February 18 According to a report on the 17th local time, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said that the United States would pay more than $200 million in assessed contributions to the World Health Organization, including arrears under former President Trump’s administration.
It is reported that Blinken made the above speech at a video conference of the United Nations Security Council, and he also promised that the Biden administration would cooperate with the international community to fight the pandemic.
According to reports, Trump froze the dues provided by the United States to the WHO in April 2020 and withdrew from the organization in July of that year.
On January 20, 2021, after the new U.S. President Biden was sworn in, he announced that night that the United States would stop withdrawing from the WHO and other administrative measures.
