Exclusive: Germany and France have quit talks over reforming the World Health Organization amid tension with Washington, sources say via elvirapollina Andreas__Rinke & fraguarascio
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The WHO has dismissed his accusations. European governments have also criticised the WHO but do not go as far as the United States in their criticism, and the decision by Paris and Berlin to leave the talks follows tensions over what they say are Washington’s attempts to dominate the negotiations. But France’s health ministry told Reuters: “The U.S. should not take the lead in the WHO reform process after announcing their intention to leave the organisation.”
A deal by the G7, which also includes Japan and Canada, would facilitate talks at the G20 and United Nations, where any changes would have to be agreed with China, Russia and other major governments not in the G7. Despite changes to the original text, Washington’s push remained unacceptable, mainly to Germany, sources familiar with the negotiations said.In the weeks before the collapse of the talks, negotiators had told Reuters positions were getting closer as Washington softened its approach and European negotiators started to see the reform process as a means to make the WHO more independent from political pressure. [nL8N2DU49N].
FILE PHOTO: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization , attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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