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Friday, 28 October, 2011
WHO plays down reports staff could be shifted from Geneva
After reports that the World Health Organization was considering moving some of its staff away from Geneva, WRS’s Dave Goodman talked to Christy Feig, the WHO’s director of communications. She says no department in the WHO has so far made any decision to move staff yet, however she says the strong franc and high cost of living in the city are biting into the UN agency’s budget. The WHO has already announced cuts of 300 jobs at its Geneva secretariat:
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WHO is not focussing on priorities, on the contrary it is going about the whole restructuring in a underhanded manner. Instead of posts being abolished, it is staff who are being targeted. The higher ups are still holding their positions and the DG wants nothing to do with how this exercise is being carried out. If WHO were focussing on priorities, why is it that some departments who have money are not going through the restructuring? They remain intact and their programmes are not even high priority. Wait for 2 more years and WHO will start hiring again as it hasn’t been thought over well. Typical!
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