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"Today the United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization
(WHO), one year after the Trump administration shared its intention to leave
the global agency.
At that time, the United States was said to provide about 20% of the WHO’s
operational budget, but this week WHO officials said the United States has
failed to pay membership dues for both 2024 and 2025, leaving the global
alliance with a $278 million debt.
The WHO says withdrawal is not complete until the United States pays its debts.
“The United States will not be making any payments to the WHO before our
withdrawal,” the State Department told
NPR in a statement earlier this week.
"The cost born by the U.S. taxpayer and U.S. economy after the WHO's failure
during the Covid pandemic—and since—has been too high as it is."
The United States is the only country to have withdrawn from the WHO since its
founding 1948. During his inauguration last year, President Donald Trump said
the WHO had gouged the United States, and he blamed the agency for covering up
China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump had also tried to leave the WHO during his first presidential term, after
the pandemic began, but President Joe Biden reversed that plan on his first day
of office in 2020.
WHO bylaws require nations to give a one-year advance notice of withdrawal and
to settle all debts before the exit is complete."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
