A truly historic evening at the #WHA78: the #PandemicAccord resolution was approved in Committee A with 124 in favour, 0 against and 11 abstentions.
The final step: adoption in plenary tomorrow morning.
My thanks once again to @WHO Member States for choosing to keep the world safer. 🙏
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
We faced a very dangerous attack, but my @UN colleagues and I are now safe. We successfully evacuated our wounded colleague to Amman, and he is stable.
My heart goes out to our colleagues on the front lines and the civilians who face such danger every day.
I am on my way back home to Geneva.
Our mission to negotiate the release of @UN staff detainees and to assess the health and humanitarian situation in #Yemen concluded today. We continue to call for the detainees' immediate release.
As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about two hours ago, the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was injured. At least two people were reported killed at the airport. The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged.
We will need to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before we can leave.
My UN and @WHO colleagues and I are safe.
Our heartfelt condolences to the families whose loved ones lost their lives in the attack.
What would it mean for the economy to serve health and how can that be achieved?
On the cover, @MazzucatoM & @DrTedros explore how to advance the economics of #HealthForAll.
Find this & more in our latest issue: https://t.co/iIUSVUwTww
“Attention needs to be paid to the younger generation with an immigrant background, who should be involved as active participants in a new civic pact”. Seble Woldeghiorghis talks about unlocking the potential of ethnic minority youth.
@seble_w#ForumInequalities
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Abebe Bikila, an #Ethiopian, made history by becoming the first black African to win gold in the men’s marathon.
Not only that, he ran barefoot and broke the world record.
Abebe Bikila inspired generations of runners, from Africa and around the world.
That’s the power of sport: the power to inspire, and the power to change.
#Paris2024