Replies to my posts on leaving the UN for health freedom reasons

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Howdy, my friends,

I noticed a few replies to my post on leaving the UN, and I'm sorry

it took me so long to reply. MY concern is with something called

the Codex Alimentarius, but the following article, which is from the

website garynull.com, (click on " issues " , then " codex " ) explains my

concern probably better than I can.

 

 

While Americans Slept

by A. Ofria

 

When it comes to international affairs, we Americans tend to sit

back and let our leaders do the talking. It is not that we don't

care, but the issues are confusing and it is easier to trust that

our government knows best. So most of us were silent when

multinational corporations began taking over global markets and talk

of " globalization and harmonization " replaced calls for " global

harmony. " We assumed that our government was protecting us.

 

Now we must question whether our leaders' actions were in our best

interest. Was it for our good that they signed Mutual Recognition

Agreements as part of GATT and NAFTA, giving up our right to refuse

to " harmonize " with intrusive international standards? Will their

decisions cost us access to vitamins, even though the Dietary

Supplement Health & Education Act of 1994 was supposed to secure our

right forever? How did they let supplements became a global issue

and why did un-elected U.S. bureaucrats signal to the world that

Americans were willing to " harmonize " U.S. supplement laws to

conform to restrictive international standards?

 

Our problem began years ago when the U.N. authorized the World

Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization to

develop a universal food code, " Codex Alimentarius. " The Codex

Commission came under the influence of the pharmaceutical cartel and

instead of focusing on food safety, it used its power to promote

worldwide restrictions on vitamins. Meanwhile our U.S. Codex

Delegation not only stood by, but made matters worse. In Bonn in

1996, for instance, Dr. Yetley of our FDA illegally seconded a

motion to shift deliberations on herbs out of Codex, where at least

they were considered foods (consistent with US law), to a secret

panel at WHO that treats herbs as drugs, leaving them open

to " prescription only " status.

 

Now multinational interests are pressuring our federal agencies to

impose " Upper Limits " on vitamins. If our government succumbs and

sets these arbitrary safety standards, we will lose our right to opt

out of Codex because we will have in effect agreed that this is a

safety issue.

 

Codex cannot control us directly. Statute 19USC 3512 safeguards our

domestic laws from outside interference by stopping anyone from

forcing us to conform to standards that conflict with existing U.S.

law unless Congress consents. Unfortunately, Codex can circumvent

this law because if we refuse to harmonize, the World Trade

Organization's Dispute Settlement Body can impose crippling trade

sanctions on numerous industries unrelated to supplements. This

immense pressure would force Congress to change our laws. In fact,

Congress has already " harmonized " under threat of WTO sanctions and

this Achilles Heel is why Rep. Ron Paul introduced the American

Sovereignty Restoration Act (HR 1146) to pull us out of the UN.

 

When we see powerful players forcing our leaders to act in ways that

threaten the rights that Americans have historically died to

preserve, we must remind them of their duty to safeguard our way of

life. If we do not raise our voices above the clamor of

multinational commercial interests, we may be silenced forever.

 

Warm regards,

Scott