The United States currently owes the WHO more than $200 million in assessed contributions, according to the WHO website. After more than 70 years of membership, the United States moved to quit the WHO amid escalating tensions with China over the coronavirus pandemic. So far there have been nearly 12 million cases of the coronavirus and more than 540,000 known deaths worldwide, according to a Reuters tally, with about 25% of both cases and deaths in the United States. He announced the United States would quit less than two weeks later. He has also cut funding for the UN population fund and the UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees.

Source: bd News24 July 07, 2020 22:30 UTC