Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told CNBC Tuesday that he is 'deeply, deeply concerned' about the state of global politics.
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told CNBC Tuesday that he is "deeply, deeply concerned" about the state of global politics and described current global leaders' focus on "short-term political gains" as shameful.
"I'm really urging the United States to really show their global leadership based on global vision as they did when they were leading this establishment, founding the United Nations 75 years ago," he added.U.S's withdrawal from the World Health Organization Trump halted U.S. funding for the WHO back in April as his administration conducted a review of the organization. That review then outlined what the White House perceived as "repeated missteps" during the early stages of the pandemic. Trump has also previously cited what he called "the World Health Organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus." A formal withdrawal from the WHO began last month.
Speaking about the international response to the Covid-19 crisis from his home base of South Korea, Ban said the country had been a relative success story with its handling of the pandemic,Ban said adopted policies such as the "Three Ts Plus P" — "testing, tracing, treatment and participation" — had helped the population and government work closely together against the virus.
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