president george w. bush announced the international partnership on avian and pandemic influenza in his remarks to the high-level plenary meeting of the united nations general assembly on september 14, 2005, in new york. on september 15, 2005, under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs dr. paula dobriansky was joined by the director general of the world health organization dr. lee jong-wook, executive director of unicef ann veneman, and senior representatives from several participating countries to describe the partnerships goals of improving global readiness by: