Editing World Health Organization (section)

===World Health Assembly and Executive Board===
[[File:World Health Organisation headquarters, Geneva, north and west sides.jpg|thumb|WHO headquarters in Geneva]]
The [[World Health Assembly]] (WHA) is the legislative and supreme body of the WHO. Based in Geneva, it typically meets yearly in May. It appoints the director-general every five years and votes on matters of policy and finance of WHO, including the proposed budget. It also reviews reports of the executive board and decides whether there are areas of work requiring further examination.

The Assembly elects 34 members, technically qualified in the field of health, to the executive board for three-year terms. The main functions of the board are to carry out the decisions and policies of the Assembly, to advise it, and to facilitate its work.<ref name="governance">{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/governance/en/index.html |title=Governance |publisher=World Health Organization |date=23 April 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213212358/http://www.who.int/governance/en/index.html |archive-date=13 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of June 2023, the chair of the executive board is Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari of Qatar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.who.int/gb/gov/en/chair-and-officers-of-the-executive-board_en.html|title=WHO: Chairman and Officers of the Executive Board|publisher=World Health Organization|date=22 May 2020|access-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429092106/https://apps.who.int/gb/gov/en/chairman-and-officers-of-the-executive-board_en.html|archive-date=29 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>