Director-General election
Delegates have agreed three proposals from the Director-General to increase transparency around the upcoming election of her successor.
They approved the Director-General’s proposal to acknowledge the nomination of prospective candidates provided the nominating country agrees. The deadline for submissions is 22 September and nominations are not formally opened until the following day. However, the DG can now publicly acknowledge the names of prospective candidates submitted before then provided the nominating country is in agreement.
They agreed to webcast the Candidates’ Forum expected to be held in November this year. The Forum is an interactive dialogue where each candidate gives a 30-minute presentation of their vision and plans for WHO, followed by a questions and answer session with Member State representatives. Participation in the live event is limited to Member States, but the event will now be webcast live on the WHO website in all official languages.
The Assembly also decided that candidates nominated by the Executive Board to the World Health Assembly will have the opportunity to address the Health Assembly before voting takes place. Delegates further decided that these addresses be webcast on the WHO website in all official WHO languages.
For more information:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2016/wha69/en/
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