New WHO Board - Can They Deal With Low Level Radiation Issues?
Please send snail mail letters to the contacts listed below asking for a revision of the 1959 agreement between the World Health Organisation and the International Atomic Energy Authority (WHA12-40). This agreement prevents the WHO from carrying out independent research into the effects of low-level radiation without the involvement of the IAEA; also, the IAEA can demand that any sensitive results be kept secret. It has been in effect since 1959. Since the IAEA also has the mandate to promote the use of nuclear power worldwide, there is an obvious conflict of interest. For more information write to Solange Fernex at the email address below.
Please forward this to those whom you think might actually make representations.
From: solange [s.m.fernex@wanadoo.fr]
Dear Colleagues,
WHO has put on email the names and time of mandate of the (new) members of the Executive Board; The new European member is the UK, who replaces France. We do not weep for Professor Girard.
USA and Canada have finished their 3 year's term, and there is a strong representation of central and south America.
In order to continue and finalize our work on the amendment of the IAEA/WHO Agreement, these are the personalities to contact as a priority. Or course, all WHO member states must be approached by the national affiliates of all our organizations, with the demands of the petition to this effect, which you all possess.
Prof Zeltner (Switzerland) told us that the matter would be taken up and finalized at the January WHO Executive board meeting, after the rapporteur, (a Canadian Ambassador), will have reported on this matter, as decided at the World Health Assembly.
In Kiev we had very interesting conversations with several UN representatives who were very receptive to the proposed suppression of the conflicts of interest (OCHA, WHO, etc), we will send a report later on this conference;
Thank you for your invaluable help and please spread this mail.
Regards,
Michel Fernex (IPPNW Switzerland)
Solange Fernex (WILPF France)
World Health Organization
Office of the Chairman of the Executive Board
English·Español·Français
UPDATED:Thu Jun 7 18:06:19 2001
Executive Board Members
The Executive Board is composed of 32 persons who are technically qualified
in the field of health, each designated by a Member State that has been
elected to serve by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for
three-year terms.
The affiliations appear in the style and the language used by the
corresponding member of the Board.
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND TERM OF OFFICE
BELGIUM 1999-2002
Dr G. Thiers
Directeur
Institut scientifique de la Santé publique - Louis Pasteur
Bruxelles
BRAZIL 2000-2003
Professor J. Yunes
Public Health Facility
University of São Paulo
São Paulo
CHAD 1999-2002
Dr M.E. Mbaiong
Directeur général adjoint
Ministère de la Santé publique
N'Djamena
COLOMBIA 2001-2004
Dr J. Boshell
Director General
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Santafé de Bogotá
COMOROS 1999-2002
Dr A. Msa Mliva
Directeur général de la Santé
Moroni
CONGO 1999-2002
Dr D. Bodzongo
Directeur général de la Santé
Brazzaville
COTE D'IVOIRE 1999-2002
Professeur R. Abouo-N'Dori
Ministre de la Santé publique
Abidjan
CUBA 2001-2004
Dr C. Dotres Martínez
Ministro de Salud Pública
La Habana
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE¹S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2000-2003
Dr Kim Won Ho
Policy Advisor, Ministry of Health
Pyongyang
EGYPT 2001-2004
Dr I. Sallam
Minister of Health and Population
Cairo
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2000-2003
Dr S. Abia Nseng
Director General de Salud Pública y Planificación
Malabo
ERITREA 2001-2004
Dr Z. Alemu
Director, Primary Health Care Division
Ministry of Health
Asmara
ETHIOPIA 2001-2004
Dr G. Azene
Head, Department of Planning and Programming
Ministry of Health
Addis Ababa
GRENADA 2001-2004
Dr C. Modeste-Curwen
Minister of Health
St George's
GUATEMALA 1999-2002
Dr R. Cabrera Márquez
Viceministro de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social
Ciudad de Guatemala
INDIA 1999-2002
Mr J.A. Chowdhury (Vice-Chairman)
Secretary, Health and Family Welfare
Government of India
New Delhi
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) 2000-2003
Dr B. Sadrizadeh (Vice-Chairman)
Senior Adviser to the Minister of Health and Medical Education
Teheran
ITALY 2000-2003
Consiglio Superiore della Sanità (CSS)
Prof. Mario Condorelli
President
Dr Marta Di Gennaro
Secretary General, Italian National Health Council
Roma
JAPAN 2000-2003
Dr H. Shinozaki
Director-General, Health Service Bureau
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Tokyo
JORDAN 2000-2003
Dr T.S. Suheimat
Minister of Health
Amman
KAZAKHSTAN 2001-2004
Professor M. Kulzhanov
LEBANON 1999-2002
Dr K. Karam
Minister of Tourism
Beirut
LITHUANIA 2000-2003
Professor V. Grabauskas
Rector, Kaunas Medical University
Kaunas
MYANMAR 2001-2004
Mr Ket Sein
Minister of Health
Yangon
PHILIPPINES 2001-2004
Dr A.G. Romualdez, Jr
Department of Health
Manila
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2001-2004
Dr Y.-J. Om
Special Adviser to the Minister of Health and Welfare
Seoul
SAUDI ARABIA 2001-2004
Dr Y.Y. Al-Mazrou
Assistant Deputy Minister for Preventive Medicine
Ministry of Health
Riyadh
SWEDEN 2000-2003
Ms K. Wigzell
Director-General, National Board of Health and Welfare
Stockholm
SWITZERLAND 1999-2002
Professeur T. Zeltner (Vice-Chairman)
Directeur, Office fédéral de la Santé publique
Département fédéral de l'Intérieur
Berne
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 2001-2004
Professor L. Donaldson
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Health
London
VANUATU 1999-2002
Mrs M. Abel (Chairman)
Director of Public Health
Port Vila
VENEZUELA 2000-2003
Dra M. Urbaneja Durant
Ministra de Salud y Desarrollo Social
Caracas
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND TERMS OF OFFICE
* BELGIUM 1999-2002
* BRAZIL 2000-2003
* CHAD 1999-2002
* COLOMBIA 2001-2004
* COMOROS 1999-2002
* CONGO 1999-2002
* CÔTE D¹IVOIRE 1999-2002
* CUBA 2001-2004
* DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE¹S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2000-2003
* EGYPT 2001-2004
* EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2000-2003
* ERITREA 2001-2004
* ETHIOPIA 2001-2004
* GRENADA 2001-2004
* GUATEMALA 1999-2002
* INDIA 1999-2002
* IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) 2000-2003
* ITALY 2000-2003
* JAPAN 2000-2003
* JORDAN 2000-2003
* KAZAKHSTAN 2001-2004
* LEBANON 1999-2002
* LITHUANIA 2000-2003
* MYANMAR 2001-2004
* PHILIPPINES 2001-2004
* REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2001-2004
* SAUDI ARABIA 2001-2004
* SWEDEN 2000-2003
* SWITZERLAND 1999-2002
* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 2001-2004
* VANUATU 1999-2002
* VENEZUELA 2000-2003
COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD :
Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Board
AFRICA
* Chad
* Comoros
* Congo
* Côte d¹Ivoire
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
AMERICAS
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Venezuela
SOUTH-EAST ASIA
* Democratic People¹s Republic of Korea
* India
* Myanmar
EUROPE
* Belgium
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Lithuania
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
* Egypt
* Iran (Islamic Republic of)
* Jordan
* Lebanon
* Saudi Arabia
WESTERN PACIFIC
* Japan
* Philippines
* Republic of Korea
* Vanuatu