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WHO members approve nearly $7 billion budget

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. [Reuters]

The World Health Organization on Monday won basic approval for a $6.83 billion budget over the next two years, including a 20% hike in mandatory membership fees.

As the U.N. health agency kicked off its annual decision-making assembly, member states in a key committee approved the budget without objection.

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