Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly: photos
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Day 2: 22 May 2012
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Dr Zangley Dukpa, Minister of Health of Bhutan, presides over Committee A proceedings.
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WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan listens intently to discussions of Member States in Committee A.
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The President of the 65th World Health Assembly, Professor Thérèse N'Dri-Yoman, listens to delegates speak on achieving universal access to health care.
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A bird's eye view of Committee A session in progress.
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WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and Mrs Reiko Kaburaki Lee, widow of the former WHO Director-General Dr Lee Jong-Wook, share a quiet moment before the ceremony to launch Dr Lee's biography.
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The President of the 65th World Health Assembly, Professor Thérèse N'Dri-Yoman, steals a moment from her busy schedule for an official portrait.
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WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan thanks Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for cancer prevention and care, and an invited speaker.
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President of the 65th World Health Assembly greets Mrs Reiko Kaburaki Lee, widow of the former Director-General of WHO, at the launch of his official biography while WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan looks on.
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Desmond Avery, former speechwriter of the late former Director-General Dr Lee Jong-Wook and author of his biography, signs a copy of his book after the ceremony to mark its publication.
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Mr John-Arne Røttingen of Norway chaired the discussion on the report of the Consultative Expert Working Group on research and development.
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“All ministers are ministers of health,” said Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, in his address to the delegates.
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Invited speakers Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco and Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Jonas Gahr Støre were welcomed by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan before addressing the World Health Assembly.
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Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, one of the invited speakers, moments before delivering her speech to the World Health Assembly.