(ANSA) – GENEVA, OCTOBER 29 – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization, is the only candidate to lead the WHO once his current mandate has expired, as announced today by the same UN organization. In his candidacy letter, the former Ethiopian Minister of Health and Foreign Affairs said that the Covid-19 disease “has shocked the world” and in the second term he wants to make sure the planet is “really ready” to face another crisis. of this type.
Elected to lead WHO in 2017, Tedros will see his mandate expire in August. “A single candidate has been proposed by member states by the deadline of 23 September 2021: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,” WHO reported in a statement, specifying that the current director general has been appointed by 28 nations.
17 European Union countries gave their support to Tedros, and among them Germany and Spain declared that the strengthening of the WHO in the wake of the pandemic “must continue with a full and complete commitment”, adding that the organization needs “strong, pragmatic and visionary leadership”. Outside the EU, Bahrain, Barbados, Botswana, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Oman, Rwanda, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago have proposed Tedros. Indonesia argued that the world has yet to overcome the pandemic “and needs continued leadership within WHO”, while Kenya, Oman and Rwanda expressed deep conviction that Tedros “is ideally placed to continue. in the role “. (HANDLE).
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