Minister of Health talks about Non-Aligned countries’ role in the light of international shifts

The Minister of Health Dr. Hasan Al-Ghabbash has said that the importance of the efforts of Non-Aligned countries increases in the light of the current international shifts and its repercussions on the ability of these countries to implement the goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development in the field of health.

 

He called for exerting more effort at international meetings to confront the  coercive unilateral measures that are being imposed on Non-Aligned countries by Western countries for political reasons. 

 

The Minister in addition underscored the need for the continuity of support being offered by Non-Aligned countries to follow up the situation of health sector in the occupied Palestinian lands and Golan. 

His remarks were made during the online session held on Thursday by the World Health Assembly in Geneva.  

 

The Assembly’s 194 member states, including Syria, represented by a delegation headed by Minister Al-Ghobash, are proposing plans to respond to the Covid 19 pandemic, especially with regard to supporting medical analysis laboratories, tracking the implementation of immunization plans against the virus and the impact of its spread in health systems in various countries and strengthening the application of the primary health care program.

 

Representatives of the Assembly’s member states, international organizations, bodies and donors discuss the organizational items related to the Assembly’s work and the program budget for the years 2022-2023.

 

It is noteworthy that the World Health Assembly is the highest decision-making body in WHO. It meets once a year with the participation of delegations from all its member states. Its main function is to define the organization’s policies, appoint its director general and monitor its financial policies.

 

Basma Qaddour