The World Health Organization's position regarding China has renewed a longstanding debate about whether the international organization, founded 72 years ago, is sufficiently independent to allow it to fulfill its purpose. | Analysis by jgriffiths
Hong Kong Sitting alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was effusive in his praise of the country's response to the coronavirus crisis.
"We appreciate the seriousness with which China is taking this outbreak, especially the commitment from top leadership, and the transparency they have demonstrated," Tedros said, in comments that would be repeatedly quoted in China's state media for weeks.This was in late January, after Xi had taken control of the situation due to local officials' apparent failure to contain the outbreak to Hubei province.
In Ebola outbreak, fear hinders treatment efforts 02:26Taiwan in the dark It is on the issue of Taiwan that Beijing's political sway at the WHO is most clear. In an impassioned speech last year before the World Health Assembly , the organization's annual meeting in Geneva, Luke Browne, the youthful health minister of the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent, demanded that Taiwan be allowed a seat at the table. "There is simply no principled basis why Taiwan should not be here ...
— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC 🇹🇼 February 6, 2020 "Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO leaves its population vulnerable during this crisis -- a lack of direct and timely channels to the WHO have already resulted in inaccurate reporting of cases in Taiwan," said Natasha Kassam, an expert on China, Taiwan and diplomacy at Australia's Lowy Institute."Taiwanese authorities have complained about the lack of access to WHO data and assistance.
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