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WHO’s European countries say Moscow office should be moved

FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple Russian bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 25, 2022. Member countries of the World Health Organization’s European region condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine, in a move that could result in relocating one of the agency’s offices out of Russia until the country “withdraws its military forces from the territory of Ukraine.” The resolution said WHO should do “whatever is possible” to support Ukraine and to consider the possible relocation of WHO’s Moscow-based office elsewhere. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) FILE - A woman walks outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. Member countries of the World Health Organization’s European region condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine, in a move that could result in relocating one of the agency’s offices out of Russia until the country “withdraws its military forces from the territory of Ukraine.” The resolution said WHO should do “whatever is possible” to support Ukraine and to consider the possible relocation of WHO’s Moscow-based office elsewhere. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) FILE - People cross the Irpin river on an improvised path under a bridge, that was destroyed by Ukrainian troops designed to slow any Russian military advance, while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. Member countries of the World Health Organization’s European region condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine, in a move that could result in relocating one of the agency’s offices out of Russia until the country “withdraws its military forces from the territory of Ukraine.” The resolution said WHO should do “whatever is possible” to support Ukraine and to consider the possible relocation of WHO’s Moscow-based office elsewhere. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)