World Health Organization
44 Articles
COVID-19 and Health Systems: Responding to Unpredictable Predictability
Health systems across the world have been tested by this pandemic, and many have been found wanting, surprised by the pandemic’s ferocity and its unknowness, its seeming unpredictability.…
National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 25-May 1)
(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
Pandemics and the Need for Global Governance
A new international organization is needed with primary authority to identify risks of contagious disease as early as possible and, as appropriate, marshal resources and expertise…
National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 18-24)
The latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule…
Trump Faces Off With the WHO: Sorting Through the Allegations
The president’s halt on payments to the WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic capped weeks of criticism and contradictions.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 11-17)
US halt on WHO funding. Warnings on lifting coronavirus restrictions and on sweeping pandemic effects. Syria, Libya, Somalia, Colombia. And more in our weekly recap.
An Abuse of Presidential Authority and American Power: Halting U.S. Funding for the World Health Organization
Leading international health law expert dissects how the WHO is designed to operate and finds the US position lacking.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 4-10)
The Syria hospital attacks inquiry, coronavirus job losses and nursing shortages, China's wet markets, Libya, and more in our UN recap.