The World Health Organization's executive board began planning for the World Health Assembly.
GENEVA (AN) — An executive board of 34 member nations began setting the agenda for the next annual meeting of the U.N. health agency's governing body, delving into dozens of high-stakes issues ranging from public health spending to a global accord for pandemic preparedness.
The World Health Organization's executive board, which represents six geographic regions, started a six-day meeting on Monday in Geneva, with a provisional agenda of 30 items, including reports, strategies and finances.
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.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
