One of the first executive orders from the second Trump Administration was to formally withdraw from the United Nations’ World Health Organisation. Established in 1948, the WHO  tasked itself with the improvement of public health through international cooperation. The organisation was given the “ mandate  under its constitution to promote the attainment of ‘the highest possible level of health’ by all peoples.” Public health has changed vastly in the last eighty years and has

After World War II, the major powers decided on peace by working together to create a system that will foster cooperation. The United Nations grew out of this idea so that states would work together to maintain security. The United Nations General Assembly is the main policy-making body of the organisation that includes 193 member states. Providing a space for conflict resolution is the main goal of the United Nations but many have seen the institution as powerless and ineffe