POMPEO BLASTS CHINA, WHO OVER CORONAVIRUS TRANSPARENCY FAILURES: 'THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE'
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POMPEO BLASTS CHINA, WHO OVER CORONAVIRUS TRANSPARENCY FAILURES: 'THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE'

POMPEO BLASTS CHINA, WHO OVER CORONAVIRUS TRANSPARENCY FAILURES: 'THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE'
According to Brett Schaefer, international affairs senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, this isn't surprising given that "anti-Israel bias is widespread in the U.N. system due to the historical hostility of Muslim nations to Israel and support for the Palestinians."
Last week, the Trump administration controversially announced plans to temporarily freeze funding to the WHO, pending an internal review of their relationship with China and failing to glean accurate information in the early days of the pandemic.
From Schaefer's lens, it does require further examination if Washington resumes funding.

"At a minimum, the U.S. should demand that the WHO conduct an independent, external investigation into the WHO response to COVID-19 and the potential influence of China over its decisions," he said. "(It should) thoroughly review and revise WHO policies and its International Health Regulations to enable it to respond more quickly to emerging pandemics, a restructuring of the WHO's financing to concentrate on infectious diseases and responding to international health emergencies, and allowing Taiwan to participate as an observer in WHO meetings and deliberations, as the Holy See and Palestine currently do."
Furthermore, the Geneva-based watchdog claimed that in 2017 the WHO buried a favorable report on Israel regarding its cooperation on a WHO mission to the Golan, in response to pressure from Syria's embattled authoritarian regime, led by Bashar al- Assad.
More than 14 member states reportedly confirmed that the mission report was not published, "not even the parts which had already been completed."
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