At the 77th World Health Assembly, which took place from May 27 to June 1, 2024, comprehensive amendments to
the International Health Regulations (IHR) were adopted.
If these amended IHR were to come into force in Switzerland, they would have far-reaching consequences for the rights of Swiss
citizens and for the sovereignty and constitution of our country, according to the Action
Alliance for a Free Switzerland (ABF Switzerland).
ABF Switzerland stands for a Switzerland without a WHO pandemic treaty, without International Health
Regulations (IHR) and without a revised Epidemics Act.
What the population would expect if the IHR came into force:
Information control, surveillance and digitalization, unilateral lockdown declaration by the Director-General of the WHO - for
example because of climate change, test certificate and vaccination certificate, compulsory vaccination,
quarantine and isolation, contact tracing and the like.
All of this would have serious consequences for the freedom of the individual and would massively restrict civil rights.
For example, the new definition of "relevant health products", which are only authorized to combat and end a health emergency,
includes cell and gene therapies and other health technologies for the first time in the final version of the new IHR.
ABF Switzerland subjected the final version of the IHR to a critical analysis and described it as serious.
Under the following link you will find a flyer with detailed arguments.
The most explosive aspect is the fact that the adopted amendments to the IHR will automatically apply to
Switzerland unless the Federal Council objects within ten months (by the end of March 2025 at the latest).
At the same time, it must declare its rejection of the amendments (so-called opting-out) - together with the
indication that the IHR will be examined as part of the national parliamentary processes.
A report commissioned by ABF Switzerland states that the IHR must be submitted to Parliament.
It is now up to Parliament, which exercises ultimate oversight, to ask the Federal Council to object and reject the amendments.
This is the only way that these changes will not automatically apply to Switzerland.
This is the only way to ensure that the IHR undergo the procedure prescribed for Switzerland.
ABF Switzerland has therefore launched the online petition "No change to the IHR" to the Federal Assembly:
Petition text: International Health Regulations: The Federal Council must immediately exercise its
right of objection in accordance with Art. 59 IHR
Petition to the Federal Assembly
If the planned amendments to the IHR are adopted by the 77th World Health Assembly, the Federal Council must proactively and
immediately exercise its right of objection in accordance with Art. 59 IHR and declare its rejection
of the amendments to the WHO (so-called opting-out).
The Swiss Parliament is working to ensure that the Federal Council exercises its right of
objection in good time and rejects the amendments.
The petition can be signed at the following link, regardless of age, nationality and place of residence, until August 1, 2024.
The "Letters to Politicians" campaign was also launched and will run until September 7, 2024.
ABF Switzerland calls on the Swiss population to clearly express their "no" to the WHO's plans.
To this end, ABF Switzerland has prepared seven draft letters that can be sent to members of the National Council and Council
of States as well as politicians at cantonal and municipal level.
The politicians contacted should be asked to take action to prevent the adapted IHR from coming into force for
Switzerland and a new pandemic treaty from being adopted.
The letter templates can be found at the following link.
Together with numerous lawyers and politicians, the Free Switzerland Action Alliance is currently carrying out
important educational work at cantonal and national level.
Support the work of ABF Switzerland by writing letters, signing their petition and distributing their IGV flyers.
If pressure is exerted on the political levels from several sides, there is the best chance that
the adapted IHR for Switzerland will be prevented.
It works!