Critics urge WHO to reverse 'wrong' choice of Mugabe as goodwill envoy


  • World
  • Saturday, 21 Oct 2017

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gestures as he attends the 2nd Session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission in Pretoria, South Africa October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) should overturn its decision to appoint of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador, global health leaders said on Saturday, describing the move as unjustifiable and wrong.

The British government said Mugabe's appointment was "surprising and disappointing" and added that it risked overshadowing the WHO's global work.

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