111th Session Agenda item 3
EB111.R17 28 January 2003
Expression of appreciation to Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland The Executive Board, In deep appreciation of Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland’s outstanding service as Director-General from 1998 to 2003, RECOMMENDS to the Fifty-sixth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution: The Fifty-sixth World Health Assembly, Expressing its profound gratitude to Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland for her outstanding and visionary managerial, political and technical leadership, characterized by integrity, strength, endurance and determination; Appreciating her highly successful efforts to place issues of health and determinants of ill-health at the centre of the global political agenda; Commending her personal effort to establish evidence of the important role played by health in economic development and poverty reduction; Paying tribute to her challenge to society as a whole in her endeavours to achieve a healthy life for all, with a special emphasis on underprivileged and vulnerable people; Acclaiming her success in strengthening the role of WHO as the lead agency in health, in constructive cooperation with others in the international community; DECLARES Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General Emeritus of the World Health Organization as from the date of her retirement.
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