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Two dozen governors have warned against a pandemic agreement they say would give the World Health Organization's 'uncontrollable' boss Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sweeping new powers in an emergency.

In a letter to Joe Biden, they say the president should not sign the deal, as it would enable the WHO to declare global health emergencies and make the US impose lockdowns and mandate vaccines.

Health officials from the WHO's 194 member states are still negotiating the text of the agreement, which is designed to boost cooperation against future pathogens after coronavirus killed millions.

The deal, an update to existing health rules on outbreaks and a new legally-binding treaty, could be formalized at the May 27-June 1 World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

Republicans say the deal gives UN health chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus too much power

Republicans say the deal gives UN health chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus too much power

The agreement could empower the UN's World Health Organization to impose lockdowns, vaccine mandates, perhaps even the tough measures China used during COVID

The agreement could empower the UN's World Health Organization to impose lockdowns, vaccine mandates, perhaps even the tough measures China used during COVID 

It would represent perhaps the biggest increase to the agency's reach since it was created in 1948.

The governors, including Ron DeSantis of Florida, and Greg Abbott of Texas, say it would 'undermine national sovereignty, infringe upon states' rights, and jeopardize constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.'

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'The objective of these instruments is to empower the WHO, particularly its uncontrollable Director-General, with the authority to restrict the rights of US citizens,' says the letter dated May 22.

Under the deal, Americans could forfeit basic 'freedoms such as speech, privacy, travel, choice of medical care, and informed consent, thus violating our Constitution's core principles,' they say.

Instead of US lawmakers setting health rules in a crisis, Tedros would be able to tell US citizens what to do, the letter says.

This could include 'mandates regarding medical treatments,' they add.

'Public health policy is a matter reserved for the states, not the federal government, and certainly not international bodies like the WHO,' says the letter.

The WHO already has binding

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