New: Why is Everyone Concerned About the WHO?
Miért aggódik mindenki a WHO miatt?
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by Dr. Meryl Nass. Translated by Előd Költő.
Other languages available: Why is Everyone Concerned About the WHO?
by Dr. Meryl Nass. Translated by Előd Költő.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) is an agency formed under the auspices of the United Nations (U.N.) in 1948, shortly after the U.N. itself was formed following World War 2. It is considered a specialized agency of the U.N. Unlike other specialized U.N. agencies, the W.H.O. has its own constitution, and can make treaties. The W.H.O. is composed of…
A question often asked is how nations can leave the WHO, since there is no procedure for exiting the WHO specified in the WHO’s Constitution. International law professor Francis Boyle provides the solution below. “A Withdrawal from the WHO Constitution can be accomplished by invoking the Doctrine of Fundamental Change of Circumstances under Article 62 of the Vienna Convention…