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US Has Yet To Cut WHO Funding Despite Trump Move To "Terminate" Relationship

The Hill reports that as of the close of this week the United Statesstill hasn't cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) despite President Trump controversially vowing to pull the plug on all US funding, which provides the bulk of the UN organization's budget.

Trump made the "final" statement on May 29 amid widespread international criticism against the global health body for essentially being asleep at the wheel while the coronavirus outbreak rippled across the world. US officials have also repeatedly charged the WHO is in Beijing's pocket, which they say is the reason WHO leaders dithered while the disease raged in Wuhan, soon spreading far outside China's borders, before it was belatedly labeled a pandemic.

Right: WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom. Source: AFP/Bloomberg

The US president had stated: "Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will betoday terminating our relationship with the World Health Organizationand redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving, urgent global public health needs."
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And now, asThe Hill reports,"Two weeks later, no steps toward a formal withdrawal have been taken. A WHO spokesman told The Hill that the agency had received no formal notification that the United States would withdraw."

"Senior WHO officials said they continue their relationships with American agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)," thereportunderscores.