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THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
L’ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC
ASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL, INC
Centre International de Bureaux
Immeuble A “Keynes” Website : www.wma.net Postal Address :
13A, chemin du Levant Telephone : (33) 4 50 40 75 75 Boîte Postale 63
01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Fax : (33) 4 50 40 59 37 01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Cedex
France E-mail address : wma@wma.net France
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director General
World Health Organization
20, Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Suisse
4 November 2020
Open Letter
Dear Dr Ghebreyesus,
The CoViD-19 pandemic has shown once more how important the work of the WHO should be,
and yet it bitterly proves how carelessly warnings and calls for pandemic and disaster preparedness
have been carelessly ignored in many parts of the world.
The CoViD-19 pandemic has also proved that striving for Universal Health Coverage is not a
luxury ambition to pursue. It is an essential strategy, not only for healthy living but also for healthy
economies.
The CoViD-19 pandemic is proof that cooperation for and with all health care systems in the world
is necessary. Therefore we believe it is both cynical and counterproductive to continue excluding
the health representatives from Taiwan from participating in the World Health Assembly and the
technical meetings of the WHO. Even more so since Taiwan has so much to offer in expertise and
material help.
We respectfully remind you of your responsibility to global health and to grant Taiwan observer
status for the World Health Assembly and to readmit them to technical meetings without further
obstruction.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr Frank Ulrich Montgomery
Chair of Council