He remarked that access to these critical toolsdiffers widely across countries and could worsen without urgent action to close the ACT-Accelerator’s US$4.5 billion financing gap.
The WHO Director-General’s Health Leaders Award for outstanding leadership in global health was awarded to Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein of Jordan and the Kingdom of Tonga’s Nurses’ Choir.
The WHA73 considered a proposal for a supplementary agenda item entitled “Inviting Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly as an observer ”.
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在商定的结构化辩论进程(即所谓“二加二”安排)中审议了该提案。
The proposal was considered in accordance with an agreed process for a structured debate, known as a “two plus two” arrangement.
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按照这一程序,第七十三届世界卫生大会决定不把该项目列入议程。
Following this process, the WHA73 decided not to include this item on its agenda.
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这是自1997年以来第15次提出这样的提案。
This is the 15 th time since 1997 that such a proposal has been submitted.
In line with an analogous decision of the UN General Assembly, the World Health Assembly though resolution WHA 25.1, of 1972, decided “(…) to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the World Health Organization (…)”.
Although the question of Taiwanese membership in WHO and its participation in the World Health Assembly remains a question for Member States, WHO works with all health authorities who are facing the current coronavirus pandemic, including Taiwanese health experts .