In his usual press conference, the official explained: “President Milei instructed Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein to withdraw Argentina’s participation in the World Health Organization.”
The decision that was made in line with the announcement of the US PresidentDonald Trump, who signed an executive order for their country to withdraw organism, is supported by “The deep differences regarding health management, especially during pandemic.
Despite the ads, leaving the body will not be so easy or fast for Argentina. The country is part of WHO since its creation in 1948, by Law 13,211. To comply with the government’s announcement, President Javier Milei should repeal that law via decree of necessity and urgency (DNU), which will then pass through Congress and could be turned in said instance. The other option is to present a new initiative and that is subjected to debate in both cameras.
The Government announced that Argentina retires from WHO
The decision, said the spokesman, “is based on the deep differences with respect to health management, especially during the pandemic, which together with the government of Alberto Fernández took us to the longest confinement in the history of humanity Already the lack of independence against the political influence of some states, “he said.
In detail, the presidential spokesman said that “this measure does not represent loss of funds for the country or affects the quality of the services” offered in health. “On the contrary, it gives the country greater flexibility to implement policies adapted to the context and interests required Argentina, as well as greater availability of resources, “he said. As he could find out scopethe country’s participation in the organization costs U $ s10,000,000 annually.
The official government statement said that “Today the evidence indicates that WHO recipes do not work because they are the result of political influence, not based on science“And they accused that the organization” far from admitting errors, chooses to continue assuming competences that do not correspond to it and limit the sovereignty of countries. “
This way, The government follows the line marked by Donald Trump Who, after his arrival to the Presidency, took the determination to withdraw the United States from the international body dedicated to health. After this, from WHO they announced a series of cuts since the North American country is a key donor: Between 2022 and 2023 he delivered about US $ 1,300 million to the agency.
Javier Milei confirmed that he analyzes Argentina from the Paris Agreement
After announcing the output of the World Health Organization (WHO)President Javier Milei said that he also analyzes Argentina from the Paris Agreement, as he had advanced Scope. During an interview with the journalist Olivier Ubertalli for the French newspaper Le Point, the president acknowledged that he is considering him and reiterated that “he does not adhere to the environmental agenda.”
“I do not adhere to the environmental agenda, which seems to me a real fraud,” The libertarian argued about an eventual exit from the International Treaty to Climate Change and added that the way in which the topic is currently addressed “is completely wrong.”
In this line, Milei He questioned international organizations and considered that they should be eliminated, including the World Health Organization, from which Argentina retired on Wednesday, following the steps of Donald Trump’s administration in the United States.
“It is a criminal organization. And I choose my words carefully. The WHO He was responsible for crimes against large -scale humanity during the Covid pandemic, as defined in article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ”said Milei in this regard.
He emphasized this accusation and added: “The confinements imposed in numerous countries They were attack against freedom and private property that could have led to the disappearance of humanity. Today the world continues to pay the price of these policies. Think of those who designed the 2030 Agenda, an alleged sustainable development program that is now transformed into the agreement for the future. Who voted for those bureaucrats children of P … to have the right to decide on the life of more than 8 billion people? Nobody! And just say this to be called undemocratic. However, the 2030 Agenda is the most anti -democratic thing in the world! “
Source: Ambito
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