{"id":8163,"date":"2020-05-23T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T06:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=8163"},"modified":"2020-05-23T12:27:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T06:57:16","slug":"73rd-world-health-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/73rd-world-health-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"73rd World Health Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: International<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currenthunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/M8.png\" alt=\"73rd World Health Assembly | Current Hunt\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 73rd session of WHA (World Health Assembly) for the first time was held virtually from May 18 to 19. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Under the leadership of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of WHO.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 Normally the WHA is held for two weeks but due to the ongoing global pandemic it was reduced to a two-day session.<br \/>\n\u2022 Held virtually from Geneva; the headquarter of WHA. The convention was attended by 194 member states virtually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>What is the World Health Assembly?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The World Health Assembly is the pivotal decision-making body of the (WHO) World Health Organisation, attended by representatives of the United Nations 194-member state annually.<br \/>\n\u2022 The members of the WHA generally meet every year in May in Geneva at the Palace of Nations, the location of WHO Headquarters. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The main tasks of the WHA are to decide major policy questions, as well as to approve the WHO work programme and budget and elect its Director-General (every fifth year) and elect ten members to renew part of its Executive Board.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>What is the Executive Board in WHO?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comprising of 34 individuals who are highly qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.<br \/>\n\u2022 The Board meets at least twice a year; the main meeting is normally in January, with a second shorter meeting in May, immediately after the Health Assembly.<br \/>\n\u2022 The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work.<br \/>\n\u2022 Dr. Hiroki Nakatani is the current chairman of the executive board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>What was the main agenda and key proposal in 73rd Convention?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 73rd WHA, was dedicated almost entirely to strengthening global coordination against the Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected more than 4.7 million people and killed 315,000.<br \/>\n\u2022 Countries including India, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, UK and Canada accepted a resolution asking for an \u201cimpartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation\u201d of the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) response to the pandemic as well as the identification of the \u201czoonotic\u201d source of the coronavirus.<br \/>\n\u2022 The origin of the virus is currently believed to be a wet market in Wuhan, China. 116 of the 194 member states were in favour of the resolution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? 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