On Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there had been "very valid" criticism of the WHO and the Federal Government was reviewing how it engaged with the organisation.
But he said the organisation had responded to hundreds of requests for help in the Pacific region following the coronavirus outbreak, as well as responding to other disease outbreaks in recent years.
"So, look, I know they have had their criticism and frankly I think it has been quite deserved and of course we are frustrated, but they do important work " and they do important work here in the Pacific and we will keep working with them but it won't be uncritical," Mr Morrison said.
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His comments followed the United States' threat to withdraw funding for the WHO at the request of US President Donald Trump, who claimed the organisation was promoting Chinese "disinformation" about the virus.
The WHO responded by saying it regretted Mr Trump's decision and called for the world to pull together to battle the pandemic.
The US is the largest donor to the WHO, providing more than $US400 million ($631 million) in 2019,
On Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there had been "very valid" criticism of the WHO and the Federal Government was reviewing how it engaged with the organisation.
But he said the organisation had responded to hundreds of requests for help in the Pacific region following the coronavirus outbreak, as well as responding to other disease outbreaks in recent years.
"So, look, I know they have had their criticism and frankly I think it has been quite deserved and of course we are frustrated, but they do important work " and they do important work here in the Pacific and we will keep working with them but it won't be uncritical," Mr Morrison said.
What the experts are saying about coronavirus:- New Zealand's policy of going hard and going early against COVID-19 stopped a wave of devastation
- The push is on to bring industry back home, for government to begin looking after its own citizens rather than signing up for a global agenda
His comments followed the United States' threat to withdraw funding for the WHO at the request of US President Donald Trump, who claimed the organisation was promoting Chinese "disinformation" about the virus.
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