US has condemned Taiwan exclusion from the World Health Assembly saying that the WHO DG chose not to invite the country under pressure from China
Washington D. C. [US], May 19 (ANI): US has condemned Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Assembly saying that the WHO’s DG chose not to invite the country under pressure from China.
« The United States condemns Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Assembly. At a time when the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, we need multilateral institutions to deliver on their stated missions and to serve the interests of all member states, not to play politics while lives are at stake, » US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) began its annual meeting on Monday.