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European Union to rally Canada, allies to help WHO after U.S. halts funding
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The European Union is planning a major pledging conference early next month to help fill the World Health Organization‘s funding gaps, and it expects Canada to play a key role.
Brice de Schietere, the EU’s acting ambassador to Canada, says the event was being planned before U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week he would pause WHO funding because of concerns that it mismanaged the early outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
De Schietere told The Canadian Press that no one wants to politicize the May 4 event but the effort to find a vaccine and fund the research needed to end the global pandemic means raising money to help the UN agency is more important than ever.
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