Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno confirmed the move after President Javier Milei’s government notified the organisation in February 2025 and lodged the formal withdrawal request on March 17 last year.
The decision follows the path taken by Donald Trump, whose administration also moved the United States out of the WHO. Quirno said Argentina would continue international health cooperation through bilateral and regional agreements while preserving sovereignty and full control over national health policy decisions.
New Zealand formally rejected the organisation’s regulation amendments earlier this week.
Argentina had been a founding member of the WHO since 1948, but the Milei administration said deep differences over the agency’s handling of the COVID-19 drove the decision.
Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni said WHO pandemic management, together with decisions taken under former president Alberto Fernández, contributed to Argentina enduring what the government described as the longest lockdown in human history and exposed the country to foreign political influence. The government maintains the withdrawal will not damage healthcare delivery, although critics argue it could weaken outbreak monitoring, reduce access to lower-cost vaccines and treatments, and remove Argentina from key international health coordination mechanisms.
Daily Telegraph New Zealand (DTNZ) is an independent news website, first published in October 2021. - where this article was sourced.
New Zealand formally rejected the organisation’s regulation amendments earlier this week.
Argentina had been a founding member of the WHO since 1948, but the Milei administration said deep differences over the agency’s handling of the COVID-19 drove the decision.
Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni said WHO pandemic management, together with decisions taken under former president Alberto Fernández, contributed to Argentina enduring what the government described as the longest lockdown in human history and exposed the country to foreign political influence. The government maintains the withdrawal will not damage healthcare delivery, although critics argue it could weaken outbreak monitoring, reduce access to lower-cost vaccines and treatments, and remove Argentina from key international health coordination mechanisms.
Daily Telegraph New Zealand (DTNZ) is an independent news website, first published in October 2021. - where this article was sourced.
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