US President Donald Trump has threatened the World Health Organization (WHO) with a final freeze on payments. If the WHO does not commit to “significant improvements” within 30 days, he will also rethink the United States’ membership in the organization, according to a letter to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, which Trump published on Monday night on Twitter.
Shortly before, Trump called the WHO the “puppet” of China. China for its part should be held accountable for the spread of the corona virus. The country has seriously harmed the world by not stopping the spread of the virus. “The whole world was infected.” Trump has been accusing WHO of “mismanagement” in the corona crisis and one-sidedness in favor of China for weeks.
The United States is the largest contributor to the WHO. According to Trump, US payments to the UN sub-organization amount to around $ 450 million annually.
The WHO Member States’ annual meeting is currently taking place and is being held via digital communication due to the pandemic. The USA also attacked the organization head-on at the conference.
Trump announced in mid-April that US contributions to the World Health Organization would be put on holdwhich triggered international criticism. At the weekend, Trump indicated that payments could be resumed, but in a drastically reduced form (apa, dpa, afp)
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