WHO powergrab? Four Dutch senators have declared that the amendments to the International Health Regulations are invalid!

Dear Substack readers,

My name is Meike Terhorst, I am an Attorney-At-Law in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. This is my first Substack about recent developments in The Netherlands relating to the World Health Organization.

Four members of the Dutch senate, have declared on [28] May 2024 that the amendments to the International Health Regulations, adopted on June 1, 2024 are invalid! Please see the actual documents, below. I drafted those letters... The senators signed these letters after the Parliament supported two motions requesting the Minister of Health to vote “no” to any resolution increasing the powers of WHO.          

You may ask: on which basis are the amendments invalid?  That is because the national representative of The Netherlands, our Minister of Public Health,  is not authorized due to limitations in our Constitution, to transfer legislative and executive powers, that belong to our Parliament, to the Director-General of WHO if and when the Director-General declares a pandemic or other emergency. Article 81 of the Dutch Constitution (Grondwet) stipulates that any law in The Netherlands must be passed by Parliament. Therefore, Parliament is the highest power in our country.

Also from the viewpoint of WHO, on the basis of the WHO Constitution, the assembly of Member States of WHO are not authorized to transfer such powers to the Director-General of WHO because the Constitution limits the powers of WHO and its Director-General to advisory powers, stipulating that Member States remain responsible for the public health within their territory. Therefore the amendments are “ultra vires”. Article 2 of the WHO Constitution lists the functions of WHO. Article 2 sub c) provides that the function of WHO is “to assist Governments, upon request, in strengthening health services.” In the recitals of the WHO Constitution it is confirmed that “Governments have a responsibility for the health of their peoples.” See : https://apps.who.int/gb/bd/pdf_files/BD_49th-en.pdf

Why are these letters of the Dutch senators not well known ? Because this message has been blacked out in the media. WHO, WEF and UN do not want the general public to know that the transfer of powers is not valid from a legal perspective. Johan Cruijff, our most famous Dutch soccer player once said: “you only see it, when you get it.” More and more people, more and more parliamentarians are “getting it” and therefor “seeing it”: the power grab of WHO is simply not valid, and therefore we do not have to obey WHO…

The Dutch Parliament took a stand against the WHO relating to negotiations at the World Health Assembly starting 27 May 2024

On April 10, 2024 member of Parliament Mona Keijzer issued a motion requesting the Minister of Health to ask for postponement of the vote on the amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the Pandemic Treaty, because the amendments were not submitted 4 months in advance. The final draft amendments should have been submitted 4 months in advance on the basis of Article 55 para. 2 IHR. In the instance that the postponement would not be allowed, The Netherlands should vote against the amendments. This motion of Mona Keijzer was supported by the Parliament on April 16, 2024. Then the Minister of Health said “No” to Parliament’s request. Then a second debate followed on May 21, with another motion of Mona Keijzer, requesting the Minister to vote against the amendments to the IHR.  Then the Minister of Health stated that she will not support neither oppose the amendments to the IHR, and let the new Government decide on this matter. Then  the letters of the four senators were signed on 28 May 2024 to formally object to the validity of the amendments to the International Health Regulations. Hopefully, the letters of the senators may prevent the ratification of the amendments, in the future.

Official hand-over of the letters of the Dutch senators to Dr Tedros on 31 May 2024 in Geneva

On 31 May 2024, with former member of the Dutch Parliament Wybren van Haga, Jim Ferguson, Anne Merel Kloosterman (vaccine injured) and others we went to the headquarters of WHO to officially hand-over the letters of the Dutch senators to Dr Tedros. We wanted to have a photo of ourselves before the vaccination statue in front of the WHO building and we asked a member of the public to take it for us.

Then we started to talk. The kind man told us he was part of the Indian delegation, negotiating the International Health Regulations in the building. He told that they came to Geneva with a “one-way” ticket. And that they were only allowed to fly back from Geneva after they had said yes to all the amendments…. And that the American delegation was putting the pressure on. I was shocked to hear what he said. At the entrance of the WHO, it was confirmed that Dr. Tedros was not there. We got the e-mail address and then I have sent the letters via e-mail later that day. I discussed this during the Lawyers Press Conference on June 1, 2024 in Geneva:  https://www.bitchute.com/video/yVNGNpgvE6zF/. I speak towards the end of the press conference (1.47).

Amendments to the International Health Regulations which were adopted by the World Health Assembly on June 1, 2024

For the text of the amendments please see:

https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_ACONF14-en.pdf. The  amendments are in bold. The amendments provide for a transfer of powers from the national level to the Director-General of WHO.

For instance :

article 4. 1: Each State Party shall designate or establish  (…) one or two entities to serve as National IHR Authority (…)

article 4. 1bis: The National IHR Authority shall coordinate the implementation of these Regulations within the jurisdiction of the State Party.  

What this means is that each country, that is a member state of WHO, has to establish a national authority that is subject to the regulations and instructions of WHO or its Director-General. This constitutes a clear breach of the sovereignty of each state.

How can we stop the transfer of powers from the national level to WHO? By speaking out : this  is not valid!

Individual members of Parliament can declare that the amendments are not valid, like this has been done by the four Dutch senators. Please see also: https://home.solari.com/pushback-of-the-week-week-of-july-15-2024-letters-from-dutch-senators-to-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus/

The amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) of 2022 have also been declared null and void because there was no majority vote:

1. by the Member of the Dutch Parliament Wybren Van Haga, letter dated 28 November 2023.

A member of the Dutch Parliament has challenged the WHO's procedures when the May 2022 amendments were approved

2. by twelve members of the European Parliament headed by Rob Roos, letter dated 28 November 2023, (https://doortofreedom.org/did-the-who-actually-conduct-a-vote-on-the-may-2022-amendments/).

It is important that members of parliament start to see that they can object to the legality of WHO amendments or any WHO treaty. And use the law to protect our individual freedoms.

The WHO attempt to take over legislative and executive powers from the national level is based on delegation.  The delegation of national powers to the Director-General of WHO is based on  the International Health Regulations, a treaty of WHO. In The Netherlands, the International Health Regulations were never ratified, and therefor never entered into force… 

The ratification and consent procedure relating to the International Health Regulations can be subjected to judicial review at the national level.

It is important that individual members of parliament realize that they have the power to object to the transfer of powers. Once the general public understands that there is no legal basis for any transfer of powers to WHO, and there are many people protesting, it becomes very difficult to continue the transfer of powers.

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Thanks

Meike Terhorst