The Vigil for May 2016 – Geneva and Paris

31 - May - 2016

Since April 26, 2007, the Hippocratic Vigil has been held outside the WHO headquarters in Geneva, which now makes a total of 475 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 471 – Geneva – 02 to 06 May 2016

Jean Yves Peillard (Clarafond – 74 – France) – Guy Chatelan (Gex – 01 – France)

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Michel Monod (Geneva – Switzerland) – Jean Marc Muller (Prévessin Moëns – 01 – France)
Alison Katz (Geneva – Switzerland) – Annick Steiner (Geneva – Switzerland)
Françoise Bouvier (St Cergues – 74 – France)

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Week 472 – Geneva – 09 to 13 May 2016

Guy Chatelan (Gex – 01 – France) – Jean Marc Muller (Prévessin Moëns – 01 – France)
Carole Bouvier (Cologny – Switzerland)

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Jean Yves Peillard (Clarafond – 74 – France) – Michel Monod (Geneva – Switzerland)
Diane Ciurlia (Vevey – Switzerland) – Daniel Boget (Aix les Bains – 73 – France)
Annick Steiner (Geneva – Switzerland)

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Week 473 – Geneva – 16 to 20 May 2016

André Larivière (St Didier Doulon – 43 – France) – Carole Bouvier (Cologny – Switzerland)

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Week 474 – Geneva – 23 to 27 May 2016

Jean Marie Frontini (Angers – 49 – France)

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Anne Marie Kabalu (Angers – 49 – France)

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Week 475 – Geneva – 30 and 31 May 2016

Jean Yves Peillard (Clarafond – 74 – France) – Martine Cuennet (Avully – Switzerland)

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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”.