The UN General Assembly has adopted the Pact for the Future, a 56-point blueprint for tackling issues such as climate change, artificial intelligence and peacekeeping. Online claims that the document will implement a global digital identification system and punish the spread of misinformation are false; multiple experts told AFP the document cannot override domestic laws.
"The United Nations Pact for the Future represents an unconstitutional effort to establish a treaty that undermines the sovereignty of the United States by allowing international organizations to declare a global state of emergency without our consent. This is detrimental not only to the U.S. but also to the entire world," says a September 24, 2024 Instagram post from Sherri Tenpenny, an anti-vaccine activist whom AFP has previously fact-checked.
Tenpenny -- an Ohio osteopath with a history of profiting from misinformation -- claims in an accompanying video that the Pact for the Future will empower the United Nations to impose new laws on member states.
She also says the declaration allows the UN to punish those who spread misinformation by restricting their bank accounts and preventing them from traveling on public roads or transportation.
"Nothing can be more important at this point in time than to get prepared," Tenpenny says in the clip. "Have water, food, digital access, flashlights, a way to communicate with family and friends."
The same claims have circulated elsewhere on Instagram, Facebook, ...
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