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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: 


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(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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 20, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01957 

Filed 1–28–25; 8:45 am] 

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