Health: Argentina quits a resignation from WHO

After the United States, Argentina has also announced the resignation from the World Health Organization (WHO). “President Javier Milei instructed Foreign Minister Gerardo Werhein to withdraw Argentina from the WHO,” said government spokesman Manuel Adorni at a press conference. He cited profit differences in health management during Corona pandemic.

In January, US President Donald Trump ordered the United States’ leak from the WHO. The US government had borne 18 percent of the WHO budget last year. Argentina’s exit does not finance the WHO financially into the bredouille like the step of the United States. Since the contributions are based on the economic power of a country and Argentina’s economy is on the ground, the mandatory contribution is minimal: $ 8 million compared to $ 260 million in the United States.

In addition, unlike Argentina, the United States has also given several hundred million dollars for WHO health programs every year. However, the signal effect is devastating: practically every country in the world is a member of the WHO, a total of 194 countries, for example North Korea. If other countries join the United States and Argentina, this would be a difficult blow to master the UN principle, problems and threats as multilaterally as possible.

“We Argentinians will not allow an international organization to intervene in our sovereignty and certainly not in our health,” said Adorni. The measure would mean no loss of funds for the country. On the other hand, it gives greater flexibility in the implementation of measures that are adapted to the interests required by Argentina and greater availability of resources.

Trump had also stated in a presidential declaration that the organization reacted poorly to Corona pandemic and requested unfair contributions from the United States.

At the beginning of pandemic, Argentina had imposed very strict measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The initial restrictions also applied as long as in hardly any other country in the world. In some cases, people were only allowed to leave their apartment for important purchases and visits to the doctor.