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Resume funding only if WHO chief resigns, Republicans urge Donald Trump

Resume funding only if WHO chief resigns, Republicans urge Donald Trump

In letter to president, US lawmakers say they have lost faith in Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Backing Trump’s criticism of UN agency, House Republicans blame WHO and Chinese Communist Party for extent of current global health crisis

Republican US lawmakers called on President Donald Trump on Thursday to withhold payments to the World Health Organisation until its director general resigns, backing Trump’s criticism of the UN agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Seventeen of Trump’s fellow Republicans on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee wrote to Trump supporting his announcement this week that he was withholding funding for the WHO, and saying he should condition the resumption of contributions on the resignation of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Trump drew immediately condemnation on Tuesday from many world leaders and health experts, as well as US Democrats, by saying he would halt US funding of the Geneva-based WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

They said the WHO may need reorganisation but that Trump should not try to force it in the middle of a crisis that has killed more than 140,000 people globally and devastated world economies.



The US president, who has reacted angrily to criticism of his own handling of the virus outbreak, said the WHO had promoted China’s “disinformation” about the coronavirus and been too lenient with Beijing in the early weeks of the crisis.

“At times, the WHO is the only organisation working on the ground in the worst places in the world, and the US should continue to support this important work,” said the letter, led by Representative Mike McCaul, the committee’s senior Republican.

“However, it is imperative that we act swiftly to ensure the impartiality, transparency, and legitimacy of this valuable institution,” the letter said.

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