米国べいこく、WHOからの正式せいしき脱退だったいを完了かんりょう

The United States Department of Health and Human Services announced on the 22nd that the U.S. has completed the formal process of withdrawing from the World Health Organization WHO, fulfilling one of President Trumps long-standing policy goals.

Mr. Trump had been attempting to withdraw from the WHO since his first term, and after being re-elected, he announced the withdrawal from this organization by executive order on his first day in office.

However, it should be reiterated that the United States is legally obligated to notify the WHO one year prior to withdrawal and must pay all outstanding contributions in full.

Currently, the United States still has an outstanding payment obligation of approximately 260 million dollars about 41.2 billion yen, but according to legal experts, the likelihood of the U.S. fulfilling this obligation is extremely low, and the WHO is being criticized for lacking any means of compulsory collection.

According to Dr. Gostin of Georgetown University, Legally, the United States would only be recognized as having withdrawn from the WHO after all debts have been paid. However, the WHO has no authority to compel the United States to pay its contributions.

Furthermore, although it is possible that the WHO may adopt a resolution not to allow the United States to withdraw until its financial obligations are fulfilled, Mr. Gostin believes it is unlikely that the WHO would risk further confrontation, given the high likelihood that the Trump administration will push ahead with a hardline withdrawal.

On the same day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced that the U.S. government would suspend all financial support to the WHO and recall personnel and contractors who had been dispatched to the WHO.

Furthermore, the United States has also suspended its official participation in committees, governing bodies, and technical working groups organized by the WHO.

However, this ministry does not rule out the possibility of limited cooperation in the future.

For example, discussions are ongoing regarding participation in the WHO-hosted meeting to determine the composition of next years seasonal influenza vaccine.

At a press conference on the 22nd, a senior official of the U.S. government stated, The United States is not receiving benefits commensurate with its values, finances, and personnel, expressing the view that the WHO had acted against the interests of the American people.

Furthermore, the U.S. government has also criticized the WHO for delaying the declaration of a public health emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing out that this caused countries to respond slowly and contributed to the spread of the virus.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services has also pointed out that the WHO leadership praised Chinas response while failing to acknowledge issues such as lack of reporting, concealment of information, and delays in confirming human-to-human transmission. This was despite evidence of these problems from the early stages.

One official emphasized, With this measure, American healthcare policy will no longer be bound by unaccountable foreign bureaucratic organizations.

The Trump administration claims that the United States will continue to play a leading role in the global medical field even after withdrawing from the WHO, but the details of the new strategy have not yet been announced.