Nations Fight Back Against the UN Draft Political Declaration By James Reed
Among all the things going down with the UN globalists ate present is the Draft Political Declaration relating to Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development goals. This is detailed here:
Fortunately, as documented below, the formalisation of the Draft has been slowed down by 11 countries, most Third World, objecting to the Declaration. I could not find the actual letters of objection, only a summary, and no doubt, the UN is keeping a tight lid on that. Below is what information I could find; a bit confusing, but the take-home lesson is that there is a bit of a delay now, which is a good thing, given that the West is fully in line with the UN agenda, with no opposition. The objections appear to be that concerns of the developing world have been ignored by the UN, and a false consensus assumed.
What seems like motherhood statements will have profound effects, when a signed commitment to, say, the elimination of world poverty leads to a massive transfer of wealth to the Third World, and further erosion of the standard of living of the West.
https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/broken-silence
Eleven countries have formally objected to the political declarations that were scheduled to be adopted during the High Level Meetings (HLM) at the annual United Nations General Assembly.
It seems that they have “broken the silence.”
The objections were conveyed in a letter dated 17 September 2023 to the President of the UN General Assembly H.E. Dennis Francis that was signed by the permanent representatives of the following countries:
- Belarus
- Bolivia
- Cuba
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Eritrea
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Nicaragua
- Russian Federation
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Venezuela
- Zimbabwe
Our delegations are convinced that this is no way to handle multilateral and intergovernmental negotiations on issues of great relevance for the international community, particularly for developing countries.
The letter sets out deep concerns with the “the legitimate concerns of a large number of developing countries have been ignored” and the lack of willingness from a small group of developed countries to engage in meaningful negotiations. The signatory delegations…
“oppose any attempt to pretend to formally adopt any of the draft outcome documents in question, during the meetings scheduled for 18, 20, 21 and 22 September 2023, respectively”.
The letter points out the four important flaws in the process of negotiation of the political declarations.
The legitimate concerns of a large number of developing countries have been ignored. Hence, it is our duty to express our strong concerns on the unacceptable way in which this situation unfolded, running in clear contradiction with the spirit of multilateralism and the overall goal of “leaving no one behind”.
“First, there has been no real willingness from a small group of developed countries to engage in meaningful negotiations to find compromises, forcing unfair practices which pretend to impose a kind of “veto” on certain issues, and pretending to even prevent their discussion within the framework of intergovernmental negotiations.
“Second, in some cases, negotiations were not conducted in a truly inclusive, fair and balanced way. Our delegations had to witness how, in some cases, even single delegations were accommodated a great deal in their concerns, while others’ priorities, including ours, were bluntly neglected. For example, the draft outcome of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly – SDGs Summit, was reopened with the purpose of exclusively accommodating the priorities of a few delegations from developed countries, while, in this very same process, and in the three (03) health-related negotiations, nothing was done to reflect and accommodate the legitimate concerns of delegations from developing countries that, in addition had broken silence repeatedly, including the Group of 77 and China.
“Third, the attempt to ignore formal communications of delegations from developing countries, including from the Group of 77 and China, on behalf of its 134 Member States, indicating strong reservations and objections.
“Fourth, the attempt to force consensus by your predecessor’s team, and now by your Office, when it is evident that no consensus has been reached on any of these processes; as well as the lack of transparency, inclusiveness and efficient use of the limited time available then to find compromises.”
Third World Network reported…
TWN learned that the draft Political Declaration was finalised in disregard of objections raised by a few developing countries. In fact, the whole process since June 2023 had frustrated many developing countries as the co-facilitators (the Permanent Representatives of Israel and Morocco to the UN) apparently were so outcome-oriented that Member States were not able to really negotiate the proposals that were submitted. Furthermore, in the last few weeks the positions of a small number of developed countries held more sway with the facilitators.
According to a delegation involved in the negotiations, silence was broken over the “final” text, but the former President of the General Assembly (PGA) Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary decided anyway to send the unagreed text to the Secretariat to be processed for formal adoption at the HLM. This was done shortly before he finished his term. On 5 September the UNGA presidency was taken over by Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago.
The most important barrier is the bilateral political pressure from developed countries against the use of TRIPS flexibilities.
Recognising the existence of political pressure UN High Level Panel on Access to Medicine in its Report in 2016 stated: “Governments and corporations sometimes threaten political or economic retaliation as a means of illegitimately pressuring others into forgoing their TRIPS flexibilities. Such actions are against the letter and spirit of the TRIPS Agreement and the Doha Declaration.”
Apart from freedom of operation under compulsory license for production of vaccines, antibodies and diagnostics, access to details of production processes to fast track regulatory approval is also required. The regulatory assumption for these products is that the production process is itself the product i.e. any deviation from the originator’s product requires proof of safety and quality through clinical trials. The production process details are often submitted to the regulatory authorities of developed countries and can be shared in the public interest. However, there is silence in this regard in the Declaration.
https://twn.my/title2/health.info/2023/hi230903.htm
Sanctioning states and regional organisations shall review measures taken without or beyond authorization of the UN Security Council, and to lift those, which do not fit criteria of retortions or counter-measures in full conformity with standards and limitations of the law of international responsibility, as constituting unilateral coercive measures. Humanitarian concerns shall always be taken into account by States when deciding on the imposition of any unilateral measures, including countermeasures (humanitarian precaution), as well as in the course of their application.
Unilateral sanctions shall never affect functioning of critical infrastructure relevant to healthcare, food, agriculture, electricity, water supply, irrigation, sanitation, seeds and fertilizers, all of which are necessary for the survival and well-being of populations”.
https://twn.my/title2/health.info/2023/hi230904.htm
I am aware that this is very confusing.
The powers-that-be had hoped to have their high level meeting and pretend to formally adopt the Political Declaration and be done with it. However, it didn’t quite work out that way.
The President of the United Nations General Assembly ONLY APPEARED to “adopt” the Political Declaration, but the process of adoption HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. The document still needs to be formally voted on by the full General Assembly at some future date.
The events at the United Nations today (September 20, 2023) were a last-minute attempt at political theater that was forced by the objections made by eleven nations.
On Sunday, September 17, 2020, eleven nations sent a letter to the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and pointed out that such an adoption would be in violation of UN rules. It appears that the Political Declaration will have to be presented before the entire United Nations General Assembly for a formal vote at “some future date.”
General Assembly resolutions 75/315, 77/274 and 77/275, are clear in indicating that the political declarations of the three health-related High-Level Meetings should “be submitted by the President of the General Assembly for adoption by the Assembly”.
In that sense, our delegations oppose any attempt to pretend to formally adopt any of the draft outcome documents in question, during the meetings scheduled for 18, 20, 21 and 22 September 2023, respectively.
https://www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UN-sanctions-letter.pdf
The theatre involved in today’s event included a statement at the very beginning of the meeting by the President of the UNGA, in which he quickly “adopted” the Political Declaration which made it clear that his quick “adoption” was subject to the demands that were made by the eleven nations.
Hence, we expect a process to take place at a later stage, where the General Assembly will formally consider the adoption of the draft Political Declaration, under Chapter XII of the Rules of Procedures of the General Assembly.
In addition, we reserve the right to take appropriate action upon the formal consideration of these four draft outcome documents in the coming weeks, after the conclusion of the High-Level Segment of the 78th Session of the General Assembly, when they must all be considered by the General Assembly in accordance with its rules of procedures.
https://www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UN-sanctions-letter.pdf
It seems like the eleven nations have gotten their way by insisting that the United Nations follow their own rules.
Today was political theater.
Apparently, this “Political Declaration” will be submitted for a formal vote at some future meeting of the full General Assembly.
The United Nations lost this skirmish.
The war for your mind, body and life continues.
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