The United Nations confirms that we will leave the World Health Organization in 2026. Donald Trump News
The United Nations Body received a formal request from Washington next year as Trump ordered a stagnation for funding.
The United States is ready to officially withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2026 after receiving a formal letter from US President Donald Trump this week.
United Nations Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Thursday that the return was established on Monday by Trump on Monday – which in the office to withdraw its first day in the office – to withdraw America from WHO and the future funding of the organization and the future funding of the organization To finish.
“I can confirm that now we have received an American letter on the return WHO. It is dated on 22 January 2025. This will be effective for one year from tomorrow on 22 January 2026, ”said Haq.
Trump, the state secretary of the state’s secretary, Marco Rubio and the director of the Management of the US government and the director of the budget, “also to the WHO to stop the funds, support or future transfer of any United States government.” Orded.
Washington has recalled all the US government personnel working with WHO and ordered them to attend talks to deal with Pandemics to attend talks on the global treaty led by WHO.
With the departure of America, who will lose its most important financial backcroup.
The US contributes about 18 percent of the funding of the organization, which was about $ 261m between 2024 and 2025. That contribution is made by China at $ 181m in second place. According to experts, due to the loss of its top donor, the global health agency will affect the ability to address major crises from tuberculosis to HIV/AIDS and global epidemic.
During his first term, Trump accused the Kovid -19 epidemic of incorrectly connecting and sent a request to withdraw from the organization in July 2020.
When Trump lost the biden in the 2020 presidential election, the attempt to return to the return failed, which immediately withdrew the order in the office.
Several health experts have accused Trump and his administration of the US response to the Covid-19 epidemic, claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
On Tuesday, the WHO issued a statement saying that it regretted the US’s declared departure and stated that its work “plays an important role in protecting the health and safety of the people of the world, including the Americans”.
“We hope that the United States will reconsider and we are ready to engage in creative dialogue to maintain partnership between the United States, and for the benefits of health and goodness of millions of people around the world,” WHO said.
In 1948, the US joined the WHO through joint resolutions from both Congress homes, which leaves a question mark on whether Trump unilaterally draw American membership without Congress’s approval, according to Jean Galbrath , A professor of Pennsylvania Law School.
Trump’s Republican Party controls both the US Senate and the House of Representatives, but the return may still be challenged in court, said by legal experts. “What a unilateral decision was taken by Trump to pull out. But we joined by an Act of Congress in 1948. Lawrence Gostin, director of O’Nil Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, wrote on social media, Congress’s approval needs to withdraw Trump.
“It is very frightening to be decided without Congress and courts. As director of WHO Center, I am considering a trial, ”Gostin said.
Trump took a unilateral decision of which unilateral to exit. But we joined by an Act of Congress in 1948. Congress’s approval is needed to withdraw Trump. Their decision without Congress and courts is very frightening. As director of WHO Center, I am considering a trial.
– Lawrence Gostin (@lawrencegostin) 21 January, 2025
