>> next, the chinese president, xi jinping addresses the world health assembly, hosted by the world health organization. he announced china would provide $2 billion over two years to help countries around the world deal with the coronavirus and provide support with vaccines. >> the president of the world , dear delegates, to begin with, i was to say that it is of significant importance for this world health assembly as a him and race -- that he would raise battles coronavirus. while we are facing this global -- cashith -- emergency in the world by surprise, has had over 210 countries and regions. it affected more than 7 billion people around the world and claimed over 300,000 precious lives. i mourn for every life loss -- lost and i express condolences to the degreed families -- the grieving families. the history of humans civilization is one of fighting diseases. the virus does not respect borders, nor his race or nationality relevant. this is confounded by the ravages of covid-19, the national debt international community has not flinched. people have tackled the virus had on. around the

world health assembly hosted by the world health organization. he announced to china would provide $2 billion over two years to help countries around the world deal with the coronavirus and provide support for vaccines. president of the world health assembly, director general of the world health organization, dear delegates. sayegin with, i wish to significant importance for this world health assembly to be held at such a critical moment as the human race battles the novel coronavirus. while we are facing the most serious global public health emergency since the end of the thend world war, catching world by surprise, covid-19 has hit over 210 countries and regions. than 7 billion -- 7e around the world, million people around the world and claimed over 300,000 precious lives. i mourn for every life lost, and express condolence to the bereaved families. the history of human civilization is one of fighting diseases, and triumphing over disasters. the virus does not respect borders, nor is race or nationality relevant in the face of the disease. conf

. >> the south korean president also spoke at the opening of the world health assembly, hosted by the world health organization. here are his remarks. >> delegates from various nations, i find it greatly meaningful to speak before the world health assembly, gathering convened to overcome covid-19 and usher in new hope. first of all, i would like to offer my deepest condolences and words of comfort to the victims of covid-19 all over the world. moreover, my utmost respect and gratitude go to the medical and quarantine professionals in each country, putting themselves at risk to protect the health and safety of humanity.

health ministers from around the world are meeting online for the who's annual world health assembly. with the virus having killed at 300,000 people across the globe, questions will be asked about how the pandemic spread so quickly. the chinese authorities didn't allow the who to send in their experts to the country until february despite notfiying them of the outbreak at the start of january. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. the world health organization is facing immense pressure over its handling of the covid—19 pandemic, with the us president leading the charge against the agency. the us is the who's biggest single donor, but last month, president trump withdrew funding and launched a blistering attack on both the who and china. had the who done itsjob, to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground, and to call out china's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source, with very little death. the who did get teams into china to work alongside chinese officials injanuary and february, and sa

response to the world health organization's assembly and the leadership of the world health organization, saying he sent this multipage letter to the leader of the world health organization, and he says it is self-explanatory. in this letter he lays out where he sees the world health organization showing bias towards china and he concludes in the letter writing this -- "myra -- administration has started his cushions on reform and the organization, but action is needed quickly. we do not have time to waste. that is why it is my duty host: now, the hhs secretary, alex azar, attended yesterday's testimony and here's what he had to say. [video clip] >> we must be frank about why this bread out of control. the notice states welcomes the assistance provided by our friends during the crisis and we have been proud to allocate over $9 billion that will benefit the covid 19 response, including half $1 billion in planned investment to support over 40 of the most at risk countries. the united states launched the first human vaccine trial and reported the first positive results from a therapeutic cl

the year 2000s was the world set of the world health assembly in 1977. a year later, the war head was declared at the alma alter. invention such as this one, a new vision began to take root. a vision based on primary healthcare, that's health of people in their homes, schools and villages and where they live and work. a vision based on local men and women trained to care for common health problems. 40 years ago the world health organization was created to help build a healthier world. where are we today? world population has reached the 5 billion mark. remarkable progress is being made in silence. the health picture varied widely. many millions are invested in medical technology. >> high-technology takes us ahead and takes its toll. for example, a nuclear accident posts massive threats to homes. in response to these dangers, groups are demanding control. individuals are taking personal action. in the poorer nation, the picture is very different. three quarters of the world's population receives less than 10% of the world's budget for help. women have a g

june 1948, the first world health assembly opened in geneva with 53 countries represented. >> the suffering of millions of human beings and scores of countries will be alleviated, and many lives will be saved. [applause] >> quarantine regulations were drawn up to curb the spread of communicable diseases, but the root causes of ill health had to be tackled. >> the only enemy worth fighting are ill health, poverty, and ignorance. >> malaria, a fatal disease, was a top priority facing the organization. in the early 1950's, spectacular successes were achieved through the spring of ddt. in 1955, fearful mosquitoes would develop resistance, the who launched a global campaign to eradicate malaria. the dream was not to be. by the late 1960's, it was clear eradication is not possible. controlling malaria it was a more realistic approach. smallpox, one out of four people it touched died. the rest were marked for life. millions were affected. in 1958, countries started mass vaccination campaigns to wipe out the disease worldwide. to vaccinate everyone on earth proved an overwhelming task. in 1967, the

well this was perhaps the most important world health assembly and at 73 years of existence one thing that was lacking though despite a lot of the word said was any real unity when it comes to tackling the coronavirus . peter thanks very much for that peter all of our europe correspondent live from berlin. russia gate front and center next. guest talk facts truth from the main stream media landscape that's ahead. hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered un peu.

president of the world health assembly, director general of the world health organization, dear delegates. sayegin with, i wish to significant importance for this world health assembly to be held at such a critical moment as the human race battles the novel coronavirus. while we are facing the most serious global public health emergency since the end of the thend world war, catching world by surprise, covid-19 has hit over 210 countries and regions.

health ministers from around the world are meeting online for the who's annual world health assembly. representatives from all 194 member states meet every year to decide on global health priorities. the covid—19 pandemic will of course be top of the agenda. there will be questions about how the outbreak got to this point, with over 4.6 million people infected globally and over 313,000 deaths. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has more. the world health organization is facing immense pressure over its handling of the covid—19 pandemic, with the us president leading the charge against the agency. the us is the who's biggest single donor, but last month, president trump withdrew funding and launched a blistering attack on both the who and china. had the who done itsjob, to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground, and to call out china's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source, with very little death. the who did get teams into china to work alongside chinese officials injanuary and february, and

health aseem -- today's world health assembly. jillian: 120 nations are demanding an official investigation into the outbreak. rob: former chief of staff, fred flight, says this is a major development. he joins us with more. fred, it's great to see these companies coming together to gang up on this awful regime. what do you make of it? >> it is. it's stunning. it's worth noting that this call for an investigation doesn't accuse anyone, china, the world health organization of anything. it calls for an objective investigation. it calls for transparency. but the fact that other nations are challenging china is really unprecedented. it goes to the fact that the evidence has become so overwhelming of beijing's criminal negligence in this affair and the fact that nations are tired of china's bullying to deflect blame from the way it handled the virus. jillian: let's take a look at what china has to say. china responds for the calls to take responsibility. this reads, quote, some are anxious to shift the blame instead of reflecting on th

going to implore but at least for the moment at the world health assembly meeting that just concluded yet beijing was able to advance his cause very well. earlier this month you asserted that china's handling of the coven 19 has been as you a quote malicious in terms of deliberately taking actions that would inevitably lead to the spread of the virus outside of china's borders you called it the crime of the century 10 aberrate on as sure beijing only publicly admitted that. 1000 was human to human transmissible on january 20 but doctors in mohan knew that this was h.g.h. human to human 2nd week of december maybe even earlier than that now if china hadn't said anything for that 5 week period that would have been grossly irresponsible but during that period beijing trying to convince the world that it was not human to human and that of course lall public health officials around the world but to make this story worse beijing during this period when it knew that this was contagious tried to convince countries not to impose travel restrictions in coron jeans on arrivals from china and beca

xi: president of the world health assembly, director general of the world health organization, dear delegates. to begin with, i wish to say it is of significant importance for this world health assembly to be held at such a critical moment as the human race battles the

at the world health assembly the annual meeting is the governing body of the world health organization and should be focused on combating the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the it's being hosted at the geneva but if you take place online the united states is again expected to. and its leadership. which it accuses of being too lenient on china the u.s. has also been pushing for the w.h.o. to end its exclusion of taiwan china which came styron as it stood a tree has been blocking its ought to special for 7 yards. this of course means that one of the places that's been most successful at combating the coronavirus pandemic won't have a seat at the table taiwan has said it won't prestige to but taipei wants to share how it managed to keep its infections and death rates or law. no locked down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only a few 100 coronavirus infections and less than 10 deaths taiwan's handling of the crisis is a unique

health officials from around the world are meeting online at the world health assembly to decide how the world should tackle the crisis. but taiwan, which is seen as one of the places that's been most successful at combating the disease, has not been invited. china, which considers taiwan as part of its territory, has blocked the island's attendance since 2016. in recent weeks, there has been pressue from the us, and the eu, and several other nations to include taiwan as an observer. 0ur taiwan correspondent cindy sui gave us more details from taipei. despite the intense lobbying effort and unprecedented international support, taiwan still has not received an invitation from the who to attend the world health assembly starting today. even though it is a virtual meeting and many would argue that taiwan could easily be included, it doesn't look like it will be. and the main reason is because despite the fact that taiwan was able to attend as an observer from 2009 to 2016 under the previous administration, which had accepted the concept of 0ne—china — that both sides would be able t

the world health assembly wrapped up its two-day meeting on tuesday. leaders and representatives from 194 member state attended the teleconference. they also continued to agree to support the w.h.o. leadedershipn response to the pandemic. >> the w.h.o. remains fully committed to transparency, accountability and continues improvement. in the assembly chinese president xi jinping praised the w.h.o.'s response to the outbreak, but the u.s. denounced the initial handling. the w.h.o. cut short this year's assembly due to the pandemic. the agency plans to reconvene in the second half of 2020 to discuss remaining issues. >> japan's foreign ministry says the coronaviirus is wreaking havoc across the world andnd countries must work together to contain it. the reporttn japan's fofoeign polilicy and its positiion sayse pandemic has impacted the world economically, socially and didiplomatically and internatiol communicationons and cooperatio are key to containing the virus. it mentions chinese president xi jinping's postponed visit to japan as an example of the ef

all of the leaders of the world were at the world health assembly at different ministerial levels. but you have secretary of state pompeo and a letter by president trump spending all that time attacking the world health organization. i'm quite certain. i mean, there are lessons to be learned for the world health organization as for everyone else after this crisis, but at the moment, it should be to fight the virus and unite the world. we can't have a world where the only thing that is truly globalized is the virus. that's what i mean by complete abandonment of u.s. ambitions of leadership, which is highly regrettable and i think is regretted by many people around the world. >> there was another memorable line, and we'll put it up for people to read because i'd like to highlight it. you said, quite, this was the post-american world on display. china assertive and confident. europe trying to save what can be saved of global cooperation and the trump administration mostly outside firing its heavy artillery in all directions but with limited results. what concerns you about that, and c

following starting shortly excuse me at the world health assembly the annual meeting is the governing body of the world health organization and should be focused on combat in the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the assembly it's being hosted at the w.h.o. in geneva but will largely take place online. the united states is again expecting to attack the organization and its leadership which it accuses of being too lenient on china the u.s. has also been pushing for the w.h.o. to end its exclusion of taiwan china which claims to have won as its territory has been blocking its participation for several years and that means that one of the places that has been most successful at combat in the coronavirus pandemic won't have a seat at the table taiwan responded quickly to the outbreak and has suffered from the tiddley few infections and deaths we have this report now from taipei. no lock down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only

health for all by the year 2000 was the goal set by the world health assembly in 1977. a year later, the way ahead was declared. such as this one, a new vision began to take root, a vision based on primary health care. that is, health for people in their homes, schools, villages where they live and work. a vision based on local men and women trained to care for common health problems. >> to help build a healthier world. where are we today? world population has reached the $5 billion mark. remarkable progress has been made, yet the health picture varies widely. in industrialized nations, many millions are invested in medical technology, but blatant inequalities in health status remain. individuals are taking personal action. in the poorer nations, the picture is very different. three-quarters of the world's population received less than 10% of the world's budget for health. women have a 200 times greater risk of dying during pregnancy and childbirth than women in the rich nations. >> they must learn to confront the diseases of affluence, fueled by the adoption of western

health assembly approved such an inquiry mr. premier, i wanted to ask you, what is china's stance on how such an inquiry be carried out? what should it do and not do thank you. [speaking non-english [speaking non-english ] [speaking non-english ] >> china and many countries believe that it is important to get a clear idea about a source of the coronavirus as you said at the recently held world health assembly, a resolution was adopted china is one of the cosponsors of this resolution we believe getting clear about the sources of the virus on the basis of science will help us better carry out containment of covid-19 and also contribute to life and health of people around the world. [speaking non-english ] [speaking non-english . [speaking non-english ] >> translator: the novel coronavirus disease has caught all by surprise. it is completely unknown there is still more to the virus we do not know viruss respect no borders and are a common enemy to the world and entire humanity. now countries are still working hard to contain the s

manager welcome to the program health experts and diplomats are taking part in the world health assembly the governing body of the world health organization the focus is on the. an unprecedented challenge for the north shore in a virtual address u.n. secretary general. said the walled was paying a heavy price for its lack of cohesion in responding to the pandemic he also criticized countries that ignored the recommendations and so helped facilitate the spread of the corona virus. also speaking to the assembly was german chancellor and you know medical or renewed her support for the w.h.o. she called for more cooperation among nations to tackle the pandemic here is what she said. grace would say cocoon of you was punin you know i am a desire not going to virus pandemic has shown us that we need to do more globally in prevention research and the strengthening of health systems that's the theme direct isn't that the w.h.o. is the legitimate global organization for health so we must continue working to improve my seizures within the w.h.o. and ensure that it has sustainable financing not. i'

health assembly. laura, christine? >> ivan watson, thank you so much. >>> president trump touted the drug as a game changer. the president says he is taking it anyway. >> the front line workers, many, many are taking it. i happen to be taking it. i happen to be taking it. >> hydroxychloroquine? >> i'm taking it. hydroxychloroquine. right now, yeah. couple of weeks ago i started taking it. because i think it's good. i've heard a lot of good stories. and if it's not good, i'll tell you what -- >> the president's revelation running counter to the scientific evidence. several new studies have found it won't help and could even cause harm like cardiac arrest. >>> the president's use of the drug sends a conflicting message to americans looking for guidance right now so desperately since i'm sure -- after numerous discussions the president and i had regarding the evidence for and against the drug, the use of hydroxychloroquine, we concluded the potential benefit from the treatment outweighed the risks. >>> t

health ministers from around the world are meeting online for the who's annual world health assembly. representatives from all 194 member states meet every year to decide on global health priorities. the covid—19 pandemic will of course be top of the agenda. there will be questions about how the outbreak got to this point, with over 4.6 million peopled infected globally, and over 313,000 deaths. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has more. the world health organization is facing pressure over the covid—19 pandemic. the us is the who's biggest single donor, but last month, president trump withdrew funding and launched a blistering attack on both the who and china. had the who done itsjob, to get medical experts into china, to objectively assess the situation on the ground, and to call out china's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source, with very little death. the who did get teams into china to work alongside chinese officials in january and february, and says since it was first alerted to the outbreak, china has shared crucial inform

while speaking at the world health assembly. >> in an apparent attempt at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous costs for the entire world. we saw the w.h.o. failed at sharing and transparency when member states do not act in good faith. >> and in the coming hours, members of the world health assembly are expected to vote on a resolution calling for an independent review of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. more than 100 countries have already voiced support for an inquiry, including china. cnn's steven jiang has more. >> reporter: china is supporting this resolution, which include this international inquiry into the pandemic. the way beijing is framing this, this is not an international inquiry, instead, this is a partial evaluation led by the w.h.o. based on science and professionalism and only to be conducted after the pandemic has been brought under control. the chinese president xi jinping also highlighted the positive role played by the chinese government in this global fight against the virus. >> translator: all a

and china had really threatened to overshadow this world health assembly i believe the u.s. representative has spoken want to they have to say. yes indeed relations between the u.s. china and with the w.h.o. in the middle continuing to deteriorate president trump has frozen funds to the w.h.o. he says that he is reviewing this at present and the possibility is that all funding will be struck off but the health secretary alex azhar has entered the fray with a sharpie critical speech to the world health association the world health organization in which he accused the w.h.o. of failing in its mission to explain the origins of the virus to communicate what was happening to the rest of the world this is what alex is are at to say in an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world we saw that w 2 failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when member states do not act in good faith this cannot ever happen again the status quo is intolerable w.h

world health assembly continues on choose day be looking for more well unified responses to the covert 19 crisis and less of the blame game right now. absolutely who'd rather be ahead of the show at the moment is the spot it's going to get bigger and bigger by the looks of it came across it 1st peter oliver in berlin there thank you. belgium is further easing its lockdown which includes seeing schools museums and beauty salons open their doors once again the number of active infections and the death rate is decreasing there were fewer than $300.00 new cases and 28 fatalities reported on monday but that said bulgin currently has the highest mortality rate per capita in the world and that's prompted criticism over its handling of the crisis that at the weekend health care staff or the process hospital protested during a visit by the prime minister turning their backs on her motorcade as she arrived she was there on a bridge building mission calling her visit a message of appeasement to hospital workers but they say their efforts are not being properly knowledged and they've railed agains

the coronavirus has pushed the world health assembly to a virtual setting. while updates on treatments and vaccines are expected to be discussed, accountability will likely be a major issue. the chinese government is still facing international criticism for their early handling of the virus outbreak. reports earlier this month indicated china pressured the world health organization to delay issuing a global warning about coronavirus. amid tensions with china, the u.s. sent a letter to the w.h.o. calling on the organization to allow taiwan to participate in today's world health assembly. that can request has been de-- that request has been denied as china doubles down on the position against taiwanese sovereignty. there is a grim picture for beijing when it comes to responsibility for the early outbreak of covid-19. >> we have a lot of information and it's not good. you know the worst of all, whether it came from the lab or came from the bats, it all came from china and they should have stopped it. >> reporter: we are getting new information out of israel tod

think there's a couple of things to be said about your question the 1st is the world health assembly which has recently met has agreed to. 2 says of recommendations one dealing with an investigation into the w.h.o. discharge of its own responsibilities in the case of cova daunting and the 2nd is if you look at the text of the world health assembly recommendations to devolve an investigation into the ultimate origins of the covert 19. virus to a series of as it were subsidiaries scientific bodies it is an open question whether these 2 proposed inquiries actually get to the root of the questions which are alive in the mind of the international community for not china saying that the united states has in fact i think played a very poor multilateral diplomatic hand in this crisis has sought to step into the opportunities which have been created by a withdrawal of the fictive u.s. leadership and to provide a whole lot of funding. not just the. other various regional initiatives to deal with the covert 19 crosses i think the chinese leadership recognize they have a series of questions to a

health assembly the aim from the world health organization was to turn a tragic pandemic into a beacon of hope it didn't really pan out like that the only thing all $194.00 countries who were taking part could agree on was that there needs to be an investigation to see who was to blame for the corona virus was it china or was it the world health organization themselves donald trump the us president wasn't waiting about for any investigation he's made up his mind he blames both should be held responsible for what they've done they have hurt the world very very badly the world health organization was labeled a puppet of china by donald trump who straitening to cut off u.s. funding to the w.h.o. entirely well he's already suspended u.s. money going to the organization he did that of course right in the middle of a global emergency china has struck back at those comments from donald trump saying the u.s. president is attempting to cover up his administration's own failings when it comes to the virus the u.s. has the highest number of infections in the world the letter is filled with phrase

discussions at the world health assembly will focus on ways to fight the coronavirus pandemic. taiwan lost it's observer status in 2017 and is aiming to rejoin the proceedings this year. authorities in beijing strongly object to taiwan's participation arguing the territory is part of china. >> there's no legal basis in the who constitution or the rules governing the annual conference to justify the participation as an observer at the southern state. >> the united states and japan are among the countries supporting taiwan participation. the u.s. senate unanimously passed a resolution on the topic. meanwhile, u.s. president donald trump said thursday he is preparing to take new measures against the who. the trump administration has temporarily cutoff funding to the agency and accused it of having a china centered stance. president trump i is taking his defenses on china to the next level sayining he could cutoff e whole relationship. trump madee the comment on thursday duringg an interview o fox business networks mornings with maria when asked about the chinese president xi jingp

health assembly online yesterday as a as quote a triumph as a bold move saying that president xi jinping welcomes an international review because china simply has nothing to hide there's also rejected any attempts by the u.s. and donald trump to politicize this probe and to politicize any action from the world health organization and saying indeed that it's a puppet. what we've seen around the world is a foreign media according to state media saying that this program really is a inquiry to hold china to account and state media saying that that's not true at all and that it thinks that this review should be a look at not just china's actions but actions around the world and the response globally to the coronavirus and even one editorial here has said that president trump and his colleagues should be afraid should they review find that their virus indeed originated not in china but in the u.s. and really this is really playing into this war of words between the 2 countries going back and forth blaming each other over the coronavirus and china saying that the u.s. is just engaging in an ant

health assembly several world leaders appeared to be a video link and stressed the need for international cooperation in fighting the pandemic some countries led by the u.s. have criticized the w.h.o. for mistakes made back in january and february u.s. president trump has suspended u.s. funding for the organization accusing it of being too lenient on china where the virus was 1st detected. cope at 19 has tragically taken hundreds of thousands of lives impacted millions of people and to deep damage to the world economy we must be frank about one of the primary reasons this outbreak spun out of control there was a failure by this organization to obtain the information that the world needed and that failure cost many lives in an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world we saw that w. 2 failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when member states do not act in good faith this cannot ever happen again or more now i'm joined by dr margaret harris from th

taiwan from this week's world health assembly in geneva i understand that dr tatar is unusually close ties to beijing started long before this current pandemic and that's a deeply troubling brazil has overtaken the united kingdom becoming the country with the 3rd highest coronavirus cases in the world president jaya beltre nurses his cabinet would approve the controversial drug drugs he chloroquine to handle mild cases polls have closed in burundi's presidential election which went ahead despite the corona virus outbreak folks is it choosing a new president with a long time leader piano crews these are stepping down after 50 years in power in south sudan at least 287 people have been killed since friday in what authorities are calling cattle raids more than 100 people were injured during the attacks which took place in a county in jungle a state a staff member from doctors without borders was also killed over the weekend right up to date with the headlines got more news coming up right after inside story often. is the world health organization on life support its response to the coron

health assembly to pay their assessed contribution on time and in a fall and also saying that the u.s. is simply politicizing the world health organization's relationship with china in order to divert blame away from its own mishandling of the crisis back home another interesting comment it was made by china's foreign ministry this afternoon is that while it welcomes a comprehensive review by the world health organization into the origins of curve of 19 it also said that it would be disastrous for this review to be undertaken at a time when the panic when the pandemic is still now not in control so really in a way it's kind of trying to really delay the timing of this review and in a sense kick the can down the road and china's relationship with the u.s. has historically low no doubt katrina how is this being interpreted in beijing. well many analysts that i've spoken to here in beijing say that they do feel that china and the u.s. have entered a new cold war and have been brought closer to confrontation in the 2 countries have been in the last few decades and it's not just about the

with the world health assembly which start in a few hours time the annual meeting is the governing body of the world health organization and should be focused on combat in the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the assembly it's being hosted at the w.h.o. in geneva but will largely take place online the united states is again expected to attack the organization and its leadership which it accuses of being too lenient of china. while china is blocking taiwan's push to attend the assembly as a full member taipei has rejected china's demand that it drop its claim of independents. no lock down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only a few 100 coronavirus infections and less than 10 deaths taiwan's handling of the crisis is a unique success story all the more surprising that the w.h.o. doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under press

chinese president xi jinping is speaking right now virtually at the world health assembly on the w.h.o. let's listen and feel and supply chains be kept stable and clucked if we are to restore growth to the economy of the world. 6 we must strengthen international cooperation mankind is a community with a shared future solidarity and cooperation thanks our most powerful weapon for defeating the virus this is the killer lessons the world has learned from fighting hiv aids ebola avian influenza one n one and other major epidemics and for their weekly and a corporation is a sure way through which we the people of the world can defeat these novel coronavirus mr president china stands for the vision of building a community with a shared a future for mankind china takes it as its responsibility to ensure not just life and health of its own citizens but also global public health. for the sake of boosting international cooperation against coordinating i would like to announce the following china will provide $2000000000.00 u.s. dollars over 2 years to help with coping in $1000.00 responses. and

from that the world health assembly it's the governing body of the world health organization is usually a fairly. dull event but this year it could be one of the most important diplomatic events of the year because countries are coming together to talk about how they can respond to the coronavirus crossers and there's talk of developing a vaccine or a program to cooperate on a vaccine and tests in some countries want to see that made freely available for all citizens of the world however these talks could threaten to be overshadowed by geopolitics because there's a lot of disputes between countries when they come together at the assembly and hopefully they won't get in the way of countries talking about health shoulder oyo thanks for all your analysis well let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world 49 migrants have been rescued by spain's coast guard off the island of gran canaria the migrants had departed to africa and dany and were intercepted near the coast 35 of them are believed to be miners. u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at his predecessor ba

as well i mean the world health assembly is meeting today and tomorrow and taiwan is excluded at china's insistence so i think the us is is it one of the spectrum but the rest of the world including all of nearly all of the e.u. is is is is also registering their unhappiness world health organization as it appears that the world health organization is more governed by politics then and jennings right ok so what i want us to look at let's just take a listen look at that because of course in any multilateral organizations you'll get a struggle to find can consensus just going back to the question i asked what would be the benefit to the united states of leaving the w.h.o. . well certainly it would make a statement and certainly the u.s. taxpayer would save save money from it if the world health organization is really just something that the chinese government is so co-opted there's no point for the united states to state it at all furthermore that it that with the u.s. withdrawal from might encourage other countries to place pressure on other w.h.o. and the chinese government and make thei

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we're joined now by dr daniel knew the former time when his delegate to the world health assembly who was featured in that report he joined us from taipei dr no welcome and despite not being a member of the doubler true or taiwan has had spectacular success and being the coronavirus spender make how was that possible yes going from taiwan turn one it was possible many because of the science experience with the thing including the legal basis with the comic asian community disease in place but we have a challenge this time from the koran the virus and also the spite of. from this hour long mutation of the so-called ignited we were prepared and we prepared early and we prepared earnestly i think this is important. in public health it is the way we have been doing this work for so long we need almost a trial so asperin see and truthfulness that we deal with health lives of people not wholly x. and where we do that off front if you see they people trust this well officials have been trust us so well that i am i can't describe in words how much we have been. depends up on and without being

., the world health assembly, meets today for the first time since the pandemic took hold. getting criticism for its initial handling of the outbreak. the u.s. is pushing for a probe into the origins of the outbreak. thank you for joining us. that start with whether the virus was man-made. is there evidence of that and how would change -- how would that change the meeting? rik: all the evidence we have so far point out that this is a coronavirus, of the family of coronavirus circulating in the animal world, and the population of bats. what we don't know so far is what was the intermediate tocies that allows the virus cross from bats to humans, because in most previous cases we knew there was an immediate -- bit direct -- direct contact was bad. there is investigation ongoing into trying to find that, and , a number of scientists point out that this is a virus that was circulating in the animal world. francine: give us a sense, first of all, of what will happen today if the u.s. blames china for a mishandling of the crisis. is there evidence of that? how does the w.h.o. inve