WHO flag outside the organization’s headquarters in Geneva WHO on US withdrawal from the organization: the world will become a less safe place Health
As a founding member of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s achievements, including the eradication of smallpox and the fight against diseases such as polio, HIV, Ebola, influenza, tuberculosis and malaria.
The WHO made this statement on Saturday after the United States officially withdrew from the organization. The WHO noted that it regrets this decision by the United States and emphasized that because of it, both the United States and the whole world will become a “less safe place.”
“WHO takes note of the United States government’s claims that the WHO has “defamed, tarnished” and insulted it,” the organization said.
“In fact, it’s the other way around. “WHO has always been committed to working in good faith with the United States, as with all other Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty,” WHO added.
The United States cited “WHO’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic” as one of the reasons for withdrawing, including “impeding the timely and accurate sharing of important information” and the fact that WHO “concealed these failures.”
WHO says it acted promptly and promptly shared available information with the whole world, and also advised countries.
“WHO recommended the use of masks, vaccines and physical distancing, but at no stage recommended mandatory mask wearing, mandatory vaccination or isolation. We supported sovereign governments in making decisions that they believed were in the best interests of their people, but they made the decisions themselves,” the organization emphasizes.
The United States also said that the WHO “pursued a politicized, bureaucratic agenda driven by countries hostile to American interests.”
“This is not true. As a specialized agency of the United Nations governed by 194 Member States, WHO has always been and remains impartial and exists to serve all countries, with respect for their sovereignty, without fear or favor,” the WHO statement said.
The Organization notes that it appreciates the support of states that continue to work within the WHO to find solutions to the most serious problems in the healthcare sector.
“Last year, WHO member states adopted the Pandemic Agreement, which, once ratified, will become an important instrument of international law to ensure protection against future pandemics,” WHO said.
The organization expressed hope that in the future the United States will rejoin the WHO.