Trump moves to withdraw U.S. from World Health Organization

President Trump signed an executive order initiating the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization. It turned out to be Dozens of administrative actions He signed on for a second term after being sworn in on Monday, covering issues including migrant arrive foreign policy arrive climate change.

It is the second time in less than five years that he has ordered the country to withdraw from the organization, even though many scientists fear the move could undo decades of gains in fighting infectious diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Experts also warned that the move could weaken the world's defenses against dangerous new outbreaks that could trigger epidemics.

In 2020, the World Health Organization came under strong criticism from Mr. Trump for: its reaction Although his threat to quit was not accomplished, in the final year of his first term, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a global health crisis.

The White House issued a statement late Monday saying the United States was withdrawing “due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other global health crises that broke out in Wuhan, China, and its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms and its inability to demonstrate this.” Undue political influence independent of WHO member states. “

It also accused the World Health Organization of “requiring the United States to pay unfairly onerous costs that are far disproportionate to the costs shared by other countries.”

The order said Trump was sending a presidential letter to the United Nations secretary-general formally informing him of the U.S. troop withdrawal plan.

The World Health Organization responded by calling on the U.S. government to reconsider its decision to withdraw, saying in a statement that together they had “saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats.”

The World Health Organization also noted that it had undertaken “the largest series of reforms in its history” in recent years.

The U.S. withdrawal from the organization would not only cut off funding for next year – the United States is its largest donor – but the order also directs federal government staff to stop working with the organization, which is what U.S. health officials have done on a wide range of health issues Global concern.

Alexander Tin contributed to this report.