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1417, 22 Oct 17

WHO Cancels Mugabe Appointment

Good, but the fact that it ever happened is a disgrace.

The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.

“I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,” WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.

But critics pointed out that Zimbabwe’s healthcare system had collapsed in recent years.

During the first 20 years of his 37-year rule, Mr Mugabe widely expanded health care, but the system has badly been affected by the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy since 2000.

Staff often go without pay, medicines are in short supply, and Mr Mugabe, who has outlived the average life expectancy in his country by three decades, travels abroad for medical treatment.

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1417, 22 October 2017

7 Comments

  1. Kevin Scheunemann

    UN is a sick Marxist joke when it comes to human rights.

    Donald Trump should defund it all.

  2. Le Roi du Nord

    k:

    Do you really think trump could do that even if he wanted to?  Provide the details as to how that would be possible.  Thanks.

  3. Paul

    Bullying and personal attacks

  4. Jason

    >Do you really think trump could do that even if he wanted to?  Provide the details as to how that would be possible.  Thanks.

    Why don’t you prove Trump couldn’t do that even if he wanted to… hint, don’t use this article, it won’t help you…

    http://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2017/feb/01/rob-portman/us-contribution-un-22-percent/

     

    >The Donald Trump administration has drafted an executive order that would cut U.S. payments to the United Nations by as much as 40 percent

  5. Paul

    If this were football, Jason would be Alabama and the troll is ITT Tech.

  6. Le Roi du Nord

    j and little paul:

    Take a look at what kevin wanted to do, “Donald Trump should defund it all”.  That is what I questioned, not if trump could cut the US portion.

  7. Paul

    Get out the wringer.  Jason mopped the floor with you.

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