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How is WHO Director-General elected?
In 2007, China joined with a group of developing countries successfully to elect Margaret Chan from Hong Kong as the Director-General of the World Health Organization and then re-elected in 2012. During her tenure, she carried out the major reformation of the election system. The Executive Board will choose three candidates in closed session to the World Health Assembly. Then the World Health Assembly will vote for the new WHO Director-General. Each country represents one vote. The new arrangement is obviously beneficial to developing countries such as China. For example, African countries have more than 50 votes in total, accounting for 1 over 4 of memberships. In 2017, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia overwhelming defected British opponents with 133 votes to 50 votes. At the time, international experts were happy with the election results and believed that the recognition of WHO could be significantly improved. And Tedros could also help the work of WHO to be more relevant to the needs of developing countries, especially to curb the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa.
In fact, Tedros is the first WHO Director-General who is not a doctor. His academic was in the field of public health, and he has been in politics for a long time. From 2012 to 2016, he was the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. In this Wuhan pneumonia, he had been involved in scandals. For example, during his term as the Ethiopian health minister from 2005 to 2012, he concealed the cholera disaster three times, causing hundreds of patients to die. He expressed his gratitude by appointing 93-year-old President Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador in 2017. Later, this decision was withdrawn due to political pressure. In 2018, a month after meeting with Putin, he suddenly appointed an anonymous Russian representative to oversee the project against tuberculosis. This alternative director-general is leading the WHO to deal with the epidemic of a century, and can only wish everyone good health.
Source: CUP
https://bit.ly/2GW1siG
#Tedros #WHO #MargaretChan #WHODirectorGeneral
How is WHO Director-General elected?
In 2007, China joined with a group of developing countries successfully to elect Margaret Chan from Hong Kong as the Director-General of the World Health Organization and then re-elected in 2012. During her tenure, she carried out the major reformation of the election system. The Executive Board will choose three candidates in closed session to the World Health Assembly. Then the World Health Assembly will vote for the new WHO Director-General. Each country represents one vote. The new arrangement is obviously beneficial to developing countries such as China. For example, African countries have more than 50 votes in total, accounting for 1 over 4 of memberships. In 2017, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia overwhelming defected British opponents with 133 votes to 50 votes. At the time, international experts were happy with the election results and believed that the recognition of WHO could be significantly improved. And Tedros could also help the work of WHO to be more relevant to the needs of developing countries, especially to curb the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa.
In fact, Tedros is the first WHO Director-General who is not a doctor. His academic was in the field of public health, and he has been in politics for a long time. From 2012 to 2016, he was the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. In this Wuhan pneumonia, he had been involved in scandals. For example, during his term as the Ethiopian health minister from 2005 to 2012, he concealed the cholera disaster three times, causing hundreds of patients to die. He expressed his gratitude by appointing 93-year-old President Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador in 2017. Later, this decision was withdrawn due to political pressure. In 2018, a month after meeting with Putin, he suddenly appointed an anonymous Russian representative to oversee the project against tuberculosis. This alternative director-general is leading the WHO to deal with the epidemic of a century, and can only wish everyone good health.
Source: CUP
https://bit.ly/2GW1siG
#Tedros #WHO #MargaretChan #WHODirectorGeneral
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世衛總幹事是怎樣選出的？ - *CUP
2007 年，中國聯同一眾發展中國家成功推舉香港的陳馮富珍做世衛總幹事，後於 2012 再度連任。她在任內進行重大的選舉改革，執行委員會會閉門推選 3 名候選人到世界衛生大會，然後世界衛生大會再一國一票選出新任的世衛總幹事。
Regina Ip Criticised APEC having "Unfair Condition" that Beijing has to Decide whether to Attend with this Insult
The #WashingtonPost reported earlier that the #US #DepartmentofState denied #JohnLee to enter the US border for the #APEC summit. Yet, the Hong Kong government can still send other senior officials to participate.
The pro-establishment camp criticised the US's practice with statements and journals yesterday. Among them, #ReginaIp, the convenor of the Executive Council, wrote in #ChinaDaily that the APEC summit has an "unknown future" because of John Lee. She also questioned whether it is worthwhile for the government to send another official to attend if the ban is "harmful and unreasonable". She pointed out that the Chinese "highest leader" should decide whether he should accept "the insult".
Besides, #TaKungPao quoted statements from various politicians in a report, including #MargaretChan from #CPPCC, #KingsleyWong from #HKFTU and #BraveChan from #DAB.
Note:
CPPCC refers to Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
HKFTU refers to Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union
DAB refers to Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Source: Inmedia #Aug03
https://tinyurl.com/245traxv
The #WashingtonPost reported earlier that the #US #DepartmentofState denied #JohnLee to enter the US border for the #APEC summit. Yet, the Hong Kong government can still send other senior officials to participate.
The pro-establishment camp criticised the US's practice with statements and journals yesterday. Among them, #ReginaIp, the convenor of the Executive Council, wrote in #ChinaDaily that the APEC summit has an "unknown future" because of John Lee. She also questioned whether it is worthwhile for the government to send another official to attend if the ban is "harmful and unreasonable". She pointed out that the Chinese "highest leader" should decide whether he should accept "the insult".
Besides, #TaKungPao quoted statements from various politicians in a report, including #MargaretChan from #CPPCC, #KingsleyWong from #HKFTU and #BraveChan from #DAB.
Note:
CPPCC refers to Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
HKFTU refers to Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union
DAB refers to Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Source: Inmedia #Aug03
https://tinyurl.com/245traxv
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葉劉批APEC設「不公平條件」 北京需考慮是否接受「侮辱」出席 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
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