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Pátek, 30.Květen 2003
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WHO
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Příštím generálním ředitelem WHO
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byl zvolen 21. května 2003 Dr. Jong Wook Lee. Zvolilo ho všech 192 členů Světového zdravotnického shromáždění všemi hlasy. Generální ředitel WHO je volen na období pěti let. Je to první zástupce Korejské republiky, který byl vybrán pro vedoucí pozici v organizaci Spojených národů. Dr. Lee nastoupí do úřadu 21. července 2003, kde vystřídá dosavadní generální ředitelku Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, která tento úřad zastávala od roku července 1998.
Dr. Lee se narodil 12. dubna 1945 v Soulu v Koreji. Doktorát medicíny získal na Národní universitě v Soulu a titul profesor veřejného zdravotnictví na univerzitě na Havaji. Pro WHO pracuje již 19 let v různých manažerských a politických funkcích, zejména v problematice tuberkulosy a preventivního očkování dětí. Dr. Lee mluví anglicky, korejsky a japonsky. Pasivně ovládá franštinu a čínštinu. Byl vybrán z pěti kandidátů.
Následuje tisková zpráva v angličtině WHO, kde jsou zaznamenány hlavní myšlenky z nástupního projevu Dr.Lee.
Dr Lee announced that he would immediately expand and strengthen the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network to identify and respond to disease outbreaks around the world. "SARS is the first new disease threat of the 21st century, but it will not be the last," Dr Lee said in his acceptance speech to the Assembly.
There is an urgent need for "stronger disease surveillance and response mechanisms at local, national, and global levels," said Dr Lee, who recently travelled to China to see for himself the problem posed by SARS and how it is being tackled.Substantial funding has already been committed, he added, and 90% of the resources will go to build disease surveillance capacity at country and regional levels.
In his speech, Dr Lee praised the dedication and commitment of Dr Carlo Urbani, a WHO colleague who first identified SARS in Hanoi and subsequently died of the disease. "Carlo Urbani has given us an image of WHO at its best," said Dr Lee. "Not pushing paper, but pushing back the assault of poverty and disease."
Dr Lee told the World Health Assembly, "The world today needs leadership in the ongoing struggle for security and justice. Security from infections, and justice for those worst affected by diseases of poverty."
He recalled the commitment of the WHO Constitution to work for the highest attainable standard of health for every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief or economic or social condition. "These commitments are not naive," Dr Lee said. "They emerged from the most destructive war the world has ever seen."
The Director-General Elect emphasised his clear commitment to improving primary health care across the world and to achieving clear,measurable results in countries. "We must renew the fundamental commitment to equity expressed by "health for all," he said. "WHO must work to translate this ideal into measurable results."
Dr Lee said his five key priority areas will be: Meeting the health targets of the Millennium Development Goals; Shifting resources to serve countries more effectively; Running WHO more efficiently; Ensuring that WHO becomes more accountable, both financially and in its contribution to health outcomes; and Strengthening human resources both inside WHO and within Member States.
He concluded his speech with a call for wide participation and urgent action: "In my work at WHO and as a physician before joining the staff, I learned the value of listening ... Sharing ideas will be vital in the coming months. But our final test lies in action. Let us unite our strength for the work ahead."
Dr Lee, who has worked for the World Health Organization in many capacities and many countries for two decades, will take office and begin his five-year term on 21 July, 2003. He will succeed Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland who has been WHO Director-General since July 1998.
May 21, 2003
Source:WHO
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