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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), delivers his statement, during the opening of the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 2024
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THE World Health Organisation’s (WHO) annual assembly kicked off on Monday with hopes of improving global readiness for deadly outbreaks like Covid-19, after an ambitious “pandemic treaty” stalled last week.
Health officials are racing to get the world to agree to new ways to prepare for and fight an inevitable future pandemic.
Covid-19 is fading into memory as elections and crises like climate change and war compete for the public’s attention.
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
