Other UN organisations (UNSCEAR, WHO)

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Created in 1955, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation periodically draws up syntheses of all the international scientific data on the sources and risks of radiation for the environment and health. It proposes risk estimates and the results of this work are used by other organisations to propose dose limits and radiation protection measures.

This activity is supervised by the annual meeting of the national representatives of the member States comprising high-level experts, to which ASN Commissioners Ms Tirmarche and Mr Bourguignon are invited.

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The World Health Organisation, WHO, is an international institution of the United Nations specialised in health. It is tasked with directing global healthcare actions, defining health research programmes, setting standards and criteria, presenting political options based on convincing data, providing technical support to countries and assessing trends in terms of public health.

The objective of the organisation is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health" (Article 1 of its Constitution).