Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States will focus its efforts on aiding Ukraine "for as long as it takes" rather than encourage Russia and Ukraine to reach a settlement.
"What this means is that one of the world’s most horrific regimes is now a part of a group that sets and enforces the standards and norms for the global governance of health care. It is an absurd episode for a key U.N. agency that is in much need of self-reflection and reform,” Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of Geneva-based independent human rights organization, UN Watch, commented.