We Oppose Tedros Adhanom’s candidacy for Director-General of WHO

Hr.Tedros Adhanom eignet sich überhaupt nicht für die Führung der Organisation, weil er  für Folter, systematische Tötungen  und Hinrichtungen von mehreren zehntausenden unschuldigen  Zivilisten verantwortlich ist.  NOTedros4WHO

We Oppose Tedros Adhanom’s candidacy for Director-General of WHO

Tedros Adhanom, a  politburo member  of the Tigray  People’s Liberation  Front  (TPLF)  that has been ruling Ethiopia  for  the l ast 25 years is in  the inner circle  of  the  regime  well known  for  its  systematic   patterns  of  political  repression  and   egregious    human  rights  violations against   Ethiopian  citizens. The abysmal  human rights record  of   the  Ethiopian regime is very well  documented by all  the major international rights groups  (Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Freedom House) as well as by the U.S. State Department in its annual human rights report.
In  2008, under his watch  at  the  Federal Ministry of  Health  (2005-2012) there was a major cholera  outbreak  in Ethiopia’s  Oromia Region. As a result  of  the deliberate  inaction of Dr. Adhanom,  the preventable  and  treatable  outbreak  tragically  claimed  many   lives.  Dr. Adhanom’s   tenure as   head   of   the   Federal    Ministry   of   Health   was   fraught   with mismanagement  and  gross  incompetence  particularly  as  it  relates  to  the monies  (USD 1,306,035,989)  granted  from  the  Global  Fund  to  Fight AIDS  Tuberculosis  and  Malaria (GFATM).
The  audit  by  the  Office of the Inspector General into  the USD 1,306,035,989  allocated  to Ethiopia found: 1)  misappropriation  of   funds  and  use of   donor  funds  for  unsound  and politically motivated programs, 2) substandard quality of  constructed health  facilities  and 3) ineligible expenditures. It was the recommendation of the OIG that the Ethiopian government should refund USD 7,026,929 to the Global Fund. To this day, no action has been  taken  by the Ethiopian government to refund the money.
The candidate for Director General  of  a  prestigious  organization such as the WHO should not  only  be  a  person  of  high  personal  achievement  but should also embody the highest adherence to internationally  recognized human rights  standards.  Dr. Adhanom’s record as one of the leaders of the ruling party in  Ethiopia  and specifically his  record  as  Minister  of Health does not meet the  exceedingly  high  standards required for a Director General of the WHO.