Dear colleagues,

this is just to inform you how wonderful the new management of WHO is
performing its important tasks:

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Date:          Mon, 7 Sep 1998 14:24:28 +0100
Subject:       Your web site
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Dear Mr. Wenzel,

This is in regards to your web site at  http://www.ldb.org/who.htm.
Please note that it is illegal to use the WHO name and logos without
permission. Also, please note that you must put a disclaimer at the
top of your page stating that this is not the official World Health
Organization web site.

Thank you for your prompt action.

Brian Henningsen,
Acting Chief, TES

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I responded with the following mail:

From:                 Self <Single-user mode>
To:               [log in to unmask]
Subject:          Re: Your web site
Send reply to:    [log in to unmask]
Date sent:        Mon, 7 Sep 1998 23:04:51 +1000

On  7 Sep 98 at 14:24, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> This is in regards to your web site at  http://www.ldb.org/who.htm.
> Please note that it is illegal to use the WHO name and logos without
> permission. Also, please note that you must put a disclaimer at the
> top of your page stating that this is not the official World Health
> Organization web site.

I will certainly change the web-site accordingly, if you wish so.

Let me state that I offered this and another page which you haven't
detected yet as a service to the community and within the context of
my web-site it is quite clear that it is not the official WHO
web-site.

I'm amazed about your reaction. I believed that WHO was interested to
get as much publicity as possible. I may have been wrong all the time.

I wish you all the best.

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It looks like one violates the copyright laws when using the
term *World Health Organization*. Do they want us to silence them
down? Interesting question in these increasingly mad times, eh?

The World Bank, by the way, has opened its archives and WHO aims at
web-sites. Hm, interesting differences ...

Guess I start looking for lawyers now.

Eberhard Wenzel MA PhD
Griffith University
School of Public Health
Deputy Director, Queensland Centre for Public Health
Nathan, Qld. 4111
Australia
Tel.: 61-7-3875 7103
Fax:  61-7-3875 6709
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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