ICBUW sends an open letter to the WHO

ICBUW responds to the ongoing concern over the WHO's stance on the potential health impact of uranium weapons by sending an open letter to Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of the WHO.

23 November 2009 - ICBUW

Read ICBUW's open letter below.

Attachments

• Open letter to the WHO

  343 Kb - Format pdf
  ICBUW Science Team

See also

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  International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons

  Uranium weapons - all roads lead to the World Health Organisation

  Last December, 141 states supported a General Assembly resolution requesting that the United Nation’s agencies - the WHO, IAEA and UNEP - update their positions on the potential threat to human health and the environment posed by the use of uranium weapons. Of these, it seems to be that of the WHO which will prove the most influential.
  

  17 November 2009 - Doug Weir and Gretel Munroe
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  International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons

  141 states support second uranium weapons resolution in UN General Assembly vote

  The United Nations General Assembly has passed, by a huge majority, a resolution requesting its agencies to update their positions on the health and environmental effects of uranium weapons.

  12 December 2008 - ICBUW