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The WHO executive board called a special closed-door session to discuss the case of Japanese doctor Takeshi Kasai, the suspended head of the UN health agency’s Western Pacific region, according to two diplomatic sources who asked not to be named.
“Up to the 11th hour they were giving him the option to resign,” but Kasai refused, one of the diplomatic sources said.“The vote was very close, 13-11… There were a lot of phone calls behind the scenes,” the source said, adding that Japan had tried to block a report on an investigation into the case from being published.
The staff, who wished to remain anonymous “for fear of retaliation,” accused him of making “derogatory remarks to staff of certain nationalities,” in particular local Filipinos. The UN agency has not revealed any details from the investigation, but did announce last August that Kasai had been put on leave and temporarily replaced by WHO number two Zsuzsanna Jakab.
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