The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Grebresus, acknowledged on Tuesday that the reduction of US financing left the United Nations agency with a huge budget gap, forcing it to reduce its operations and lay off employees.
“The United States’s refusal to pay its contributions to 2024 and 2025, in addition to reducing official development aid by some other countries, means that we are facing a salary gap for the period 2026-2027 ranged between 560 and 650 million dollars.”
After his inauguration in January, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization, which was the goal of his criticism in the past; Because of his opposition, she answered the Kofid epidemic.
During an interview with him at the White House hours after his inauguration, Trump said: “The United States is paying the United Nations much more than what China pays, adding,” The World Health Organization has revised us. “
The support of the United States to the World Health Organization is vital for its work, especially as it is the largest donor of the Geneva -based organization.
