Donald Trump’s government announced yesterday, Friday, that the US is rejecting modifications adopted in 2024 by the countries of the World Health Organization to combat pandemics, stating that they are recommended. violation of American sovereignty.

In 2024 its member states adopted amendments to the International Health Regulation, a legally binding framework for the treatment of emergency public health after the limits of the applicable during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The US president decided when he returned to power in January to withdraw the US from this UN organization. However, according to the US Foreign Ministry, these amendments remain binding for the country.

US Health Minister Robert Kennedy Juniorknown for his positions surrounded by skepticism about vaccines, and the country’s foreign minister, Mark Rubio, said in a statement issued that ‘These amendments are likely to hinder our sovereign right to We are shaping our own health policy. “

“We will first put Americans in all our actions, and we will not tolerate any international policy that violates freedom of speech, privacy or individual freedoms of Americans.”added to the announcement.

Modifications introduce the meaning of ‘pandemic emergency“And her”greater solidarity and equality“, According to WHO.

These were adopted after the organization failed last year to conclude a more ambitious global agreement to tackle pandemics. In 2025, an agreement was finally reached, but without the US.

‘We’re sorry for the US decision to reject amendments’, It was noted by its chief of Tonros Adanom Gembeges in a statement posted on social media.

He emphasized that these modifications ‘are clear on the issue of the domination of the Member States‘ And he added that who cannot decide on cartoon or similar measures.

Washington, chaired by Joe Biden, had participated in the negotiations in 2024, but had not achieved consensus. The US was worth more protection of intellectual property rights for US vaccines.

Rubio’s predecessor to the US Foreign Ministry, The Anthony Blinkenthen had greet the modificationssaying that they make progress.

“They also do not adequately deal with his weakness that against political influence and censorship, especially on the part of China, during epidemics.”They add to the announcement issued yesterday by the two US ministers, justifying the rejection of the amendments.