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Any source to back up your claim. I read Wikipedia Tedros receive overwhelming majority of the votes. The problem is WHO is don't have enough power to do it's

by _tik_ 5y ago

Any source to back up your claim. I read Wikipedia Tedros receive overwhelming majority of the votes. The problem is WHO is don't have enough power to do it's jobs. Based on below article. Even US and UK ignored WHO advice. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/apr/10/world-health-organization-who-v-coronavirus-why-it-cant-handle-pandemic https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/apr/10/world-health-or...

Asymmetryk 5y ago
this is the second result from Google for "tedros Chinese support who election": https://www.cfr.org/blog/who-and-china-dereliction-duty https://www.cfr.org/blog/who-and-china-dereliction-duty
- scoopertrooper 5y ago
  If you dig into it a bit, you'll see the claim that Tedros is some sort of manchurian candidate is based on him having given a speech at Peking University and his reiteration of the WHO's support for the One China policy. This is what the article they cite in support of the One China policy statement actually says: > In a meeting with Li Bin, minister of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, Tedros said the UN agency will properly handle the Taiwan-related issues based on the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the World Health Assembly, the WHO's decision-making body. http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-05/25/content_29490575.htm http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-05/25/content_294905...
xxpor 5y ago
To be clear, I'm not really saying he has a hidden agenda or anything like that. It's just that it's clear why China would want more influence over the WHO, and why they'd like someone like Tedros or someone like him over someone from the West. Tedros is certainly qualified for the role. It's like a Democratic president appointing liberal judges. Of course they would. He was absolutely a member of the TPLF though. He was in government in Ethiopia as a member.

by _tik_ 5y ago

Asymmetryk 5y ago

this is the second result from Google for "tedros Chinese support who election": https://www.cfr.org/blog/who-and-china-dereliction-duty https://www.cfr.org/blog/who-and-china-dereliction-duty

scoopertrooper 5y ago
If you dig into it a bit, you'll see the claim that Tedros is some sort of manchurian candidate is based on him having given a speech at Peking University and his reiteration of the WHO's support for the One China policy. This is what the article they cite in support of the One China policy statement actually says: > In a meeting with Li Bin, minister of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, Tedros said the UN agency will properly handle the Taiwan-related issues based on the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the World Health Assembly, the WHO's decision-making body. http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-05/25/content_29490575.htm http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-05/25/content_294905...

xxpor 5y ago

To be clear, I'm not really saying he has a hidden agenda or anything like that. It's just that it's clear why China would want more influence over the WHO, and why they'd like someone like Tedros or someone like him over someone from the West. Tedros is certainly qualified for the role. It's like a Democratic president appointing liberal judges. Of course they would. He was absolutely a member of the TPLF though. He was in government in Ethiopia as a member.