WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION
ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ
Date: 20 November 2024
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE
BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA
Ms Riina Sikkut
ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО Minister of Health
Ministry of Social Affairs
Head office:
UN City, Marmorvej 51,
Suur-Ameerika 1
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark 10129 Tallinn
Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01
Email:
[email protected]
Estonia
Website: https://www.who.int/europe
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Dear Madam,
Confirmation or nomination of a focal point for the Working Group on Health in Climate Change
The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly evident across the WHO European Region,
underscoring the urgent need for coordinated action to protect the health and well-being of our
populations. To address these challenges effectively, the Working Group on Health in Climate Change
(HIC) was established in 2012 under the European Environment and Health Task Force (EHTF). The
Working Group aims to advance the implementation of the climate and health commitments set out in the
Declaration of the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (Budapest Declaration),
and to foster collaboration across countries and sectors.
I would like to invite you to either confirm the current focal point or nominate a new focal point for the
HIC Working Group. According to the institutional arrangements for the European Environment and
Health Process, the responsibilities of the focal point include active participation in the annual meetings
of the Working Group, contributing to the development and implementation of the EHTF’s work
programme in relation to climate change and health, and facilitating the achievement of the relevant
commitments of the Budapest Declaration at the national level.
The current HIC focal points from your country are Ms Aive Telling and Ms Kädi Ristkok.
The forthcoming meetings of the HIC Working Group will be held annually back-to-back with the EHTF
meetings. To ensure the effective participation of your ministry in these events, we kindly ask you to
either confirm the abovementioned HIC focal point(s) or nominate a new focal point. In either case,
please provide his/her functional title, name of institution/ministry, postal address, telephone number and
email address to the WHO secretariat (
[email protected]) by 15 January 2025. An alternate focal
point may be nominated if desired.
I am pleased to inform you that this invitation to confirm or nominate the focal points is extended to both
the Minister of Health and the Minister for the Environment of your country.
UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email:
[email protected]
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: https://www.who.int/europe
Denmark
Please do not hesitate to contact our European Centre for Environment and Health in Bonn, Germany,
should you desire any additional information (
[email protected]).
Yours very truly,
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge
Regional Director
Copy for information to:
Mr Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islandi väljak 1,
15049 Tallinn, Estonia
Ms Agne Nettan-Sepp, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department,
Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia
Ms Helen Sõber, Adviser, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry
of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia
H.E. Ms Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Ambassador Representative of the Republic of Estonia, Permanent
Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in
Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland
H.E. Mr Andre Pung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of
Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn,
Estonia
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Teema: Confirmation or nomination of a focal point for the Working Group
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