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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will become the chairman of the 34-member Executive Board of WHO on May 22, officials said Tuesday (May 19). Harsh Vardhan, who is at the forefront of India’s fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus, would succeed Dr. Hiroki Nakatani of Japan.
The proposal to name an Indian candidate as the new head of the WHO Executive Board was reportedly signed by the 194-nation World Health Assembly on Tuesday.
In particular, Harsh Vardhan assumes the crucial position is nothing more than a formality, since in 2019 it was decided that the Indian candidate would be elected to the executive council for a period of three years in May 2020. The office of president of the WHO Executive Board is held in rotation for one year among regional groups.
It should be noted that the chariman position is not a full-time assignment and Harsh Vardhan will only chair the Executive Board meetings. The 34 members of the executive board are highly qualified people in the health field. Each member of the executive board is appointed by a member state elected to do so by the World Health Assembly.
The election of the member states is for three years and the Board meets at least twice a year. The Executive Board finalizes the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly and helps facilitate its work.
Harsh Vardhan addressed the 73rd World Health Assembly via video conference on Monday (May 18) and said that India took all necessary steps ahead of time to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
India is on its way to take over the Executive Board presidency at a time when United States President Donald Trump is repeatedly calling for an investigation into how the coronavirus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan and the steps given by Beijing to control its spread to other countries. countries.
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