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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2023
US not at Geneva meet, but says it will lead on 'global health matters'

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Reuters
24 April, 2020, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 24 April, 2020, 09:02 pm

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US not at Geneva meet, but says it will lead on 'global health matters'

World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against Covid-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part in the video conference launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative

Reuters
24 April, 2020, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 24 April, 2020, 09:02 pm
An US flag waves in the wind on a boat near the Statue of Liberty in New York August 31, 2011. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
An US flag waves in the wind on a boat near the Statue of Liberty in New York August 31, 2011. Reuters/Lucas Jackson

The US mission in Geneva said on Friday that although the United States did not participate in a meeting of world leaders on the coronavirus outbreak there was "no doubt about our continuing determination to lead on global health matters".

World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against Covid-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part in the video conference launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative.

The United States has halted funding to the WHO, which President Donald Trump has lambasted as slow and "China-centric". The United States had been the largest donor.

"The pause in US funding to WHO does not limit or redefine our commitment to strong and effective international engagement," a spokesperson at the mission said.

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