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New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan is set to take charge as the president of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, on May 22, said Tuesday.
File photo of Union health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan. PTI
The meeting of the Executive Board of the WHO will be out the 22 of May. The Executive Council is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for terms of three years. The president’s post is held by the rotation of a year between the regional groups. The main functions of the Board are the implementation of the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and to facilitate their work.
The union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan had on Monday participated in the 73 World Health Assembly (WHA) through video conferencing. ASSEMBLY is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
In his speech, the Minister of Health expressed his “deepest condolences” for the loss of lives all over the world due to COVID-19, and also expressed his “sincere gratitude” for the efforts of those who are in the front line of this battle. “We, in India, undertook the COVID-19 challenge with the highest level of political commitment. Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, personally monitored the situation and ensured a pre-emptive, pro-active and gradual response, leaving no stones unturned to contain the deadly virus from spreading,” Harsh Vardhan had said.
The Minister stressed that this is the time when humanity must unite. “For our part, India is playing a key role in the promotion of bilateral and regional partnerships. Under our Prime Minister’s able leadership, India has supplied essential medicines to 123 nations as an expression of solidarity,” he said.
“I am here to honor the doctors, nurses, paramedics, scientists, journalists, delivery of children, security personnel, sanitation personnel and the personnel of the police – the forgetting of the functions that today are playing ‘superhumans’. They are our true heroes”, he added.
73 World Health Assembly (WHO) unanimously adopted a resolution to carry out an independent investigation of THAT COVID-19 of the response.
WHO director-General dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, thanked the World Health Assembly of the members for the adoption of a resolution on the independent evaluation of the coronavirus response. “I thank Member States for the adoption of the resolution, which calls for the independence and the comprehensive evaluation of the international response – including, but not limited to, the performance of the WHO. As I said yesterday, I’m going to start an evaluation of this type in the first appropriate time,” said Tedros.
Updated date: 20-May-2020 13:45:47 IST
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