President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the virtual 73rd Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), at the invitation of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom.
The WHA is the supreme policy decision-making body of the WHO, governed by its 194 Member States and consisting of health ministers.
The WHA meets annually to discuss major policy questions and the work programme of the WHO. This year’s meeting is conducted virtually, considering the global COVID-19 pandemic.
President Ramaphosa has been invited to participate as a guest alongside the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E Mr Antonio Guterres; the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E Angela Merkel; the President of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr Moon Jae-in; and the Prime Minister of Barbados, H.E. Mia Amor Mottley.
