Dear MEL Topic Readers,
US officially leaves World Health Organization
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. withdrew from the United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in October
2017 and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in June 2018. It also
announced its intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). After
the next presidential election, these withdrawals were reversed by the new
administration under Joe Biden. However, after his reelection, the second Trump
administration initiated the withdrawal from the WHO, UNESCO, and dozens of
other international organizations and institutions. After the one-year notice
period, the USA formally exited from the WHO on January 22, leaving unpaid dues
of $260 million for 2024-2025.
A UN research report shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic under the first
Trump administration, the US response was so slow and mismanaged that the US recorded
one of the highest death rates in the world. Now, the administration said it
would work with other countries bilaterally for disease surveillance and
information sharing without specifying which countries. Will the threat-and-deal
tactic work to prevent, prepare for, and respond to health crises?
Read the article and learn about another isolating initiative by the US
administration.
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