```

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8361-8362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01957]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

[[Page 8361]]

                Executive Order 14155 of January 20, 2025

                
Withdrawing the United States From the World 
                Health Organization

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose. The United States noticed its 
                withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 
                2020 due to the organization's mishandling of the 
                COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and 
                other global health crises, its failure to adopt 
                urgently needed reforms, and its inability to 
                demonstrate independence from the inappropriate 
                political influence of WHO member states. In addition, 
                the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments 
                from the United States, far out of proportion with 
                other countries' assessed payments. China, with a 
                population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the 
                population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 
                90 percent less to the WHO.

                Sec. 2. Actions. (a) The United States intends to 
                withdraw from the WHO. The Presidential Letter to the 
                Secretary-General of the United Nations signed on 
                January 20, 2021, that retracted the United States' 
                July 6, 2020, notification of withdrawal is revoked.

                    (b) Executive Order 13987 of January 25, 2021 
                (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government 
                to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat 
                COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on 
                Global Health and Security), is revoked.
                    (c) The Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs shall establish directorates and 
                coordinating mechanisms within the National Security 
                Council apparatus as he deems necessary and appropriate 
                to safeguard public health and fortify biosecurity.
                    (d) The Secretary of State and the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget shall take appropriate 
                measures, with all practicable speed, to:

(i) pause the future transfer of any United States Government funds, 
support, or resources to the WHO;

(ii) recall and reassign United States Government personnel or contractors 
working in any capacity with the WHO; and

(iii) identify credible and transparent United States and international 
partners to assume necessary activities previously undertaken by the WHO.

                    (e) The Director of the White House Office of 
                Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy shall review, 
                rescind, and replace the 2024 U.S. Global Health 
                Security Strategy as soon as practicable.

                Sec. 3. Notification. The Secretary of State shall 
                immediately inform the Secretary-General of the United 
                Nations, any other applicable depositary, and the 
                leadership of the WHO of the withdrawal.

                Sec. 4. Global System Negotiations. While withdrawal is 
                in progress, the Secretary of State will cease 
                negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and the 
                amendments to the International Health Regulations, and 
                actions taken to effectuate such agreement and 
                amendments will have no binding force on the United 
                States.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

[[Page 8362]]

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-01957
Filed 1-28-25; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3395-F4-P
```