration is non-binding. It welcomes the WHO's Pandemic Agreement and commits nations to "mainstream gender equality" and universal sexual and reproductive health care by 2030. The American delegate: the United States "does not support…
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