The United States expects to officially withdraw from the World Health Organization on Thursday after serving the required one-year notice period — a key condition for leaving the global health body, which it joined in 1948.
But the country has yet to meet the other condition for withdrawal — paying what’s owed to the organization: $260 million in dues for 2024 and 2025. When the U.S. joined WHO, Congress stipulated that the country must pay what’s owed to the agency for the current fiscal year to withdraw.
That creates legal questions around withdrawal — which would be an unprecedented event.