76th World Health Assembly begins in Geneva
The 76th World Health Assembly (WHA), kicked off here, focused on "saving lives, driving health for all," the WHO said in a statement.
The 76th World Health Assembly (WHA), kicked off here, focused on "saving lives, driving health for all," the WHO said in a statement.
World Malaria Day, marked each year on 25 April, an event which has been observed since 2001 by African governments.
It is unfortunate that despite its contributions to various countries of the world to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan is systematically denied a seat at the high table of WHA at the behest of China.
Such reports, concerning which resolution is expected, are presented at the Assembly, while a standing working group could be set up to tackle specific recommendations.
"India will soon take over the Chair of the Executive Board of the WHO after its annual meeting later this month. Taiwan cherishes the valuable relations with the Government of India and its people and hopes the relations will get further strengthened," according to Ambassador Chung-Kwang Tien, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (TECC).
The US and several other key countries have strongly pitched for allowing Taiwan to resume participating in WHA meetings as an observer
WHO will meet on May 18 to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and will hold a vote to determine whether to grant observer status to Taiwan at the World Health Assembly.
The Taiwanese envoy alleged that China had also been creating trouble for India at the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) and took ten years to lift its technical hold on declaring JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council.
The 70th World Health Assembly (WHA), the main decision-making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO), opened at Geneva-based UN headquarters. "Our joint work at the…
