WHO Director-general speaks of racist attacks; calls for global unity

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says over the past three months, he has been receiving a countless number of racial slurs and death threats.

Ghebreyesus said at a WHO COVID-19 news conference on April 8, 2020, that these insults and criticism came from Taiwan.

On Tuesday, U.S. President, Donald Trump, sharply criticized the WHO accusing the organization of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new COVID-19 outbreak. Trump threatened to put a hold on U.S. funding for the agency.

“I can’t tell you personal attacks that have been going on for more than two, three months; abuses or racist comments giving me names [like] black or negro… even death threats…What makes me sad is when the whole black community was insulted. When Africa was insulted, then, I say people are crossing the line,” Tedros said. “Three months ago, this attack came from Taiwan. They know the campaign. They didn’t disassociate themselves; they even started criticizing me in the middle of all that insult and slur.”

Dr. Tedros assured the globe that the WHO will do everything to serve Humanity but in that process, mistakes may be made because as he states “we are not angels; we are human beings.”

“ Let’s care about each and every individual, we need national unity across party lines. Let’s not use this COVID to attack party or another opponent,” he pleaded.

The WHO Director-General also called for global solidarity and unity and on “society’s most powerful beings” to lead the way to fight this virus and win.

However, Taiwan’s foreign ministry on Thursday strongly protested Tedros’ accusations that the self-governing island was linked to and condoned racist personal attacks on him.

A ministry statement expressed “strong dissatisfaction and a high degree of regret” with the WHO Director-General remarks at the WHO press conference on Wednesday. It requested that he “immediately correct his unfounded allegations, immediately clarify, and apologize to our country.”

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22 Comments

  1. Badbaje
    April 13, 2020

    Now he got reminded he is black and want to speak about blackness and being black, expecting blacks to come to his defense and support.
    Whenever this happens to a black politician it amazes me how fast they remember they are black. Look how blacks have been suffering, and are still suffering in Africa and all over the world, not a word from him about it. He was enjoying his “white haven” Take your licks you Oreo!

  2. Rhys
    April 13, 2020

    He is simply an anti Taiwan pro CCP hack. The real documented racism is happening in China.

    https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/04/13/coronavirus-racism-chinese-city-bans-black-people-from-hotels-apartments-restaurants/

  3. April 13, 2020

    While the WHO was busy telling the rest of the world that they should not wear masks to protect them from covid 19, the population of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong were all wearing mask.. isn’t that rather strange.

  4. AnOpenEye
    April 10, 2020

    Tedros is a globalist. China is back open for business while the nations in the west are on lockdown. Just another game they are playing

  5. J.John-Charles
    April 10, 2020

    When Trump put restrictions on people coming from China to the U.S. This guy called him racist.He failed to alert the nations of the world, of the damage COVID-19 can cause, instead he was carrying water for China.
    A survey was done in England or Australia and the result was 95% of the dead would be alive if China had come clear from the beginning. Some of us like to play the race card,and this man is no exception.
    Now China is all over the world helping other countries to cope with the virus.But it is like me setting your house on fire and then join you with a bucket to put it off

  6. Chakademus
    April 10, 2020

    Sounds like this man is playing the race card. I don’t have the details of the Taiwan statements he is referring to and my online search did not yield anything that sounds like what he described, so I might be lacking all the facts BUT reverting to accusations of racism instead of defending one’s work product is a sign that he has no defense.

    If we black people want to be taken seriously and respected as equals we cannot keep running to the race card as a defense against attacks. This is not to say that there is no racism, and where it exists it must be rooted out, but aside from that, we can stand and defend ourselves as equal human beings. Being black does not make us immune from criticism, and every criticism of us is not necessarily racist. Sometimes we do well, and sometimes we mess up, just like every other human being.

  7. ATKINSON
    April 10, 2020

    Another Donkey kissing chinese communist party behind, So Trump suppose to give WHO over $400 millions dollars of tax payers money, and don’t ask any questions. Well stop taking the racist money, move the UN headquarters out of new york, maybe Ethiopia, or Havana, would be excellent place to relocate it :) but that would cut down on the daily 5 p.m. cocktail parties, and tax free new SUV’s tedros driving around in

    • Merline
      April 12, 2020

      Tedros cry cry baby

  8. Extreme
    April 9, 2020

    It’s you who cause the widespread Corona,you who said it is not transmitted from humans,you who said let people in from inflected areas..you Chinese puppet

  9. Bwa-Banday
    April 9, 2020

    WHO is damn useless and YES this guy is Chinacentric. Right from the beginning when I saw how he was sucking up to China like our Ambassador Gaba I knew it would back-fire. You see, China has never been known for honesty in anything and as such we should never take their words for it. Even the students from Dca who studied there will tell you these people can be very deceitful. They lied about the virus and number of infections/ death period. He was involved in the cover up. Hate trump but he is right this time. This man has to go or no aid to to WHO.

    • Merline
      April 12, 2020

      Why is he suggesting that COVID 19 is a global fight and he is ignoring Taiwan. Choops tan

  10. Made in China
    April 9, 2020

    I don’t support or condone personal attacks but I feel very little sympathy for this corrupt piece of work. Thousands of people are dieing world wide because this guy was trying to run cover for China at the crucial time when we had a chance to stem the spread of this disease.

    Look up this man’s history. Absolutely corrupt individual who got his position thanks to lobbying from China. Once you find out this guy’s history you will not be surprised why this situation was handled the way it was and why people are so upset with him.

    And as they said the negative attacks are mostly coming from TAIWAN. I don’t know maybe it’s because when Taiwan was trying to warn people that there were human to human transmissions he regurgitated the lies from China to the entire world that there was no such evidence.

  11. Bob Denis
    April 9, 2020

    After the bulldozing of Kofee Anan by G W Bush during the Iraqi invasion, it is glad tiding to see that our eloquent African DR Ghebreyesus , is not willing to let the Donald throw him under the bus. Obama said, that America (USA) is an exemplar Nation to who wanted to hear that VERBIAGE. Presently, we are left aggasped with the carnage that is SUPER POWER USA. The ancients tells us, that when “one finger is pointed at some one, four are being pointed back at the recalcitrant”. Mr Trump would rather see a Caucasian hold that most important International position, the lesson to be learnt from this Earth rocking scenario, is that the Creatos of this SARRS Virus Strain,didn’t expect their People to be at the forefront of its early destruction, as the Human Cadavers continue to climb, we see that their Bombs and guns are of no use against C-19. Are We seeing BABYLON going to ashes in our time? it is time to chant them down.

    • Dyco
      April 10, 2020

      It’s clear you have no idea what’s going on, and only recently started following this story. Keep believing that rubbish tho. Kudos :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

    • Made in China
      April 10, 2020

      Did you even read the article? The attacks came from TAIWAN. They only mentioned Trump because he’s the easy scapegoat for everything “racist” in this world. Tedros, the WHO and the UN are all corrupt and I must say the silver lining in this situation is that people are waking up to the truth. That’s why are trying their best to censor everything on the internet.

      • Lin clown
        April 13, 2020

        VIEWSEXPRESSED,Skerrit has failed in your eyes,not in the eyes of the INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY and the MAJORITY of Dominicans.That is so,with you because your BRAIN is a few inches from your WAIST.

  12. Ti Garcon
    April 9, 2020

    The WHO doesn’t even recognize Taiwan as a country, so isn’t Mr Tedros being a hypocrite? Why doesn’t he mention Trump? Why did it take so long for him to declare this a pandemic?
    If he had honor and pride he would have already resigned, but unfortunately black people in positions never resign. They just embrass themselves further, put thier organization in disrepute and pull the race card. Like Boroness Scotland.

    • Fitzroy Armour
      April 10, 2020

      Since Tiawan isn’t recognised by who why is he calling them out……………………………….
      Is it because Tiawan has been the most successful country in the battle against the Chinese covid19 virus? No one complains about “Spanish flu” nor “African Ebola”…
      Name witheld for safety reasons

      • Lin clown
        April 10, 2020

        BWA BANDAY,in January 2020 PETER NAVARRO sent a memo to the White House he said,if the US Government do not take COVID-19 seriously over 500,000 Americans will DIE.When asked about the MEMO in a COVID-19 press briefing TRUMP said he had NEVER SEEN or HEARD of the momo.In January 2020 the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION approved a test for COVID-19 ,and told the White House,the White House said,they would CARRYOUT THEIR OWN TEST.Trump said he did not know about it.The USA does not provide majority funding for WHO,it is the LARGEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTOR of 15%.The Director of WHO is an ETHIOPIAN.Most people DYING from COVID-19 in the US are AFRICAN AMERICANS.We who have lived in the US know TRUMP is a RACIST looking for a SCAPEGOAT.IN Dominica we have some _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ supporting that.People like RASS B and Viewsexpressed.

    • Man bite dogs
      April 10, 2020

      @Ti Garcon, you forgot to mention that other fake joker lennox Linton, another black man that dont know when to quit and making a fool of himself and his arrogant followers Pm Skerrit, is tired of giving Linton blows he is looking worn out exhausted anyway Linton is dam too old at his age standing must be a problem??

      • viewsexpressed
        April 13, 2020

        Man who Bites poisoness Dogs@Ti Garcon, you forgot to mention that other fake joker Failed Skerrit, this other failed, fake black man that dont know when to quit from the series of Bobols that was uncovered and discovered by our decent Leader of the Opposition Hon Lennox Linton with the destruction of our nature Isle Dominica by failed Skerrit who is obviously and openly goes on making a fool of himself and his arrogant followers. That is where Skerrit is, the obvious incompetent Pm Skerrit.
        We honour and respect Hon Linton for his vision, stands strongly for our Dominica and watches and comments on the failure and despicable behaviours of this failed Labour government and its failed Leader Skerrit. We have had enough of this failed corrupted Labour government and its immature Prime “Odd” Minister. We need this failed Skerrit and his rotten labour government out of our Dominica. We are tired of fake little boys running our Dominica government as we are not getting anywhere.
        Get…

    • Jozef
      April 10, 2020

      Throw Dr. Tedros in jail.

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