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The first African leader of the UN health agency said he was very grateful for the renewed support , after the WHO s executive board held a secret-ballot vote approving his nomination as the only candidate for the post of director-general.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is all but guaranteed a second term after a procedural vote on Tuesday made him the sole nominee for a leadership election in May.
The first African leader of the UN health agency said he was “very grateful for the renewed support,” after the WHO’s executive board held a secret-ballot vote approving his nomination as the only candidate for the post.
“I am actually lost for words,” Tedros said after all of the board’s 34 members, representing countries from around the world, threw their weight behind him.
The only three votes he was missing were from absentees Tonga,
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is all but guaranteed a second term after a procedural vote on Tuesday made him the sole nominee for a leadership election in May.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is all but guaranteed a second term after a procedural vote on Tuesday made him the sole nominee for a leadership election in May.