WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at First Steering Committee of the Partnership: Health FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Creating Legacy for Sport and Health

I thank Your Excellency Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari for chairing, and for hosting, this First Steering Committee meeting.

And I thank Your Excellency Hassan Al Thawadi for making sustainability a core principle for the World Cup itself, and the legacy it leaves.

I also thank my dear brother, President Gianni Infantino, for FIFA’s commitment to healthier and safer sport, and for the invitation to address FIFA’s 72^nd Congress yesterday. It…