United Nations: 153 countries adopt Pandemic declaration

by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

On October 12, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new pandemic declaration, with 153 countries voting in favor, three against, and two abstaining. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted against the declaration.

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Buried within the nine-page document is a provision that should concern anyone who values scientific freedom, informed consent, and the right to question public-health authorities.

Paragraph 57 explicitly calls for governments to counter vaccine hesitancy as part of broader efforts against health-related “misinformation” and “disinformation.”

The declaration goes even further, explicitly endorsing “infodemic management” and a “whole-of-government, whole-of-society” pandemic response.

This sounds like more scientific censorship, lockdowns, and experimental vaccine mandates.

The sweeping declaration also promotes:

• VACCINES WITHIN 100 DAYS: Scaling up vaccine, therapeutic, and diagnostic availability within the first 100 days of a pandemic threat, raising concerns about another Operation Warp Speed disaster.
• EXPANDED GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE: Strengthening disease-monitoring networks, early-warning systems, laboratory capacity, and digital health infrastructure, raising concerns about privacy breaches and oversight.
• INTERNATIONAL PATHOGEN SHARING: Promoting rapid sharing of potentially dangerous pathogen materials and genetic sequences across borders, raising concerns about biosafety.
• BILLIONS IN PANDEMIC FUNDING: Highlighting a $15 billion annual preparedness financing gap while encouraging expanded international funding, public-private partnerships, and support for the WHO.
• SUPPORT FOR THE WHO PANDEMIC AGREEMENT: Endorsing further negotiations to finalize the agreement’s pathogen-sharing provisions and facilitate future signature and ratification.

The declaration is non-binding and does not itself authorize censorship, compulsory vaccination, or expanded WHO enforcement powers. However, it establishes a broad international policy agenda that seriously endangers health freedom.

Questioning a vaccine’s safety, effectiveness, necessity, or long-term consequences is not misinformation. It is an essential part of scientific inquiry and informed medical decision-making. The scientific community must remain free to investigate adverse events, challenge regulatory decisions, publish contradictory findings, and question public-health policies without fear of retaliation.

Vaccine hesitancy is NOT misinformation.

Scientific dissent is NOT disinformation.

Questioning public-health authorities is NOT a threat to public health.

No international pandemic framework should undermine those fundamental principles. The Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex has already gotten away with the COVID disaster, and now they’re trying to lock in the same playbook for their next global health emergency.