
David Whineray
@davidwhineray
Director, Global Health @FCDOGovUK. Former Deputy Political Director. Previously @UKUN_NewYork @EUintheUS @CarnegieEndow @10DowningStreet @Europarl_EN @UNUCPR
ID: 623124908
30-06-2012 20:43:33
2,2K Tweet
1,1K Followers
436 Following


๐ฌ๐ง Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office increasing co-operation with South East Asia following the #ASEANUK Health Security Partnership Programme agreed by ๐ฌ๐ง David Lammy & ASEAN Foreign Ministers last year๐ Mark Gooding Sam Beckwith Sarah Tiffin Dominic Jermey

Good news this weekend from ๐จ๐ฆ Canadarenewing its partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance which has vaccinated over one billion children around the world ๐๐ UK in Canada ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ Rob Tinline CanadianUK Dr Sania Nishtar

This from Ambassador Barbara Woodward ๐ Proud that ๐ฌ๐ง Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and FCDO Global Health is one of the biggest investors in the work of ๐บ๐ณ UNFPA

Was good to see ๐บ๐ณ World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros in London this week as he met with Jenny Chapman, Wes Streeting, Professor Chris Whitty and others๐ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ค ๐บ๐ณ Simon Manley UK Mission Geneva ๐ฌ๐ง

In Paris for talks with ๐ซ๐ทFrance Diplomacy ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐บ on global health security & to attend Nutrition for Growth - with Chris Carter, Terri Sarch and the brilliant FCDO Nutrition team! I also seem to have managed to take possibly the worldโs worst ever photo of the Eiffel Tower โฆ


Good to attend a lunch at ๐ฎ๐ชIrish Embassy Paris today with King Letsie III of Lesotho & selection of ministers & senior officials from other European and Global South countries ahead of Nutrition for Growth summit hosted by ๐ซ๐ท France Diplomacy ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐บ tomorrow. Thank you Niall Burgess, Irish Ambassador in Paris for hosting


Was good to be back at the beautiful ๐ฌ๐ง Residence in ๐ซ๐ท Paris yesterday evening for an event hosted by Jenny Chapman & Menna Rawlings with various ministers, representatives & NGOs ahead of Nutrition for Growth summit today Thank you to the brilliant FCDO Nutrition & UK in France teams!


45m children globally suffer severe malnutrition. Thank you ๐ซ๐ท France Diplomacy ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐บ for hosting N4G. Proud ๐ฌ๐ง led & launched 'Global Compact for Nutrition' with ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria, World Bank & others. ๐ฌ๐ง & ๐ซ๐ท working together to fight malnutrition UK in France Menna Rawlings UK in Nigeria๐ฌ๐ง๐ณ๐ฌ

Was good be at this reception hosted by Jenny Chapman at ๐ฌ๐ง Residence in Paris for launch of new โGlobal Compact for Nutritionโ at N4G summit. Brilliant work by FCDO Nutrition & UK in France teams ๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง

Good to be back in๐ฝNew York to head ๐ฌ๐ง delegation to ๐บ๐ณ United Nations International Conference on Population & Development. Also meeting with ๐บ๐ณUNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/, ๐บ๐ณUNICEF & other ๐บ๐ณUnited Nations colleagues Looking forward to seeing brilliant ๐ฌ๐ง UK at the UN ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ณ team too! ๐บ๐ณ๐ค๐ฌ๐ง


Proud to represent ๐ฌ๐ง at opening session of 58th International Commission for Population & Development in๐ฝNew York with ๐บ๐ณUnited Nations Under Secretary General Guy Ryder, ๐บ๐ณUNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/, ๐บ๐ณUnited Nations Under Secretary General Li Junhua & ๐ฑ๐ฐSri Lanka Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya


I spoke on ๐บ๐ณUnited Nations panel in New York today on maternal & newborn health chaired by ๐ฏ๐ด HRH Sarah Zeid and alongside ministers from ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone,๐ณ๐ต Nepal & ๐ฟ๐ฒZambia and ๐บ๐ณUNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/ I underlined need for domestic investment & global partnerships


An excellent - and important - statement. Brilliant work by UK at the UN ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ณ & FCDO Global Health teams ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office committed to protecting & promoting SRHR

Productive meeting this week with David Whineray of Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to discuss joint priorities. UNFPA appreciates the global leadership of the #UK on #SRHR, including family planning. #PartnersAtCore


Brilliant work - and incredible resilience - by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , UK Mission Geneva ๐ฌ๐ง & Department of Health and Social Care ๐ฌ๐ง UK negotiating team in Geneva ๐บ๐ณ

Good to meet with ๐บ๐ณ United Nations Under Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/. Excellent discussion of ๐ฌ๐ง+๐บ๐ณ joint working UK at the UN ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ณ Ambassador Barbara Woodward Ambassador James Kariuki UNFPA London

Formal adoption will await the World Health Assembly, but an important win for multilateralism, for globsl health, and for the World Health Organization (WHO) Congratulations & thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and his team, our global partners, and, of course, our ๐ฌ๐ง negotiating team

Found these rare unused ๐บ๐ณ United Nations postal stamps issued in 1962 in honour of World Health Organization (WHO) and global action to eradicate malaria and this one from 1978 on eradicating smallpox ๐บ๐ณ
