Cease UK tax-payers funding of the WHO [WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION] like AMERICA has

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The Issue

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday 29th May that America cuts ties, terminates WHO [WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION] funding permanently. The US President says he will redirect its funding from the Geneva based WHO towards other global public health organisations as the global superpower has decided to terminate all ties with the WHO after alleging that it failed to monitor and regulate the deadly Corona virus pandemic. "Because they [WHO] have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organisation" the US President said addressing an aggressive speech from the White House Rose garden. Last month Donald trump had frozen the US funding to WHO blaming it for severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of Corona virus. The President claims that the WHO is a "crime against humanity" and a "damnable" act that will cost lives. The USA was the biggest donor to WHO approximately $400 million in 2019 roughly 15% of WHO's annual budget.

After the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation the third largest donor country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at approximately $250 million or 9.8% of the total budget and has promised a further $200 million in new funding for International efforts to contain the pandemic, including a further $65 million for WHO. Please sign this petition for the UK to withdraw its WHO funding completely in line with America's lead, thank you.

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The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP Prime Minister

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