European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official for a European ...
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus in Geneva, Switzerland, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseBRUSSELS: European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official for a European country said, signalling that Europe shares some of the concerns that led Washington to say it would quit.
Reforms would involve changing the WHO's funding system to make it more long-term, the official said. The WHO now operates on a two-year budget, which"could hurt WHO's independence" if it has to raise funds from donor countries in the middle of an emergency, the official said. The German and French ministers also told their colleagues"The EU and its MS should play a bigger role at the global level," the minutes showed.
Asked whether Germany was now pushing for quicker changes, instead of waiting until after the crisis, the official said:"Reforms of international organisations normally take years, not months."
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