WHO chief says reasons U.S. gave for withdrawing 'untrue'
2026-01-25 09:38:42 source：CGTN
January 25, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday pushed back against Washington's stated reasons for withdrawing from the UN health agency, dismissing U.S.criticism of the WHO as "untrue."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the U.S. announcement this week of having formally withdrawn from the WHO "makes both the U.S. and the world less safe."
He added on an X post, "Unfortunately, the reasons cited for the U.S. decision to withdraw from the WHO are untrue," and insisted that the WHO "has always engaged with the U.S., and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty."
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