New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters says the country needs to take a serious look at whether taxpayers' money is being spent responsibly on the WHO. His comment, made on his personal X account, came after the United States withdrew from the organisation, APA reports.
In his post on Friday, Peters said: "This is what happens when a bunch of unelected globalist bureaucrats are not accountable or responsible with worldwide taxpayers' money.
"With the US withdrawing its membership, it puts into question the current state of the WHO, its effectiveness, and if our taxpayers' money is being responsibly spent overseas instead of here at home."
Peters told Morning Report on Monday that the WHO was a bloated organisation and not performing the way it should.
"They've forgotten what their original mandate was, they've forgotten the original parameters and boundaries they were given.
"I think we've got a right to question the issue of funding.
"We need to have a serious conversation in terms of accountability to the New Zealand people."
Peters said it cost New Zealand millions of dollars to be part of the WHO.
"There have been countless occasions when they've sought to make rulings or decisions without any reference to the democratic nations that comprise it," he said.
"Their job is to ensure they are efficiently the servants of the taxpayers worldwide that subscribe and sustain them."
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