Thread by @WHO

Closing of the #WHA76 with @DrTedros twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@DrTedros "We've come to the end of another long but fruitful #WHA76. I’m sure many of you are tired and are looking forward to going home. But as you do, spare a thought for delegates at the first World Health Assembly in 1948, which lasted for four weeks. Be grateful"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros "At the beginning of this Assembly, we took a photo in exactly the same spot that the photo was taken of the first World Health Assembly in 1948. Thank you all for being part of it"-@DrTedros #WHA76

@DrTedros "You can be satisfied that you return home having made many significant resolutions, decisions and strategies, on the vast array of issues on which WHO works.

This includes behavioural sciences; best buys for non communicable diseases; diagnostics; disabilities; drowning… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "The approval of the budget for 2024-25, including the 20% increase in assessed contributions, is very encouraging, and the next step in the direction of a stronger and more effective WHO.

We also appreciate your support for the idea of an investment round, and we look forward… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "Last week’s strategic roundtables offered an opportunity to highlight some of the most pressing public health challenges: pandemic preparedness and response; climate change and health; tuberculosis; immunization; the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and health… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "This week also saw the launch of the final report of the Council on the Economics of Health for All, with several strong recommendations for how we value human and planetary well-being, rather than a crude focus on GDP. I commend the report to you"-@DrTedros #WHA76… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "The year ahead offers several significant opportunities to make substantial progress on all the issues you have discussed over the past nine days.

In particular, the high-level meetings on universal health coverage, tuberculosis and pandemic preparedness and response at this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "Likewise, the continuing negotiations on the pandemic accord and amendments to the International Health Regulations are an unprecedented opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the #COVID19 pandemic and ensure they are not repeated"-@DrTedros #WHA76

@DrTedros "Your challenge as Member States is to negotiate a strong #PandemicAccord for approval just 12 months from now.

This is a generational opportunity that we must seize. We are the generation that lived through the #COVID19 pandemic, so we must be the generation that learns the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "In particular, we must work hard to counter the mis- and disinformation about the #PandemicAccord that is circulating in many Member States.

We cannot mince words: the idea that this accord will cede authority to WHO is simply fake news. This is an accord by Member States, for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "As I said in my remarks at the opening of this Health Assembly nine days ago, the challenges we face are daunting and complex.

They are made harder by the geopolitical context in which we live.

We live in a world of deep divisions, and at times those divisions have been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "In other words, we will find that health can be a bridge to peace.

I thank Switzerland and Oman for their efforts to put peace on the agenda of this Health Assembly.

The vital connection between health and peace is not a new idea, and nor is it something that lies outside the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "This is what #COVID19 has taught us: that pathogens have no regard for the lines humans draw on maps, nor for our politics, religions or anything else that we use to divide ourselves from each other.

To pathogens, we are all one, and that’s how we must see ourselves: one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@DrTedros "I would like to end by welcoming a special guest, Gwen Carnelley. Gwen joined WHO in 1949, just a year after our founding, and turned 100 this year.

She worked in headquarters and four regional offices – mobility before mobility!"-@DrTedros #WHA76

@DrTedros "We celebrated her birthday and WHO’s birthday in her home here in Switzerland, just two weeks apart.

She said that WHO is a great organization and a great privilege"-@DrTedros #WHA76

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1644383473279303694?s=20