The WHO is an agency of the United Nations tasked with coordinating responses to public health emergencies between nations. The United States is a founding member of the organization, which was set up in 1948 in the wake of World War II.
WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”
The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.
Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would begin the process of removing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Here's why.
The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.
As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”
It’s a mistake for President Trump to order to the United States to leave the World Health Organization. He should reverse course immediately.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency tasked with protecting global public health.
Donald Trump's plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field.