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}}'''Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun''' is a Chinese-Canadian physician, who served as the Director-General of the [[World Health Organisation]]. Chan has previously served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government (1994–2003), representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases (2003–2006).<ref>http://archive.today/2020.02.10-094312/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chan</ref>
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Asked by the filmmaker Lilian Franck in 2015 for the documentary TrustWHO,<ref>7th World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, 11 October 2015</ref> if she considers stepping down from her position as a director, Dr Chan confirms the problem that private finance will come with strings attached.
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: '''Lilian Franck''': Important donor nations they want a weak WHO. One could even compare WHO to Titanic I would say. So isn't it your responsibility, Dr Chan, to step down before the end of your 2nd term, in order to signal to the world that your organisation, your ship, is sinking.
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: '''Margaret Chan''': You ask an excellent question. If it tell you, WHO as an organisation, only 30 percent of my budget is predictable funds. Other 70 percent I have to take a hat and go around the world, to beg for money. And when they give us the money, they are highly linked to their preferences, what they like. It may not be the priority of WHO. So if we do not solve this, you know (hand gesture),<ref>http://archive.today/2020.05.07-232933/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-berlin-germany-11th-oct-2015-margaret-chan-director-general-of-the-88393277.html</ref> we are not going to be as great as we were.
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Revision as of 23:44, 7 May 2020

Person.png Margaret Chan  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
BornMargaret Fung Fu-chun
21 August 1947
Hong Kong
NationalityChinese, Canadian
WHO Director General who announced 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic

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In office
9 November 2006 - 1 July 2017
Succeeded byTedros Ghebreyesus
announced 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic

Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun is a Chinese-Canadian physician, who served as the Director-General of the World Health Organisation. Chan has previously served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government (1994–2003), representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases (2003–2006).[1]

Asked by the filmmaker Lilian Franck in 2015 for the documentary TrustWHO,[2] if she considers stepping down from her position as a director, Dr Chan confirms the problem that private finance will come with strings attached.

Lilian Franck: Important donor nations they want a weak WHO. One could even compare WHO to Titanic I would say. So isn't it your responsibility, Dr Chan, to step down before the end of your 2nd term, in order to signal to the world that your organisation, your ship, is sinking.
Margaret Chan: You ask an excellent question. If it tell you, WHO as an organisation, only 30 percent of my budget is predictable funds. Other 70 percent I have to take a hat and go around the world, to beg for money. And when they give us the money, they are highly linked to their preferences, what they like. It may not be the priority of WHO. So if we do not solve this, you know (hand gesture),[3] we are not going to be as great as we were.


“If it tell you, WHO as an organisation, only 30 percent of my budget is predictable funds. Other 70 percent I have to take a hat and go around the world, to beg for money. And when they give us the money, they are highly linked to their preferences, what they like. It may not be the priority of WHO. So if we do not solve this, you know (hand gesture), we are not going to be as great as we were.”
Margaret Chan (11 October 2015)  [4]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 52nd Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/200823 January 200827 January 2008World Economic Forum
Switzerland
At the 2008 summit, Klaus Schwab called for a coordinated approach, where different 'stakeholders' collaborate across geographical, industrial, political and cultural boundaries."
WEF/Annual Meeting/200923 January 200927 January 2009World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201521 January 201524 January 2015World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


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