Iran condemns Trump threatening WHO

reporter 1222 — Thu, 21 May 2020 04:37:37 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi condemned US President Donald Trump threatened to halt funding to the World Health Organization.

“As global health is at stake and we need global solidarity and science-led leadership more than ever, Trump’s letter to WHO Director-General is undermining the professionalism and independence of the organization, the spokesman said in his Twitter account on Wednesday.

“It is a vain attempt at the wrong time,” he said.

Trump threatened on Monday to reconsider the United States’ membership of the WHO if the organization did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and said the body had shown an “alarming lack of independence” from China.

Beijing has furiously denied the US allegations that it played down the threat and Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated at the World Health Assembly that his nation had been “transparent” throughout the crisis.

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UN: WHO Funding Should Not Be Cut amid COVID-19

reporter 1222 — Sat, 09 May 2020 11:34:11 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The coronavirus pandemic requires an unprecedented global response, and reducing the funding of the World Health Organization, which champions that response, is untimely, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview.

“Once we have finally turned the page on COVID-19, there will be time to look back fully and understand how such a disease emerged and spread its devastation so quickly across the globe, and how all those involved reacted to the crisis. The lessons learned will be essential to address similar challenges effectively, as they may arise in the future. But now is not that time. Nor is it the time to reduce the resources for the operations of the World Health Organization or any other humanitarian organization in the fight against the virus”, Guterres said.

He described the coronavirus pandemic as “unprecedented in our lifetime” and therefore requiring an “unprecedented response.”

“The World Health Organization is leading our response to the pandemic by supporting countries to prepare and to address the virus, with special attention to the most vulnerable countries”, the UN chief said, Sputnik, reported.

Guterres reiterated his call for a global ceasefire amid the pandemic, saying that the United Nations was working with more than 100 governments and armed groups which had pledged commitment to a humanitarian truce to turn their endorsements into action.

In April, US President Donald Trump ordered that his country’s funding be halted for the WHO over negligence, claiming that the UN health agency had impeded the global response to the pandemic and let it spread by covering up the true scale of the COVID-19 initial outbreak China.

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