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According to the organization, its founding principle is that of education and idea exchange among peers. [4] The first non-U.S. chapter was created in 1956 in Ontario, Canada. The first YPO University was held in Miami Beach, Florida. YPO merged with its graduate organization, World Presidents Organization (WPO), in 2007.
[43] In 2012, she was a candidate for President of the World Bank, running against former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim; if elected, she would have become the organization's first female president. [44]
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. According to a Gallup International poll conducted between October and December 2023, almost a third of people around the world had never heard of BRICS but Western countries were much more negative towards the alliance than ...
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and countries, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for coordinating the actions of member states. [2]
Fourth, First Asian president 1950 Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980) Iran: EAS Fifth: 1951 Luis Padilla Nervo (1894–1985) Mexico: LAS Sixth: 1952 Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972) Canada: COS Seventh: 1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) India: COS Eighth, First woman president 1954 Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) Netherlands: WES Ninth: 1955
Argentina has announced it will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), mirroring a similar move by US President Donald Trump last month. “President (Javier) Milei instructed (foreign ...
President Javier Milei pulled Argentina out of the World Health Organization, citing right-wing complaints about COVID lockdowns, weeks after President Donald Trump, his close ally, also removed ...
Candidates for Director-General can be proposed by Member States, then nominated by the executive board and appointed by the World Health Assembly. [5]The appointment process begins more than one year prior to the May vote, when the World Health Organization sends out a letter informing Member States that the nomination process has begun.