The World Health Organization's governing body opened its weeklong annual meeting against a backdrop of financial tumoil and war in Europe.
GENEVA (AN) — The World Health Organization's governing body opened its weeklong annual meeting on Sunday against a backdrop of global financial tumoil and war in Europe, the still-dangerous COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox and other threats.
Delegates convened for the first time in three years at the 194-nation World Health Assembly, where WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and heads of state set the tone for a somber gathering with a theme of using "health for peace."
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Negotiators and officials aim to wrap up so that May's 77th World Health Assembly can consider a proposed text.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
