Health Minister elected to WHO
executive council
[Monday, May
29, 2006 -10.45 GMT]
Healthcare and
Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva was elected to the 39 member
executive council of the World Health Organization at the end of its 59th
Annual Session held at WHO headquarters in Geneva from 23rd
to 27th May.
This 39 member
Executive Council elected for a period of three years is the main body
which takes decisions with regard to implementation of health care
activities in various countries.
Minister Nimal
Sirpala de Silva who was elected to represent the South Asian Region
where more than 160 member countries participated at this five day
session. The Minister on his election to this august assembly expressed
the hope that the WHO led health rehabilitation activities implemented
following the tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka could be expedited to
accrue the benefit to the victims
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