A lady grieves at Ukraine troopers’ graves.
The World Well being Organisation’s European workplace determined to shut a specialised WHO workplace in Moscow and transfer its capabilities to Denmark, the well being physique mentioned Monday.
The transfer, which was determined throughout a digital session held on Monday, follows calls from members final 12 months to close the workplace over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Monday’s session was additionally convened after a gaggle of 30 member states requested a particular session in a letter in April, which famous that the “fast and long-term well being impacts in Ukraine and past” attributable to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “proceed to be a matter of utmost concern”.
The WHO’s European area contains 53 international locations, together with a number of in central Asia.
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A majority of member states agreed to the choice, which implies the closure of the well being physique’s “Workplace for the Prevention and Management of Noncommunicable Illnesses,” in Moscow, with its capabilities to be relocated to the regional workplace in Denmark “no later than” 1 January 2024.
Requires the closure of the workplace first arose in April of 2022, within the wake of the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
The matter does nevertheless not concern the WHO’s nation workplace for Russia.
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