Speeches

Selected WHS 2022 Opening Ceremony Speeches

Photo Olaf Scholz, Keynote Speaker at WHS 2022

Olaf Scholz
Federal Chancellor, Germany

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

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António Guterres
Secretary-General, United Nations

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Mark Suzman
CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States of America

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Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States of America

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Selected WHS 2022 Final Session Speeches

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

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Charles Michel
President, European Council

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WHS 2022 Rewatch

Every session recording from WHS 2022 is available online on the World Health Summit YouTube channel.

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WHS 2022 Speeches

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WHS 2022 HIGH PATRONS

Olaf Scholz
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Emmanuel Macron
President of the French Republic

Macky Sall
President of Senegal and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) for 2022

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

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