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Why would the WHO try to please China? It's an international organization. It's not a charity. It doesn't rely on donation. Its membership were to countries, it

Why would the WHO try to please China? It's an international organization. It's not a charity. It doesn't rely on donation. Its membership were to countries, it's operations were maintained based on membership dues. I find it revolting as the OP seems to be insinuating there were financial interest for WHO to please China, which is bizarre and outrageous based on how it's organized.

heartbeats 7y ago
Because China threaten them. If they don't bend over backwards for them, China will accuse them of "Sinophobia" and being agents of the CIA all the rest.
grandridge 7y ago
I find it revolting how naive people are that think ngo's, charities, and international organizations are somehow morally superior, uncorruptible utupian ententies.
- beaunative 7y ago
  No one really said that. The reasons that international organizations are more trustworthy is that a heck lot more people are watching them and they are mostly composed of delegates from ideally all countries in this world.
- dang 7y ago
  Ok, but please don't post unsubstantive comments and/or flamebait to HN.
victorlin 7y ago
If WHO doesn't want to please China, could you explain they follow China's will and block Taiwan all the time? https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/22/china-health-coronavirus-wuhan-virus-spreads-taiwan-no-say-who/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/22/china-health-coronaviru... Yeah, right? why would they, hmmmmm, I am wondering
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shock-value 7y ago
WHO does rely in large part on donations. See http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA72/A72_35-en.pdf http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA72/A72_35-en.pdf page 82. It could certainly be argued that they have an interest in convincing China to boost the voluntary portion of its contribution to match that of some of the other nations on that list.
- beaunative 7y ago
  WHO has "assessed contribution", which is its lifeline upon which it relies. I'm not saying it doesn't accept donation. just that WHO doesn't need donations to survive. It's clearly shown in the pdf which you linked here that China doesn't even make it to the top 10 donor list. Donation from the United States comprised of 76% of WHO total voluntary contribution. Why would WHO risk angering its major donors and pleasing to one specific small donor? Even if finance were taken into consideration, it still doesn't make any sense. * [Assessed Contribution - WHO]: https://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/funding/assessed-contributions/en/ https://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/funding/as... * [US Impact - WHO]: https://www.who.int/about/planning-finance-and-accountability/financing-campaign/us-impact https://www.who.int/about/planning-finance-and-accountabilit...

heartbeats 7y ago

Because China threaten them. If they don't bend over backwards for them, China will accuse them of "Sinophobia" and being agents of the CIA all the rest.

grandridge 7y ago

I find it revolting how naive people are that think ngo's, charities, and international organizations are somehow morally superior, uncorruptible utupian ententies.

beaunative 7y ago
No one really said that. The reasons that international organizations are more trustworthy is that a heck lot more people are watching them and they are mostly composed of delegates from ideally all countries in this world.
dang 7y ago
Ok, but please don't post unsubstantive comments and/or flamebait to HN.

victorlin 7y ago

If WHO doesn't want to please China, could you explain they follow China's will and block Taiwan all the time? https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/22/china-health-coronavirus-wuhan-virus-spreads-taiwan-no-say-who/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/22/china-health-coronaviru... Yeah, right? why would they, hmmmmm, I am wondering

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shock-value 7y ago

WHO does rely in large part on donations. See http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA72/A72_35-en.pdf http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA72/A72_35-en.pdf page 82. It could certainly be argued that they have an interest in convincing China to boost the voluntary portion of its contribution to match that of some of the other nations on that list.

beaunative 7y ago
WHO has "assessed contribution", which is its lifeline upon which it relies. I'm not saying it doesn't accept donation. just that WHO doesn't need donations to survive. It's clearly shown in the pdf which you linked here that China doesn't even make it to the top 10 donor list. Donation from the United States comprised of 76% of WHO total voluntary contribution. Why would WHO risk angering its major donors and pleasing to one specific small donor? Even if finance were taken into consideration, it still doesn't make any sense. * [Assessed Contribution - WHO]: https://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/funding/assessed-contributions/en/ https://www.who.int/about/finances-accountability/funding/as... * [US Impact - WHO]: https://www.who.int/about/planning-finance-and-accountability/financing-campaign/us-impact https://www.who.int/about/planning-finance-and-accountabilit...