Republicans of the United States Congress called on Thursday Donald Trump to condition the allocation of new funds to the World Health Organization (WHO) to the resignation of its director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, whom they accuse of having "failed" at respond to the coronavirus crisis.
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" Director General Tedros has failed in his mission to respond objectively to the largest global health crisis since the HIV / AIDS pandemic peaked in the mid-2000s, " 17 members wrote in a letter to the President. Republicans of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. We " recommend that you make any future voluntary contributions to WHO conditional on fiscal year 2020 conditional on the resignation of Director General Tedros ", they continue.
" We understand and appreciate the vital role that WHO plays in the world, especially in difficult humanitarian contexts ", underline the Republican parliamentarians, while declaring their support for the announcement made by Donald Trump on April 14 to end US funding for this organ which depends on the United Nations. Washington is the largest donor to the WHO, with more than $ 890 million paid out of the current budget, set for two-year periods, add the signatories. They say they are " deeply concerned " about the management by the WHO and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the beginnings of the Covid-19 crisis.
" The CCP's lies and the WHO's mismanagement of this crisis have enabled a regional epidemic to become a pandemic, " he said. According to the White House, G7 leaders called on Thursday for a " comprehensive review and reform " of the WHO, while supporting criticism of Donald Trump, during a videoconference meeting. Malaria specialist, graduate in immunology and doctor in community health, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first African director of the WHO. The former Minister of Health and head of Ethiopian diplomacy is also the first Director-General of WHO to be elected.