President Trump issued executive orders withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO), reversing decisions made by the Biden administration. Trump cited the disproportionate commitments demanded of the US and concerns over the WHO's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as reasons for his actions.
United Nations agencies reacted with dismay on Monday and Tuesday following President Donald Trump issuing executive orders on Monday night withdrawing America from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization .
“While withdrawal is in progress, the Secretary of State will cease negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and the amendments to the International Health Regulations,” the executive order detailed, “and actions taken to effectuate such agreement and amendments will have no binding force on the United States.”reporters while signing the executive order, recalling that his government was responsible for paying the W.H.O.
“We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe,” the organization concluded. The order triggered an immediate formal notification to the U.N. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and ended American involvement in “any agreement, pact, accord, or similar commitment made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.” The U.S. government, it declared, would “henceforth prioritize economic efficiency, the promotion of American prosperity, consumer choice, and fiscal restraint in all foreign engagements that concern energy policy.
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