The World Health Organization chief said on Wednesday he hopes the United States will reconsider its freeze in funding for his agency and vowed to keep working on “saving lives” despite calls from some US Lawmakers for his resignation.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hopes the US Believes the agency is “an important investment, not just to help others, but for the US to stay safe” amid the pandemic.
President Donald Trump last week announced a temporary halt to US funding for the UN Agency, alleging a WHO cover-up and missteps handling the outbreak. The U.S. Is the Geneva-based agency’s biggest donor, providing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of support each year.
In Washington, officials said halt involved new funding for the WHO, and was expected to continue for 60 to 90 days. A group of Republican lawmakers in House of Representatives last week suggested that Trump should condition any voluntary US Contri-butions to WHO this year on Tedros’ resignation.