The World Health Assembly (WHA) leaves Geneva argument The global pandemic global compact on Thursday to pass a resolution condemning the regional health emergency caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
WHA is considering two duel proposals, one presented by the United States and 50 other World Health Organization (WHO) member states to condemn Russia’s aggression, and the other by Moscow recognizing Russia as innocent in the regional health crisis.
Evgenia Filipenko, Ukraine’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the UN prisoner Russia’s decision is a “perverted alternate reality” and a “cynical attempt to deceive this forum”.
Russia’s attempt to stop self-blame has been backed by its brutal counterpart, China, but has received little support beyond that. He lost by 66 votes to 15. US Ambassador Sheba Crocker scolded the Russians for lazily copying large chunks of text from the original decision and deleting every line that mentioned Russia.
The US-backed proposal to blame Russia for the health crisis was passed by a vote of 88 out of 12, but the WHO has 183 members who vote, so almost half of the members abstained from voting.
“Diplomats said they feared going away this time and forcing Russia to leave because of the need to cooperate with WHO in the field of disease monitoring. They say support for political condemnation in Russia has also weakened because some Western countries are too focused on targeting Russia at the expense of other issues. Reuters nature.
A local resident walks near a house destroyed by a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
WHO can, for example, remove voting rights from a Member State. South Africa and loss Despite being a founding member of the World Health Organization, it has been her voice for nearly 30 years since apartheid.
Russian government threatening He left WHO last week and technically took the first steps in that direction. In addition to a decision condemning the invasion of Ukraine, Russia was outraged by a European-initiated WHO decision to move the disease control office to the Moscow outpost area.
“Any attempt to isolate or blame specifically the Russian Federation for the state of health in the country is unacceptable. Russia brings peace to Ukraine,” Russian Deputy Ambassador Oleksandr Alimov said on Thursday after the vote.
“War is a health issue. Health for the world. World for health. The World Health Assembly should not be afraid to address health crises, including their causes and in this case the aggressor. ” answered British Representative Simon Manley.
Permission convicted “Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, including attacks on medical facilities” “in the most difficult terms”.
WHO called on Russia to “immediately cease any attack on hospitals”, protect medical and humanitarian personnel in the conflict zone, and ensure that the flow of medical supplies is unimpeded.
The WHO said the Russian occupation severely hindered access to treatment in Ukraine, causing health problems across the region.
A report by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday listed 256 attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine, 212 of them with heavy weapons, since Russia’s aggression began in February. 75 people lost their lives as a result of these attacks.
Source: Breitbart
