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"Shocking and regrettable": the UN Security Council becomes a battleground between the United States and China over WHO

At this point, China is taking advantage of whatever it can use as leverage to "embarrass" Washington. – Unsurprisingly, the Chinese authorities express their indignation at the American blockade of a draft resolution of the United Nations Security Council supporting the appeal of the head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, to stop The A global fire to concentrate global resources in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese diplomat quoted by Reuters said he was "Shocking and regrettable" Washington withdrew its support for the draft resolution on Friday.

"The United States has accepted the compromise text and it is shocking and regrettable that the United States has changed its position," he added. diplomat said. However, an American official responded by saying that there had never been agreement on the text.

Secretary-General of the United Nations with the Director-General of WHO, through Xinhuanet

The front and center of the debate is the World Health Organization, currently the source of deep controversy and growing tensions between China and the United States. The United States, especially after the German secret service has just revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Thebreyesus, cover the severity of the coronavirus pandemic in Januaryaccording to a bomb Der Spiegel report.

In connection with the UN global ceasefire project Reuters explains that "Talks have been hampered by a confrontation between China and the United States over whether to mention the World Health Organization."

It’s always "The United States does not want a benchmark, China insisted that it be included, while other members consider whether or not the mention of WHO is a marginal issue" said diplomats.

Ultimately, the United States rejected any reference to WHO, even when the text was replaced by simply "specialized health agencies" rather than direct reference. According to reports, American diplomats have also promised to veto everything in this language.

President Trump cut funding for WHO, which is a United Nations agency, after not only severely minimizing the threat of a global pandemic (belatedly identifying it as such), but after that the administration accused the organization of being "China-centric" and allowing itself to be the puppet of Beijing's "disinformation" when communist officials attempted to control the public relations damage after the disease passed through Wuhan and spread far beyond China's borders.

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