The U.S. rejected a United Nations political declaration Thursday about combatting chronic disease and promoting mental health because of language the Trump administration said was objectionable.

Speaking to U.N. delegates at the meeting in New York City, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Trump is committed to solving the nation’s chronic disease epidemic but the declaration “exceeds the U.N.’s proper role while ignoring the most pressing health issues.”

He also objected to repeated references to the World Health Organization and said it can't claim credibility or leadership until it undergoes “radical reform.”

Trump started the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the global health body at the start of his term in January.

The U.N.’s nonbinding d

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