Posted on 04/08/2020 10:16:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
GENEVA - The World Health Organization was on the defensive Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump blasted the U.N. health body over its recommendations on the coronavirus and threatened to strip hundreds of millions of dollars that had come from its top single donor. Some African leaders rallied around the WHO’s Ethiopian-born director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who declined to respond to questions about Trump’s specific criticisms and said, “Why would I care about being attacked when people are dying?”
“I know that I am just an individual. Tedros is just a dot in the whole universe. I prefer to really focus on saving lives,” he said at a the WHO’s daily media briefing.
Asked Wednesday at the WHO’s daily briefing in Geneva about the criticism from the U.S., the director-general initially responded by saying he wouldn’t answer the question.
“I don’t think that’s necessary,” he said. “We shouldn’t waste time pointing fingers. We need time to unite. ... Let’s unite. ... The worst is yet to come if we don’t rush to ensure the unity.”
The agency’s Europe chief insisted a worldwide public health crisis was no time to reduce the budget of the entity working to coordinate an often-disjointed international response.
“We’re now still in an acute phase of the pandemic. This is not the time to cut back on funding,” Dr. Hans Kluge said, ignoring a question about whether European nations could help mop up any funding gaps.
The United States contributed nearly $900 million to the World Health Organization’s budget for 2018-2019, according to information on the agency’s website, an amount that represented one-fifth of the WHO’s total $4.4 billion budget for those years.
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What happened to the apology for being China-centric?
Kick their ass, Mr. TRUMP!
Gag me.
F*ck that! We haven't had unity at all in this country. Finger pointing started from the left and occurred the moment Trump partially shut down international travel. The media has been pointing fingers. So, screw you WHO if the POTUS decided to point out where a major downfall was in the safety of our country.
Anything associated with the UN is corrupt to the point of having little value.
If the UN really gave a damn, they would offer up their building to house patients seeing as how NYC is being overrun with them.
I doubt the UN building could pass a NYC health inspection
DEFUND WHO & UN
F UN
Ahhhh. Too bad
What better time to DEFUND all collectives/ngos/agencies than N.O.W? In the interest of Americans, we cannot afford them. Rushing toward 24 TRILLION.
They fully deserve to have their asses kicked.
That being said, a lot of this is deflection of blame away from our own CDC.
They are for “unity” only when the onus is on them
Those agencies and organizations are populated with some VERY overrated and overpaid prima donnas!
The media never researches a single one of them or their BS connections. The equally overindulged ‘journalists’ positively idolize these ‘experts’ and ‘scientists’ AND their BS status and salaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yD3o6_QGJI&feature=youtu.be
Corrupt Terrorist, friend of Mugabee, Land Thief ....
Says it all.
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