1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 1, 2021Rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO): Reform and Related IssuesThe Biden Administration is working to restore U.S. involvement in the World Health Organization (WHO). On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden sent a letter to United Nation (U.N
2、.) Secretary-General Antnio Guterres indicating that the United States would remain a member of WHO. The letter retracted a July 6, 2020, decision by the Trump Administration to withdraw the United States from WHO effective July 6, 2021. The withdrawal determination followed assertions by the Trump
3、Administration that WHO failed “to independently investigate” reports conflicting with Chinese governments accounts of the pandemic and repeated “grossly inaccurate” or “misleading” claims made by Chinese authorities about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). On January 21, 2021, U.S. officials anno
4、unced a resumption of regular engagement with WHO and an end to the drawdown of U.S. staff seconded to WHO. The White House also issued a directive, which among other things, directed the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to make recommendations for reforming and strengthening
