Historical eventMay 52023

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency.

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When
Friday, May 5 20233 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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What happened

History Origin and founding Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar , the first president of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 1946, played a central role in founding the World Health Organization (WHO). Under his presidency, ECOSOC initiated the international conference that established the WHO as a specialized UN agency. The International Sanitary Conferences (ISC), the first of which was held on 23 June 1851, were a series of conferences that took place until 1938, about 87 years. [ 1 ]

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level.

May 5 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1985Ronald Reagan
  2. 1987Iran–Contra affair
  3. 19911991 Washington, D.C., riot
  4. 1992Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
  5. 1994Bishkek Protocol
  6. 1994Caning of Michael Fay
  7. 2006Sudan
  8. 2007Kenya Airways Flight 507
  9. 2010Anti-austerity movement in Greece
  10. 2020ABS-CBN
  11. 2023World Health Organization

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