WHO says it 'regrets' US decision to halt the funding

[Taimoor Khan]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1549477


WHO says it 'regrets' US decision to halt the funding

Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom addresses the media on Wednesday. — AFP/File





World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom on Wednesday said that the world health body "regretted" US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw funding from it.


Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious diseases experts as the global death toll continued to mount.


The decision came after allegations by Trump that the WHO was "China-centric". In a White House news briefing on Tuesday, he claimed that the Geneva-based organisation had promoted China's "disinformation" about the virus that likely led to a wider outbreak than would have occurred otherwise.

"The WHO failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable," Trump added.
Read: Explainer: What the US funds freeze could mean for WHO and its work

Speaking at a news conference, the WHO chief responded by saying that the body did not discriminate and stressed that it is a "time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat".

He assured critics that the UN's health body was "committed to serving the world’s people, and to accountability for the resources with which we are entrusted".

Talking about the accountability process, Adhanom said: "In due course, WHO’s performance in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic will be reviewed by WHO’s member states and the independent bodies that are in place to ensure transparency and accountability. This is part of the usual process put in place by our member states."

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Expressing gratitude to the nations, organisations and individuals who had provided financial support to the WHO, he said the body was "reviewing the impact on its work from the withdrawal of US funding" and would work with its partners to fill the gaps left by the defunding to ensure that its work continued uninterrupted.

There has been strong criticism of Trump's decision, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres saying it is "not the time” to reduce resources for WHO's operations.

“Now is the time for unity and for the international community to work together in solidarity to stop this virus and its shattering consequences,” he added.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

reviewing the impact on its work from the withdrawal of US funding" and would work with its partners to fill the gaps left by the defunding to ensure that its work continued uninterrupted.


In other words, here is the middle finger to America and its cheerleaders like India and its internet troll army.

 

[UKBengali]

Imbecile Trump is trying to make WHO the scapegoat for his total mishandling of Covid-19 which will cost 10s of thousands of unnecessary US deaths.

Hope the moron gets punished by the voters and kicked out in the November Presidential elections if they go ahead.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Another American own goal.

President Trump is just so desperate to get re-elected no matter what the cost to equate himself with President Obama.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Imbecile Trump is trying to make WHO the scapegoat for his total mishandling of Covid-19 which will cost 10s of thousands of unnecessary US deaths.

Hope the moron gets punished by the voters and kicked out in the November Presidential elections if they go ahead.

Rest assured, there is no free space left in geopolitics. Yanks are throwing their toys out in tantrum, other nations will move in quickly to occupy space left by them.

In all this, it was amusing the see American cheerleaders, the Indians having a go at WHO on web space. Silly creatures.

 

[xenon54 out]

The WHO is also responsible for the spread of the virus by not demanding an independent research of the pandemic and trusting the words of a regime thats known for twisting facts.
They can ask China for funding in the future.

This was January, whole month after first confirmed cases:

In all this, it was amusing the see American cheerleaders, the Indians having a go at WHO on web space. Silly creatures.

WHO downplaying the pandemic by trusting Chinese goverments claims has cost lives, they should have done own research, it must have a consequence.

 

[hussain0216]

The WHO is also responsible for the spread of the virus by not demanding an independent research of the pandemic and trusting the words of a regime thats known for twisting facts.
They can ask China for funding in the future.

This was January, whole month after first confirmed cases:

WHO downplaying the pandemic by trusting Chinese goverments claims has cost lives, they should have done own research, it must have a consequence.

The WHO dosent control the world

No one was stopping individual states from making independent decisions

Trump is a moron who is simply trying to find a scapegoat for American failures and tardiness

This is the moron who was planning on opening the U.S by Easter


What a fall the U.S has had

 

[UKBengali]

WHO downplaying the pandemic by trusting Chinese goverments claims has cost lives, they should have done own research, it must have a consequence.

How exactly is WHO supposed to have done their own research in a country like China?
They kind of have to take the information from the government at face value.

After this is all over the Chinese will have to submit to full transparency, as we need to find out exactly where this virus came from and whether China deliberately misled or withheld information to allow it to become a worldwide pandemic.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

...
WHO downplaying the pandemic by trusting Chinese goverments claims has cost lives, they should have done own research, it must have a consequence.

What own research exactly? They rely on data that member states provide them.

 

[dbc]

About damned time!

 

[xenon54 out]

The WHO dosent control the world

No one was stopping individual states from making independent decisions

Trump is a moron who is simply trying to find a scapegoat for American failures and tardiness

This is the moron who was planning on opening the U.S by Easter


What a fall the U.S has had

Yet WHO made suggestions and gave advises that lead to the spread of the virus even thought Taiwan presented proof of human to human transmission to it yet it got ignored.
Little Taiwan was way more responsible than a UN organization by not trusting Chinas claims and doing own research.

How exactly is WHO supposed to have done their own research in a country like China?
They kind of have to take the information from the government at face value.

After this is all over the Chinese will have to submit to full transparency, as we need to find out exactly where this virus came from and whether China deliberately misled or withheld information to allow it to become a worldwide pandemic.

Read my post above, if Taiwan can do it then WHO certainly can do it too.

What own research exactly? They rely on data that member states provide them.

Which was obviously a stupid thing to do.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

WHO downplaying the pandemic by trusting Chinese goverments claims has cost lives, they should have done own research, it must have a consequence.

WHO is not a world governing body neither have the authority to barge into internal affairs if sovereign nations.

It is a new disease, more likely and biological warfare in the middle of trade war with china which had gone horribly wrong and now chicken are coming home to roost. No one at the beginning of year new the nature of disease but what one thing was clear that Chinese model of containing the virus has been effective and working.

There was plenty of warning given to the rest of the world, hardly anyone paid heed.

 

[CIA Mole]

I want to stop paying taxes to this government that is incompetent.

But they will ensure I rot in prison if I don't.

 

[Aasimkhan]

reviewing the impact on its work from the withdrawal of US funding" and would work with its partners to fill the gaps left by the defunding to ensure that its work continued uninterrupted.


In other words, here is the middle finger to America and its cheerleaders like India and its internet troll army.

Trump is a disgrace

 

[xenon54 out]

It is a new disease, more likely and biological warfare in the middle of trade war with china which had gone horribly wrong and now chicken are coming home to roost.

And im out of this discussion with you, not in mood to waste time on Chinese propaganda...