American Military News by Liz George February 17, 2021
By the end of the month, the Biden administration will pay over $200 million in membership fees previously blocked by former President Donald Trump to the World Health Organization, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday.
“This is a key step forward in fulfilling our financial obligations as a WHO member and it reflects our renewed commitment to ensuring the WHO has the support it needs to lead the global response to the pandemic even as we work to reform it for the future,†Blinken told the U.N. Security Council during a videoconference.
“The United States will work with our partners across the globe to expand manufacturing and distribution capacity and to increase access, including marginalized populations,†Blinken said.
The top diplomat also asked his counterparts to fight against misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines, in addition to providing investigators probing the origins of the pandemic with any pertinent information.
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