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Comment| Volume 396, ISSUE 10247, P293-295, August 01, 2020

US withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and US health and security

Lawrence O Gostin Harold Hongju Koh Michelle Williams Margaret A Hamburg Georges Benjamin William H Foege
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Published:July 09, 2020DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31527-0

On May 29, 2020, President Donald Trump announced the USA would sever its relationship with WHO and redirect funds to US global health priorities.1 On July 6, 2020, the US administration officially notified UN Secretary-General António Guterres of its intention to withdraw from WHO membership.2 This notification coincides with record daily increases in COVID-19 cases worldwide and rising infections in more than three-quarters of the US states.3
, 4 In response, 750 leaders from academia, science, and law have urged the US Congress to block the president's action.5

The US Congress, the courts, and the public all have the power to block this reckless decision. The USA entered WHO membership through a 1948 joint resolution passed by both houses of Congress and this resolution has been supported by successive administrations. Former President Harry Truman explicitly referenced that resolution as his legal basis for joining WHO.6 The current US administration's unilateral action notifying the UN that the USA is withdrawing violates US law because it does not have express approval of Congress to leave WHO. A Supreme Court precedent has made clear that “When the President takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.”7

The US administration's decision to sever ties and terminate WHO funding violates a binding condition in Congress's 1948 resolution, which must be met before the USA may withdraw. The law mandates the USA must pay its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. Because withdrawal could not occur until next July, the USA must pay its mandatory WHO contributions through the end of 2021. And because any withdrawal could not take effect until July, 2021, a new US presidential administration could simply revoke the withdrawal upon taking office.

More - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31527-0/fulltext

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