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Argentina to withdraw from WHO
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2/7/2025
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Here's following in the footsteps of far-right ally Donald Trump, Javier Mele is pulling
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Argentina out of the World Health Organization, blaming the UN agency's handling of the Covid-19
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pandemic and intervention in Argentina's sovereignty.
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We Argentinians do not allow an international organization to intervene in our sovereignty,
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much less our health.
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Health experts expressed their concern over the decision, stressing that the World Health
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Organization simply acts as a coordinator for global responses to health crises like
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disease outbreaks.
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The WHO is not mandatory. The WHO does not demand anything from you. The WHO proposes
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public policies and then the health authorities of each country decide whether or not to implement
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them and in what way to implement them. But there's no violation of sovereignty.
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Over one year into his presidency, Javier Mele's move projects a strong political alignment
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with recently inaugurated far-right ally Donald Trump, who signed an order to withdraw from
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the UN organization within hours of taking office.
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His decision also casts new doubt on Argentina's future adherence to the 2015 Paris climate
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change agreement, which the US also removed itself from.
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Despite leaving the WHO, Argentina remains a member of the Pan-American Health Organization,
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but former health minister warns that this could have consequences.
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If you leave the WHO, the Pan-American Health Organization will probably have something
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to say. And with them, we do have agreements to purchase vaccines at a much lower price
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for high-cost medicines for critical supplies and technical cooperation programs, where
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there would be not only health but also financial consequences.
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Argentina's exit along with the US could not only rupture cooperation in global health,
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but leave the country isolated in the case of a new pandemic or health threat. The announcement
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comes ahead of his trip later this month to the US to attend a right-wing leaders' summit
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in Washington.
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