The executive decree of President Trump of January 20 is regrettable “and we hope that the United States reconsidering,” said OMS Tedros Adhanomesusususus Director, in a speech to the Executive Council of the Organization.
The WHO chief said he would welcome the opportunity “to preserve and strengthen the historical relationship between WHO and the United States”.
Pushing the justification established in the decree, Tedros said who had implemented the deepest and larger reforms in its history in the last seven years.
The United States is by far the largest donor of the agency, representing around 14% of its budget of $ 6.9 billion, according to the latest WHO figures.
Addressing complaints in the United States that he pays too much compared to other countries, Tedros said that the reduction in dependence in the United States and others who pay the most was a “critical element of our Long -term plan to expand our donor base ”.
Record Covid
Thirdly, he rejected the accusation that who had poorly managed 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 incident management system, alerted the world, summoned world experts and published by Complete advice for countries on how to protect their health and health systems – all before the first death of this new disease was reported in China on January 11, 2020. “
Tedros also addressed the allegation that which lacks independence of “inappropriate political influence” by certain member states: “which is impartial and exists to serve all countries and all,” he said.
“Our member states ask us a lot, and we always try to help as much as we can. But when what they ask is not supported by scientific evidence or contrary to our mission to support global health, we say no, politely. »»
A refuge managed by the government in the Philippines is a safe refuge for girls who have been abused and exploited sexually and sexually sexually, including by the sex tourism industry. (deposit)
A third of women experience physical or sexual violence: rights experts
About one in three women is subject to physical or sexual violence, and 800 women and girls continue to die every day avoidable causes during pregnancy and childbirth, a first meeting of independent rights heard on Monday.
Tackling the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Cedaw) in the United Nations in Geneva, Andrea Ori of the United Nations Human Rights Office, Ohchr, said that the world was “still far away To achieve the goal of gender parity.
“The world landscape has changed,” she told the Cedaw session.
Contre to the equality of rights
“We are witnessing a reaction against human rights of women and gender equality, in particular against the sexual and reproductive rights of women – with an increase in attacks against abortion providers, the narrowing of the Civic space for women defenders of human rights and the reduction of financing. ”
Mr. Ori noted that 2025 marks 30 years since the universal adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform to ensure women’s human rights and the realization of gender equality in the world.
However, there is still the case that sexual violence against women and girls continues to be used as a war tactic in many conflicts, said the head of the United Nations human rights, while only 26% of parliamentarians people are women and only about three in 10 women have management roles at work.
One less for the road: Time Europe reduces the admission of alcohol, which warns
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) urged Nordic countries on Monday to keep a lid on alcohol sales or overthrow the positive impact of strict regulations implemented years ago.
For decades, governments in Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands have restricted supermarkets and private retailers to sell stronger alcoholic drinks.
This policy has led to some of the lowest levels of alcohol consumption in the European Union – which, on the other hand, is the most moving region in the world, with alcohol consumption habits “largely unchanged” since More than 10 years, said.
Free market pressures
The Nordic model is now in danger, however, based on legislative initiatives in the region which report a potential change towards the privatization of alcohol sales, warned who is Dr. Carina Ferreira-Borges.
In Sweden, for example, a court intends to challenge the exclusive government rights on online sales of alcohol, while the proposed laws would allow sales of alcoholic drinks in agricultural stores.
Dr. Ferreira -Borges explained that alcohol checks in the Nordic countries – which involve an increase in taxes and an increase in prices, limit availability and restrict advertising – have reduced alcohol -related damage.
These extend from “liver disease, cancers and cardiovascular conditions for injuries and drownings,” she insisted.
