Since April 26, 2007, the Hippocratic Vigil has been held outside the WHO headquarters in Geneva, which now makes a total of 383 weeks without interruption. The vigil consists of a silent presence that aims to remind the World Health Organization of its obligations as set out in its constitution. We have added the name of Hippocrates to our description because of the ethical rules he instituted for health practitioners. As far as the protection of the health of people affected by the consequences of the nuclear industry is concerned, the World Health Organization ignores these rules.
The Vigil takes place outside the WHO headquarters in Geneva every working day from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Week 379 – Geneva – 1st August 2014
Monique Guittenit (Lusignan le Petit – 47 – France) – Martine Laroche (Paris – 75 – France)
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Week 380 – Geneva – 04 to 08 August 2014
Christophe Rialland (St Just – 35 – France) - Marie Joëlle Pouillon (Puy St Martin – 26 – France)
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Jean Yves Peillard (Clarafond – 74 – France) – Alison Katz (Geneva – Switzerland)
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Week 381 – Geneva – 11 to 15 August 2014
François Delacour (Grenoble – 38 – France) – Edith Mayer (Prévessin Moëns – 01 – France)
Loïc Schneider (Prévessin Moëns – 01 – France) – Georges Gordon-Lennox (Ferney Voltaire – 01 – France)
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Week 382 – Geneva – 18 to 22 August 2014
Reine Gang (Mésanger – 44 – France) – Christophe Mounier (Béganne – 56 – France)
Thomas Jochim (Germany) – Jutta Gaukler (Germany)
Annick Steiner (Geneva – Switzerland) – Michel Monod (Geneva – Switzerland)
Jean Yves Peillard (Clarafond – 74 – France)
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Week 383 – Geneva – 25 to 29 August 2014
François Fresneau (Pruillé l’Eguillé – 72 – France) – Michel Monod (Geneva – Switzerland)
Françoise Bloch (Geneva – Switzerland) – Bruno Boussagol (Vevey – Switzerland)
Martine Cuennet (Avully – Switzerland) – Marie Grandclément (Gex – 01 – France)
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We believe it is important to address ourselves to those who are partly responsible for deciding WHO policy. It is for this reason that, on 9th November 2012, we began a Vigil outside the Ministry of Health in Paris. The Ministers of Health are the representatives of the member countries of WHO, and they are involved in deciding the policies and actions that this institution pursues in the area of radioprotection.
We will maintain this silent and peaceful vigil every Friday from 9am to 5pm outside the Ministry of Health in Paris, until France takes the necessary steps to ensure that WHO fulfils its mission to protect the population from radioactive pollution, and that a programme of independent research is put in place on a national and / or European level, on the theme of “Health and nuclear power”.
Vigil outside the Ministry of Health in Paris – August 2014
Taking part in the Vigil outside the Ministry of Health during August 2014 :
Midori Amo – Jacques Bonnet – Ruwanara Bopearachchi – Sonia Fouquet Gruau – Marie Magdeleine Fratoni – Etsuko Furukata – Blandine Gay – Martine Laroche – Dominique Maddaléna - Mamicouka – Michel Monod – Jeannine Naudinet - Aviva Pavlovsky - Nadine Ruelland – Christian Roy – Jean Pierre Triger