• Trump suspends funds to WHO: "It has failed". In the USA over 26 thousand deaths, 2 million cases worldwide

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April 15, 2020 "There is no time to waste, the only concern of the WHO is to save lives" and stop the pandemic. This was explained by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after the decision by US President Donald Trump to suspend funding for the WHO. "One of the main things we have learned about Covid-19 in the last few months - continues the WHO director general on Twitter - is that the faster all cases are found, tested, isolated and treated, the more difficult it is to spread the virus. This principle will save lives and mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic. "

The UN: it is not the time to cut resources
"This is not the time to cut resources for WHO operations or any other humanitarian organization to fight coronavirus." The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres said, criticizing Trump's decision and adding: "Now is the time for unity and for the international community to work together in solidarity to stop this virus and its disruptive consequences".

Moscow: alarming decision, US selfishness
The decision by the United States to suspend funding to the World Health Organization is a sign of Washington's selfish approach in the fight against coronavirus. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Serghei Ryabkov told Tass. "We consider Washington's declaration on the suspension of funding to WHO very alarming - he said - this is a sign of a selfish approach by the US authorities to what is happening in the world in the midst of the pandemic". Trump's decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova has increased the dose, is explained by the search for mythical culprits of the coronavirus pandemic. "American politicians always try to find a culprit. As for the pandemic, it is China and WHO. As for Clinton's defeat, it is Russia. And so is Putin in person as regards the problems of the American medicine. The important thing is to find a mythical 'test tube' and present it to the world as proof of the guilt of others and of one's own impeccability, "Zakharova told Interfax. Trump said he will suspend WHO funding until Washington studies how the organization reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic.

China: the United States must respect its obligations
China invites the United States "to fulfill its duties" towards the World Health Organization. "By blocking funds to the WHO, the US will undermine WHO's capacity for action and global cooperation in the fight against Covid-19. All countries, including the US, will be affected accordingly," he said at a press conference. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian. Zhao recalled that China has already given WHO $ 20 million to support global efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. "China expresses serious concerns about the US decision," added the spokesman, describing the role of the WHO as "irreplaceable" and its leadership is well recognized under the action of director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "The US decision will weaken the WHO's ability to manage the pandemic, especially countries whose capabilities are not well developed," concluded Zhao.

Germany, Merkel: WHO must be financed and strengthened
"Accusing each other does not help in the coronavirus crisis". German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas wrote this on Twitter, criticizing Donald Trump's choice to suspend funding to the WHO. "One of the best investments against the pandemic is to strengthen the United Nations, and in particular the World Health Organization, which is under-funded: for example for the development and distribution of tests and vaccines". The German government is of the opinion that "especially in the time of the pandemic multilateralism should be maintained" and as regards the WHO, for Berlin, "this must be strengthened and financed". Angela Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said so.

The African Union: a deplorable
decision Donald Trump's decision to stop financing the WHO is "deeply deplorable". This was stated by the President of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat. "Today more than ever, the world depends on the leadership of the WHO to be guided in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Our collective responsibility to ensure that the WHO is fully capable of carrying out its task has never been so pressing, "he wrote in a Twitter post.

EU: the stop of US funds is unjustifiable
"I deeply regret the decision by the United States to suspend funding to the World Health Organization. There is no reason to justify this move, at a time when the organization's efforts "They are needed more than ever to help contain and mitigate the coronavirus pandemic." So the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, on his Twitter profile. "Only by putting together the forces - he adds - will we be able to overcome this crisis, that knows no borders ".