Panel 1 - IHR and Pandemic Treaty - discussion

The WHO's recommendations have a tremendous impact on the citizens of member states in many aspects of life.
- ICD - International Classification of Diseases
The ICD (International Classification of Diseases) is a classification system for diseases and health problems developed by the World Health Organization. It is used worldwide to code diseases, symptoms, abnormal test results, patient complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or illness.
On January 1, 2022, the WHO officially implemented a new international classification of diseases and disorders - the ICD-11, which replaced the ICD-10, which had been in effect until then. The previous version of the ICD had been in effect for 30 years. The new classification brings with it significant changes. Gender in biological terms (masculinity and femininity) has been replaced by the discretionary, fluid and subjective term “gender” (the multivariate “felt sex”) and “sex assigned at birth.” Gender identity disorder, now defined as “gender nonconformity,” was placed in the new classification under a new category No. 17 titled: “sexual health.”
A category of harmless pedophilia was created , replacing pedophilia with the concept of “pedophilic disorder” (which appears in the classification under code 6D32) classified only when “pedophilic activities” disturb someone, are constant and externalized in behavior. This opens the door for social tolerance of “pedophilic feelings.”
Sexual disorders are now defined as “paraphilic disorders.” What used to be referred to as “sexual deviancy”, “sexual perversion”, “sexual perversion” is now sexual preference disorder, a type of sexual disorder in which “the occurrence of sexual arousal and full sexual satisfaction depends on the appearance of specific objects (or persons), rituals or situations that are not part of normal sexual stimulation. These may be long-lasting, recurrent, strong, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual arousals or behaviors that involve unusual objects, actions or situations (non-personal objects, suffering or humiliation, children, non-consenting people) and cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, gainful or other important area of functioning".
Paraphilic disorders, which were called sexual preference disorders in ICD-10, remained in the chapter on mental disorders in ICD-11, from where fetishism (F65.0) and fetishistic transvestism (F65.1) were removed, on the grounds that they do not cause suffering or harm, so it was decided that they should no longer be considered mental disorders.
- Health education - sex education from an early age
In 1948, the World Health Organization adopted a holistic definition of health that reads: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
In the 1970s, the WHO began to recognize that sexuality affects mental, emotional and social health. In 1974, a document entitled “Education and Treatment in Human Sexuality: The Training of Health Professionals ” came up with a definition of sexual health: “Sexual health is the combination of the somatic, emotional, intellectual and social aspects of sexual life in a way that greatly enriches and emphasizes personality, methods of communication and love".
At the beginning of the 21st century, sexual health became formally part of the definition of health according to the WHO, as included in the organization's reports and documents. Sexuality began to be seen as everyone's right to a sexual life that is satisfying, safe and free from coercion, discrimination and violence.
In 2002, a new definition was agreed upon that reads: “Sexual health is physical, emotional and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the ability to have pleasure-giving and safe sexual experiences, and should be free from coercion, discrimination and violence. To achieve and maintain sexual health, sexual rights should be respected, protected and fulfilled."
The World Health Organization has developed an educational program with guidance for kindergartens and elementary school called Standards for Sex Education in Europe. Basic Recommendations for Policymakers and Education and Health Professionals,” the recommendations of which can be found in the Ministry of Education's draft regulation on ‘health education,’ and which many critics describe as the sexualization of children from an early age. Thepreface of the recommendations reads: "It is essential that young people gain knowledge about sexuality, both in terms of the risks it entails and in terms that enrich their lives. The goal is to develop in them a positive and responsible attitude toward sexuality, which will enable them to be responsible not only for themselves, but also for others who are members of the society in which they live."
“Young people,” as defined by the WHO, are children aged 0 to 4, who should know what masturbation is and develop an interest in their own and others' bodies; children aged 4 to 6, who should learn about masturbation and are encouraged to express their sexual needs and wishes; 9-year-old children, who should be taught about sexual intercourse, Internet pornography, secret love and self-stimulation;children aged 9 to 12, who should have their first sexual experiences and learn to use Internet pornography.