Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met in Beijing Thursday with senior
officials from the Ministry of Health and Social Security of
Iceland.
Li exchanged views on the campaign for the post of World Health
Organization (WHO) director-general with Siv Fridleifsdottir,
Minister of Health and Social Security of Iceland, and David A.
Gunnarsson, permanent secretary of the Icelandic health ministry
and a candidate for the WHO post.
The WHO Executive Board decided in May on a November timetable
for electing a new director-general for the organization. The
decision follows the sudden death of Director-General Dr LEE
Jong-wook on May 22. Lee was from South Korea.
China announced on July 25 to recommend Margaret Chan from Hong
Kong to run for the post.
(Xinhua News Agency September 1, 2006)
