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Funeral Arrangements for Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director General of the World Health Organization
May 23, 2006

    GENEVA£¬ May 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The funeral of
Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the World Health
Organization, will take place in Geneva on Wednesday.  Dr
LEE died suddenly on Monday.  The funeral will be held at
12:30 at the Basilique de Notre-Dame, Place Cornavin. It
will be open to the public.

    The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Mark Malloch Brown, will represent the Secretary-General. 
Other heads of UN agencies and senior officials will also
be present.

    Reporters are welcome to attend the funeral, which will
also be attended by family, friends, and WHO staff.  Dr
Lee's family has requested that only one photographer take
pictures during the service. WHO will therefore provide
photographs on its website.  

    Tributes to Dr Lee

    Since Dr Lee's death was announced on Monday morning,
tributes have been paid by many of the people who knew him
or admired his work.  

    The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, called Dr Lee a
great man who "was at the forefront of the global
fight to prevent an avian flu pandemic, and was a champion
as well in the battle against a host of other public health
threats from HIV/AIDS to tuberculosis ... Not only was he a
valuable leader to WHO staff the world over, but a
cherished colleague and friend to me personally."

    President George W. Bush said, "Dr. Lee worked
tirelessly to improve the health of millions of people,
from combating tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to his aggressive
efforts to eradicate polio.  He provided tremendous
leadership to the international community as it confronted
the challenges of the 21st century, including the threat of
an influenza pandemic. Dr. Lee's outreach to world leaders
and entities increased awareness of potentially devastating
public health dangers."

    Mark Harrington, Executive Director of the
non-governmental organization the Treatment Action Group
(TAG) said: "People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)
around the world should take a moment and recognize the
pivotal contributions to their lives made by Dr. LEE
Jong-wook. TAG expresses its solidarity with all those who
are mourning the loss of this transformative leader in the
world's struggle against AIDS. Unusually among global
leaders, Dr. Lee made transforming the world's response to
HIV/AIDS one of his leading priorities. Under his watch,
and with his whole support, WHO ... took a leading role in
guiding the response to the pandemic.

    Nicolas Vidal, President of the Liga Peruana
Antitab¨¢quica, who met Dr Lee during an official visit to
Lima, Peru, wrote: "he was really friendly person and
told us to keep the antitobacco job up to help Peruvian
children. So we will keep fighting and  we will do it much
better! We want to say: Thank you very much dear Dr. Lee.
We will remember you!" 

    One man wrote from Kenya to say, "Dr Jong-wook was
a man of exemplary character committed to public service. I
am one of the people who benefited from WHO vaccination
programmes in Rift Valley, Kenya. I take this opportunity
to send my condolences to the world for the loss of a
dedicated servant. Dr Jong-wook is an inspiration and role
model to the youth of today."

    Dr Fouad Mojallid, WHO Representative in Syria, wrote:
"We lost a great man and a devoted fighter for the
human health rights. May he rest in peace."

    Tributes can be sent to DrLee-tribute@who.int .

    Dr Lee's widow has requested that donations in memory
of Dr Lee should be given to the project where she works,
Socios En Salud in Lima, Peru.

    Donations can be given via the sister organization of
Socios En Salud, Partners In Health http://www.pih.org .

    For more information, please contact: 

     Christine McNab,
     Communications officer, 
     Director-General's office
     Tel:   +41-79-254-6815
     Email: mcnabc@who.int 

     Iain Simpson, 
     Communications officer,
     Director-General's office
     Tel:   +41-79-475-5534
     Email: simpsoni@who.int 

SOURCE  World Health Organization
 
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