harare robert mugabe would reject role world health organization goodwill envoy formally ask spokesman say tuesday days state media cheer zimbabwean president appointment director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus name mugabe goodwill ambassador wednesday conference uruguay men attend appointment rescind sunday follow backlash western donors right group opposition party last friday state-owned herald celebrate largely ceremonial appointment new feather president cap add mugabe 93 accept role spokesman tell newspaper tuesday zimbabwe sole leader since independence britain 1980 hear appointment via media anything put president ... would find request awkward one charamba quote say cite zimbabwe role tobacco producer take back never give first place far concern hullabaloo non-appointment fact non-event charamba respond call seek comment mugabe critics outrage tedros announcement say reward man whose government preside collapse zimbabwe health system geneva spokesman christian lindmeier tell u.n. brief fix guidelines appoint goodwill ambassador director-general deputies power select tedros decision rescind mugabe appointment say think term transparency pretty good tweet appear website statements immediately charamba say fact zimbabwe producer exporter tobacco mostly china would mean mugabe campaign crop underpin economy tobacco zimbabwe single large foreign currency earner bring average 800 million annually last four years accord official data see play goodwill ambassador respect agency well-defined stance tobacco grow tobacco sell would contradiction charamba say word go oblige invitation come way anyway western diplomat geneva tell reuters mistake apparently preparations consultations seem idea cook small group uruguay act quickly rescind would wait interest see damage diplomat say speak condition anonymity mugabe would reject role say spokesman u-turn