Chinanews.com, May 21 Question: Why is the plot of the United States threatening WHO continuing to be staged?
Author: Kim Long Run
"If WHO does not achieve a substantial and substantial improvement in the next 30 days, the United States will permanently stop funding and reconsider whether to retain membership."
This is a statement from US President Trump's letter to WHO Director General Tandese on the 18th of this month. In this four-page letter, Trump detailed the various "faults" of WHO during the new crown epidemic and issued the aforementioned threat at the end of the letter.
Once the letter was released, it immediately aroused the attention of the domestic and international communities. Some commentators lamented that there was a new story in this dumpling drama that lasted more than a month!
In fact, this is not the first time Trump has threatened the WHO, nor is it the first time that the United States has used the idea of "withdrawing from the group".
On April 7, Trump tweeted against WHO for the first time, calling him "China-centric." He criticized WHO for holding American money, but was on the Chinese side. At the White House press conference that day, Trump mentioned for the first time that the United States intends to "break up" the WHO.
A week later, Trump announced at the press conference that the United States would “disconnect” the WHO ’s decision on the grounds that the organization did not share the epidemic information in a timely manner, did not provide timely epidemic prevention policy recommendations, and claimed that the WHO would Many deaths are responsible. "
However, things turned around on May 16. Trump said on Twitter that day that the US government is considering a number of WHO-related programs, including partial resumption of funding for WHO. He also emphasized that the United States may resume the payment of 10% of the previous year's dues, but this is not the final decision.
When the outside world thought that Trump would not really "decouple" from WHO this time, Trump sent a letter to Tan Desai on the opening day of the 73rd World Health Assembly on the 18th, and then mentioned the "break of confession". Although he did not attend the meeting, Trump still "stole the limelight."
However, don't look at Trump's eloquent words and tough tone in his letter, but his accusations against WHO are totally untenable, and there are even "factual errors."
Just one day after Trump's letter was sent, Richard Houghton, editor-in-chief of the internationally renowned medical journal "The Lancet", refuted it on Twitter. Horton said that Trump said in his letter that "Lancet" and other professional publications published research articles on the new coronavirus as early as December last year, but it was ignored by WHO. But the reality is that The Lancet did not publish anything related to it in December last year.
Since the evidence is so inadequate, why did Trump insist on holding on to the WHO?
If you put Trump's series of operations in the context of the US epidemic resistance, it is not difficult to read his "drunken intention". In the words of the American media, just like China, WHO is just another victim of the "blame game" initiated by Trump.
The ultimate goal of Trump's World Health Organization is nothing more than hope to use this to free himself from the responsibility of leading the epidemic to weaken the epidemic, and to stabilize the basic plate of the election. The issue of continued speculation reflects from the side that the pressure on Trump has not been relieved by dumping the pot, but needs to continue to be more discredited and continue to strengthen the stereotype of American voters about "scapegoats."
From this perspective, Trump is not careless, but his actions are useless for alleviating the US epidemic and will have a negative impact on the global anti-epidemic.
First of all, "cutting the confession" of WHO is a unilateral act that violates its own international obligations, and the operation of WHO will be damaged as a result. Secondly, in the current epidemic, the international community should have joined hands to deal with it, but this move will undoubtedly undermine the global unity against epidemics. Third, WHO has played an irreplaceable leadership role since the outbreak. This move not only undermines the authority of WHO, but also undermines the global anti-epidemic mechanism, which is essentially an act that disrupts international order.
According to the WHO website, as of now, the United States is still in arrears with 2019 dues, with arrears exceeding 70%. The United States should also pay a total of about 120 million US dollars in membership dues by January 1 of this year, but the penny has not been paid so far.
From "gold medal group owners" to "arrears members" to "quasi-retired group members", the image of the United States in WHO has become increasingly disgraceful. If the United States decides to cease funding permanently and withdraw after 30 days, it will undoubtedly discount its international image. (Finish)