Since April 26, 2007, the Hippocratic Vigil has been held outside the WHO headquarters in Geneva, which now makes a total of 400 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 397 – Geneva – 01 to 05 December 2014
André Baloge (Issé – 44 – France) – Thérèse Raitière (Guenrouët – 44 – France)
Paul Roullaud (Guenrouët – 44 – France)
(not photographed)
Michel Monod (Geneva – Switzerland)) – Edith Mayer (Prévessin Moëns – 01 France)
Françoise Bloch (Geneva – Switzerland)
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Week 398 – Geneva – 08 to 12 December 2014
Anne et Michaël Leibman (Monthieux – 01 – France) – François Sivardière (Meylan – 38 – France)
Philippe Morier-Genoud (Rossinières – Switzerland) – Véronique Marcot (Rochejean – Doubs – France)
Carole Bouvier (Cologny – Switzerland)
(not photographed)
David Shipley (Geneva – Switzerland) - Thierry Thévenin (Mérinchal – 23 – France)
Françoise Bouvier (St Cergues- 74 – France) – Roch Michaluzco (Geneva – Switzerland)
Alison Katz (Geneva – Switzerland)
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Week 399 – Geneva – 15 to 19 December 2014
Sylvie Baldens (Gentioux Pigerolles – 23 – Creuse) – Jean Yves Peillard (Clarafond – 74 – France)
(not photographed)
Michel Monod (Geneva – Switzerland) - Loïc Schneider (Prévessin Moëns – 01 France)
Jean Marc Muller ( Prévessin Moëns – 01 France) – Françoise Bloch (Geneva – Switzerland)
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Week 400 – Geneva – 22 to 26 December 2014
Yacine Babcia (St Genis Pouilly – 01 – France)
(not photographed)
François Rittmeyer (Vevey – Switzerland) – André Larivière (St Didier sur Doulon – 43 – 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 during December 2014
Taking part in the Vigil outside the Ministry of Health during December 2014 :
Ruwanara Bopearachchi – Philippe Clavière – Rosy Clavière – Christophe Elain – Marie Magdeleine Fratoni – Etsuko Furukata – Martine Laroche – Monique Lévy – Dominique Maddaléna – Michel Mégard – Marie Joelle Pouillon – Nadine Ruelland – Hannelore Schmid – Jean Pierre Triger