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

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

President Trump is making good on his pre-election pledge to withdraw from the World Health Organization. He signed an executive action in the Oval Office Monday night to the process for terminating U.S. membership in the U.N. agency that oversees global health issues.

The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that it regrets U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the global agency and hopes that it will change its mind. "We hope that United States will reconsider,