Statsminister Jens Stoltenberg har i forbindelse med WHOs Generaldirektør Dr. Lee Jong-wooks bortgang sendt følgende kondolansebrev:

"Dear Dr Anders Nordström,

I wish to extend to you and the WHO staff, my heartfelt condolences on the untimely death of Director-General Dr. Lee Jong-wook. I knew Dr. Lee as an experienced and dynamic leader. I will remember the many fruitful talks we had over the years on world health, and I was looking forward to working with him on UN reform.

Please convey my condolences also to his bereaved family.

Yours sincerely,

Jens Stoltenberg "