WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”

The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

The move to exit the WHO is historic and controversial. The U.S. has long been the most generous provider of humanitarian assistance.

The move means that the US would leave the health agency in 12 months and stop all financial contributions to its work.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.