WHO “promoted a fairy tale” for the needs of China. Kennedy Jr. On behalf of the US, he rejected the Pandemic agreement

American health minister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Tuesday, he criticized the “dying” – in his opinion – the World Health Organization (WHO) and announced that his country would not proceed to the WHO agreement adopted that day on proceedings in the event of a pandemic.

Kennedy appealed to create new health institutions. “I appeal to health ministers in the world and to WHO to treat our speech as a warning bell. We have already contacted similarly thinking countries and we encourage others to consider to follow in our footsteps,” said Kennedy in a recording published by Fox News.

Referring to the WHO agreement on the subject of Pandemic, he assessed that it would consolidate all dysfunctions that became apparent in the organization's reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In his opinion, WHO “capitulated” before China, “promoting the fairy tale that Covid came from bats and scales, and not from the Chinese government financed by the government in the laboratory in Wuhan.” “The US provided the lion's share of the financial resources of this organization, and in the meantime other countries such as China had an excessive impact on its action in a way that conducive to their interests and not the interests of the world's population,” he announced.

On January 20, right after swearing in, President Donald Trump signed an executive regulation on the withdrawal of the United States from WHO, which is to enter into force on January 22, 2026. Trump accused the organization that he did not cope with Covid-19 pandemic and he could not cope with other public health crises. He also stated that WHO demanded “dishonest, burdensome payments” from the USA, disproportionate relative to the sums paid by other large member states, such as China.

According to WHO data, the United States is the largest sponsor of the organization, responsible for 18 percent. her funds. In the years 2022-2023 they paid over $ 1.2 billion to its budget; The second in this approach are Germany from USD 856 million. The second largest economy in the world, China, is far behind the ranking with a contribution of just over 156 million dollars.

The US decision to leave WHO caused a break in the budget of this organization. The director of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday at the 78th Congress of this UN Agenda in Geneva that after limiting help by donors there is a lack of funds for treatment in 70 countries. (PAP)

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