GENEVA (AP) – The Latest on the World Health Organization’s new chief (all times local):
3:20 p.m.
A U.N. veteran who is Britain’s candidate for the top job at the World Health Organization says he knows “how the kitchen works in the United Nations.”
Dr. David Nabarro delivered his last pitch for the job of WHO director-general moments before its assembly was to choose between him, Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Dr. Sania Nishtar of Pakistan.
Speaking to the delegates, Nabarro said “the health of 7 billion people rests in your hands” and acknowledged that some have felt “let down” by WHO and want it to be “more relevant, responsive and reliable.”