now it is now official the Trump
administration has taken the
unprecedented step of formally pulling
the United States out of the World
Health Organization now the process will
take 12 months to complete but it leaves
the UN agency on the brink of losing its
largest financial contributor our kim
saengmin reports it was always a matter
of when not if the Trump administration
has gone ahead and formally withdrawn
the u.s. from the World Health
Organization confirming the decision the
US State Department said the
administration on Tuesday notified the
United Nations which is a depository for
the w-h-o of its formal withdrawal u.s.
Senator Bob Menendez also tweeted
Tuesday that US Congress received
notification from President Trump about
the news this decision was not out of
the blue in May president Trump
expressed his intent to pull the u.s. at
at the whu-oh lasting the institution as
a tool for the Chinese government and in
the pocket of Beijing this was after the
u.s. launched an investigation to
identify the origin of curvy 19 and
president Trump accused China for being
responsible for the pandemic being the
wh o--'s largest single contributor the
withdrawal of the US could deal a
massive financial blow to the
organization in 2019 the u.s.
contributed around 400 million u.s.
dollars accounting for around 15 percent
of the wh o--'s total budget last year
however whether this decision comes to
fruition remains to be seen as it has
been criticized by congressional
lawmakers even Republicans earlier this
month
House Republicans urged President Shaun
to change his mind saying the US could
do more in his response to the curve in
19 pandemic if it stays within the wh o
since the u.s. is the world's worst
affected country with more than three
million could be 19 cases there's a
possibility the move could face barriers
during the year along with drawl process
experts say a lot hinges on whether
President Trump wins re-election in
November and if the idea draws greater
support from Congress until then the
decision could be reversed president
Trump's opponent in the election former
Vice President Joe Biden says he low
returned the you
to the whe oh if he wins in November Kim
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