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22-01-2022, 06:43 PM
January 22, 2022
3:48 AM GMT+8
Last Updated 15 hours ago
By Francesco Guarascio and Trevor Hunnicutt, Stephanie Nebehay
BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The United States, the World Health Organization's top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration's long-term support for the U.N. agency.
The proposal, made by the WHO's working group on sustainable financing, would increase each member state's standing annual contribution
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The plan is part of a wider reform process galvanised by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has highlighted the limitations of the WHO's power to intervene early in a crisis.
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Top European Union donors, including Germany, back the plan, along with most African, South Asian, South American and Arab countries
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European donors in particular favour empowering, rather than weakening, multilateral organisations including the WHO.
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Japan and Brazil, were also hesitant about the published WHO proposal.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusi...022-01-21/
3:48 AM GMT+8
Last Updated 15 hours ago
By Francesco Guarascio and Trevor Hunnicutt, Stephanie Nebehay
BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The United States, the World Health Organization's top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration's long-term support for the U.N. agency.
The proposal, made by the WHO's working group on sustainable financing, would increase each member state's standing annual contribution
......
The plan is part of a wider reform process galvanised by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has highlighted the limitations of the WHO's power to intervene early in a crisis.
......
Top European Union donors, including Germany, back the plan, along with most African, South Asian, South American and Arab countries
......
European donors in particular favour empowering, rather than weakening, multilateral organisations including the WHO.
......
Japan and Brazil, were also hesitant about the published WHO proposal.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusi...022-01-21/
