[Ip-health] WHO Executive Board shortlists candidates for Director-General

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr64/en/index.html



WHO Executive Board shortlists candidates for Director-General

6 NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- The Executive Board of the World Health
Organization, meeting in Geneva, today agreed on a shortlist of five
candidates for the post of Director-General.

  The short list of five candidates reads as follows (in alphabetical
order):

     * Dr Kazem Behbehani
     * Dr Margaret Chan
     * Dr Julio Frenk
     * Dr Shigeru Omi
     * Ms Elena Salgado M=E9ndez

On Tuesday, the Board will interview the five candidates, and on
Wednesday it will nominate one of them for the post of Director-General
of the Organization. This nomination will be submitted to the World
Health Assembly, which will meet for a one-day special session on
Thursday to appoint the next Director-General.

The current election follows the sudden death of Dr LEE Jong-wook, WHO
Director-General, on 22 May 2006. At its meeting on 23 May, the WHO
Executive Board agreed on an "accelerated process" for electing a
Director-General, which will culminate on 9 November with the
appointment of the next Director-General.

For more information contact:

Christine McNab
Acting-Director, WHO Communications Department
Telephone: +41 22 791 4688
Mobile phone: +41 79 254 6815
E-mail: mcnabc@who.int

Iain Simpson
Team leader, News and Advocacy
WHO, Geneva
Telephone: +41 22 791 3215
Mobile phone: +41 79 254 3215
E-mail: simpsoni@who.int

Fad=E9la Chaib
Communications Officer
WHO, Geneva
Telephone: +41 22 791 3228
Mobile phone: +41 79 475 5556
E-mail: chaibf@who.int


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Thiru Balasubramaniam
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