{"id":21113,"date":"2026-06-03T03:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/foreign-affairs-officials-endorsed-who-health-rules-before-peters-rejected-them-newsroom\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:25:20","slug":"foreign-affairs-officials-endorsed-who-health-rules-before-peters-rejected-them-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/foreign-affairs-officials-endorsed-who-health-rules-before-peters-rejected-them-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign affairs officials endorsed WHO health rules before Peters rejected them &#8211; Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/\" rel=\"home\">Newsroom<\/a><br \/> \t\t\t\t\tQuality worth making room for\t\t\t\t<br \/>Foreign Affairs Minister and NZ First leader Winston Peters rejected updates to global health regulations despite reassurances from his ministry.<br \/>A trove of advice to ministers from officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, shows consistent support for the changes from diplomatic officials. 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