美国拒付世卫组织欠款

US will not pay what it owes WHO

美国拒付世卫组织欠款

The US said on Wednesday that it will not pay some $80 million it currently owes to the Geneva-based World Health Organization and will instead redirect the money to help pay its United Nations bill in New York.

9月2日，美国表示不会支付目前仍拖欠世界卫生组织的约8000万美元，而会把这笔钱用于支付其在联合国的会费。

The US plans to leave the WHO on July 6, 2021.

美国计划在2021年7月6日退出总部位于日内瓦的世卫组织。

Under a 1948 joint resolution of the US Congress, US president had to give one-year notice of US withdrawal from the WHO and is required to pay what Washington's owes for the organization's current fiscal year.

根据美国国会1948年的一项联合决议，美国要退出世卫组织的话须提前一年告知，并支付美国对该组织当前财政年度的欠款。

Nerissa Cook, State Department Bureau of International Organization Affairs deputy assistant secretary of state, said the US currently owes the WHO some $18 million for financial year 2019 and $62 million for financial year 2020.

主管国际组织事务的副助理国务卿内里莎·库克说，美国在2019财年和2020财年分别拖欠世卫组织1800万美元和6200万美元。

"Those together are being reprogrammed to the UN to pay the regular UN assessment," said Cook, referring to money that Washington is required to pay the United Nations in New York.

库克称，将把这两笔钱一并转移至联合国款项，用于支付总部位于纽约的联合国的定期评定会费，即美国应缴纳的联合国会费。