Germany reaffirms its commitment to WHO and key health priorities was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Monday, 13 November 2023 at 17:13 UTC. The event is classified as a epidemic incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mr Ingo Behnel, Ambassador Dr Katharina Stasch, Dr Gesa Miehe-Nordmeyer and Dr Catharina Boehme. ©WHO/Lindsay MackenzieIn a meeting on 3 November, Germany reaffirmed its support for WHO as the Organization takes on wide-ranging global health challenges and advocated prompt action to establish a pandemic accord – an international agreement that would pave the way for better collaboration on emergencies, science and research.A German delegation that included Dr Katharina Stasch, UN Ambassador in Geneva; Ingo Behnel, Director-General of European and International Policy Issues at the German Ministry of Health; and Dr Gesa Miehe-Nordmeyer, Director General of the German Chancellery’s Department for Social, Health, Labor Market, Environment and Social Policy, met with WHO representatives including Assistant Director-General Dr Catharina Boehme, Emergencies Programme Executive
Where this happened
The incident is located in Germany (Europe), whose capital is Berlin. Historically, Germany is most affected by floods, storms and industrial accidents. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Germany incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 51.200°, 10.500°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
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· received · event time 13 Nov 2023, 17:13 UTCFirst report Humanitarian agency report
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Conditions at the time
9.9 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 13°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.