U.S. Secretary of State John Blinken said on 17 May that the United States will pay more than $200 million to the World health Organization by the end of this month after the new Biden administration overturned the Trump administration’s plan to withdraw from the WHO.
The U.S. has been the largest financial supporter of the WHO, and the $200 million is the amount the U.S. has previously committed to the WHO.
AFP reports that Antony Blinken told a 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) videoconference at the UN Security Council on 17 May that this is an important step in meeting the U.S. financial obligations as a WHO member, and reflects a renewed commitment by the U.S. to ensure that the WHO receives the support necessary to lead a global response to the pandemic. .
Blinken said the U.S. will also provide “significant financial support” to the Global Access Facility for COVID-19 vaccine (COVAX), which is an initiative to prepare for the distribution of the vaccine to the public. This is a global mechanism to prepare for the distribution of the vaccine to poor countries.
The Central News Agency reported that former U.S. President Donald Trump announced during his term of office that he was withdrawing from the WHO, which he believed was constrained by China and had failed to adequately stop the Epidemic.
The new President Biden immediately after taking office to cancel the decision to withdraw from the WHO .
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