A body blow to the WHO

The decision by US to  withdraw from WHO effective July 2021 is one of the most undesirable moves Trump has ever made ! At a time when the entire world is grappling with the pandemic with no near sight of any breakthrough to arrest the spread, the news is indeed shocking..More than the financial aid, the  superpower withdrawing support for global cause and standing aloof from the  world stage is difficult to comprehend  ! The US has always been at the forefront in guiding the global programmes and in transforming and shaping the progress of mankind by extending its expertise, experience and economy ! For an economy of the size of US [ ~$ 21 trillion which is ~Rs.1600 lakh crore], the aid of ~ Rs 3000 crore is simply a pittance !.No doubt, the apex body should have acted based on a real time monitoring of the developments in Wuhan instead of relying on the inputs from there, but that is all water under the bridge now ! Efforts must be accelerated to make a thorough investigation into the events at Wuhan for which several nations have expressed the willingness to join the band and it is for the group to conduct it soon to unearth facts and fiction..

Trump’s withdrawal from the commitments made at ‘Paris Climate Agreement’ and from 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, threatening India and Turkey with sanctions in the event of acquiring S-400 missiles from Russia, harrowing implications of the pandemic, the aftermath of Floyd’s death, decisions on H1B policies and asking those students attending only on-line classes to leave the country are a few among other vital policies that would indisputably leave a deep scar on his statesmanship ! 

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