Peter Dutton has criticised the World Health Organization over China's live animal markets, backing a review of Australia's links to United Nations bodies.
Peter Dutton has criticised the World Health Organization over Chinese live animal markets, backing a review of Australia's links to United Nations bodies.
"It's important for us not to let other countries use this as an opportunity to influence their leverage within some of these communities," he told 2GB radio on Thursday.Mr Dutton said the WHO needed to be called out for backing the reopening of China's wet markets where the virus is likely to have been transmitted to humans.He said it was clear through a number of instances, including the SARS outbreak, that wet markets were a significant problem.
The minister has been a frequent critic of the UN's refugee agency in retaliation to savage assessments of Australia's border protection policies. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Australia would leverage off its membership of the WHO to push for reform."The practical solutions provided by the WHO locally are much more beneficial than some of the political decisions they have taken centrally."
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