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World Health Organization was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Argentina membership

The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, made official through a statement the withdrawal of the Argentine Republic from the WHO. I am not sure if it has already been officially released or if the process is still underway. Because in the statement Javier Milei states: “He has made the decision to withdraw the Argentine Republic from the WHO”

[1]https://x.com/OPRArgentina/status/1887154101936386074 ULIFOX 3XX (talk) 22:05, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

America's Exit

To whoever is verified, please update the image to have correct information as of 2025 [2]https://ibb.co/FMbhqzz MoScottVlogs (talk) 23:26, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That image is not on Wikimedia Commons, which is the only source we can use for images. Will apply the one dated January 2025 as the most recent (US withdrawal pending). Zefr (talk) 21:36, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]