President Trump’s executive order from January 20 is regrettable, “and we hope the United States will reconsider,” WHO HERFORIES Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a speech to the organization’s executive board.
The WHO chief said he would welcome the opportunity “to preserve and strengthen the historical relationship between who and the United States.”
When he pushed back onto the reason put in the executive order, Tedros said, who had implemented the deepest and most far -reaching reforms in his history in the last seven years.
The United States is by far the largest donor to the agency and accounts for approx. 14 percent of its budget of $ 6.9 billion, according to the latest WHO figures.
Tedros said the American complaint that it pays too much compared to other countries and said to reduce the dependence of the US and others who pay the most was a “critical element of our long -term plan to expand our donor base. “
Covid Record
Thirdly, he rejected the accusation that who had mistreated the Covid-19 pandemic:
“From the moment we picked up the first signals of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, we asked for more information, activated our emergency management system, warned the world, called global experts and published extensive guidance for countries on how to protect their populations and health systems – All before the first death from this new disease was reported in China on January 11, 2020. “
Tedros also approached the claim that who lacks independence from “inappropriate political influence” by some member states: “Who is impartial and exists to serve all countries and all people,” he said.
“Our Member States ask us for many things and we always try to help as much as we can. But when what they are asking for is not supported by scientific evidence or is in violation of our mission to support global health, we say no, politely. “
A government -controlled shelter in the Philippines is a safe haven for girls who have been physically and sexually abused and exploited, including through the sex tourism sector. (file)
One third of women experience physical or sexual violence: Rights experts
About one in three women are exposed to physical or sexual violence, and 800 women and girls continue to die every day for preventable reasons during pregnancy and childbirth, a top independent rights of law heared on Monday.
The second committee on elimination of discrimination of women (CEDAW) in the UN in Geneva, Andrea ORI from the UN Human Rights Office, Ohchr, said the world is “still far” from reaching the goal of gender parity.
“The global landscape has changed,” she told the Cedaw Session.
Backlash against equal rights
“We are witnessing a setback against women’s human rights and gender equality, especially against women’s sexual and reproductive health rights – with an increase in attacks against abortion providers, shrinking bourgeois spaces for female human rights advocates and reduced funding.”
Mr. ORI noted that 2025 marks 30 years ago the universal adoption of the Beijing declaration and the platform of action to secure women’s human rights and achieve gender equality.
However, it remains the case that sexual violence against women and girls continues to be used as a tactic for war in several conflicts, the UN human rights official said, while only 26 percent of parliamentarians in the world are women and only about three in 10 women have leadership roles at work.
A minor for the way: Time Europe cut down on alcohol intake warning
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) called on the Nordic countries on Monday to keep a lid on alcohol sales or risk the positive impact of strict rules introduced many years ago.
For decades, governments in Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands have limited supermarkets and private retailers to sell stronger alcoholic beverages.
This policy has resulted in some of the lowest alcohol consumption levels in the European Union – which, on the other hand, is the Booziest region globally, with drinking habits “largely unchanged” for over 10 years, which said.
Free market pressure
However, the Nordic model is now at risk from regulatory initiatives in the region signalizing a potential shift against privatization of alcohol sales, warned who is Dr. Carina Ferreira-castle.
In Sweden, for example, a court hears a challenge to the government’s exclusive rights to the online sale of alcohol, while the proposed laws would allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in farm shops.
Dr. Ferreira castle explained that the Nordic countries’ alcohol controls involves increasing taxes and raising prices, limiting accessibility and limiting advertising-have reduced alcohol-related injuries.
These span from “Living Disease, Cancer and Heart -Car -States, for Injuries and Drownings,” she insisted.
