Posted on 05/19/2020 11:25:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
WHO member states rallied around the U.N. health agency — even as they urged a look into its coordination of the global response to the coronavirus.
World leaders like the presidents of the European Commission and Colombia beamed in by video conference, hours after Trump made public his letter sent Monday to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus blasting “repeated missteps” of the agency as “very costly for the world.”
The European Union, the resolution’s chief architect, urged countries to support WHO in the wake of Trump’s continued attacks. European Commission spokeswoman Virginie Battu-Henriksson said now wasn’t “the time for finger-pointing or undermining multilateral cooperation.”
“This is the time for science and solidarity. This is the time for all humanity to rally around a common cause,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. “And you can count on Europe to always play for the team.”
“I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America’s interests,” [President Trump] wrote. The U.S. is the WHO’s biggest donor, providing about $450 million a year.
WHO acknowledged receipt of Trump’s missive and said it was “considering the contents of the letter.” The agency has previously emphasized that it declared a global health emergency on Jan. 30, when there were fewer than 100 cases of coronavirus outside of China.
When that declaration was made, Tedros said China was setting a new standard for outbreak response. He said the world owed China gratitude for the way it bought other nations time to plan, with the extraordinary measures it was taking to contain the virus.
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Funny how UN, WHO, NATO, etal are all sorta AGAINST the US, yet the US is the main contributor.
Seemingly the ONLY time the rest of ‘them’ give a rats patootie about the US is when WE threaten to quit funding, stop funding or DEMAND all pay a fair share.
Still would like to see the UN have to HQ in Bangladesh or South Africa or whichever country the Secretary General comes from.
ANYWHERE but NYC, that complex would make a decent homeless facility for VETS.
WHO HAS UNDERCUT GLOBAL HEALTH ALREADY...
DO WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN?
Tony Heller, the brilliant climate truth teller, says in many of his videos to read no further in any article after you come to the words, “experts say” or “scientists say”. When one sees that in an article one can pretty much guess this is likely fake news.
If they really think WHO is that important they can make up the difference with their money.
bttt!
It coul;d, and it could not. Experts say. What would we do without experts.
UN in NEW YORK CITY,,,
Hmmmm,
Coincidence NY City
Has a Real issue with
the Bat Flu?
I bet these so-called “experts “ get funded for there NBA by grant money stolen from USA taxpayers . Frauds .
...for their worthless grants...
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