After Trump's decisionArgentina announces withdrawal from WHO
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5.2.2025 - 16:13
The Argentine President Javier Milei. (archive photo)
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Following the USA, Argentina has also announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). This was announced by the government spokesman at a press conference.
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Following the USA, Argentina has also announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO).
US President Donald Trump had ordered the US to withdraw from the WHO by decree immediately after the start of his second term in office.
Following the USA, Argentina has also announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). The reason for the decision was the "profound differences in terms of health management, especially during the (corona) pandemic", said the spokesperson for right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei, Manuel Adorni, on Wednesday. Argentina would not allow "an international organization to interfere with our sovereignty".
US President Donald Trump had ordered the US to withdraw from the WHO by decree immediately after the start of his second term in office. "The World Health Organization has ripped us off," said the right-wing populist, explaining his decision.
The USA pays significantly higher contributions to the UN organization than China, for example, Trump complained. Milei works closely with Trump and was one of the few foreign heads of state and government invited to his inauguration on January 20.
USA has already resigned once.
The USA is the largest donor to the WHO. Its withdrawal from the WHO will lead to a large gap in the organization's budget and affect its ability to respond to global health threats.
Trump had already criticized the WHO during his first term of office from 2017 to 2021. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, he accused it of being too Beijing-friendly and thus contributing to the global spread of the virus from China. At the time, Trump froze payments to the WHO and declared the USA's withdrawal. However, his successor Joe Biden reversed the move before it formally came into effect.