The general director of the WHO addressed the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic regarding the Pandemic Agreement. Fico insists on the government’s instructions and requires voting.
Tedros Adhan Ghebreyesus, CEO of the World Health Organization (WHO), asked Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Monday that the Government of the Slovak Republic will change its opinion and not to require a pandemic agreement to which it is to be made in the evening. Fico informed about it on the social network and reiterated that the Slovak delegation is committed to the Government Government Instruction to request a vote on the Pandemic Treaty.
The Prime Minister expressed a wonder that there are efforts to avoid the basic democratic institute, namely the vote. “If voting occurs, the Slovak delegation has the instruction of the pandemic agreement not to support because it disrupts the principle of sovereignty of the Member States and disproportionately interferes with the sphere of human rights,” Fico said.
Negotiations in Switzerland
In Geneva, Switzerland, from 19. To 27 May, the 78th meeting of the World Health Assembly is held. On the wording of the pandemic treaty aimed at better preparation for the pandemic and the fight against them has been discussed for several years. Among other things, the proposal confirms the sovereignty of countries in addressing issues of public health within their borders.
On Monday, the WHO chief called on the Member States to receive the so -called WHO Geneva Assembly. Pandemic Agreement, which aims to prevent the recurrence of the crisis situation the world has experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Fico informed on Saturday (17 May) that the government decided that the Slovak Republic should not support the so -called. Pandemic Agreement and should ask for it to be voted on it is not adopted by global consent. In his words, the Pandemic Treaty is harmful to sovereign countries.
