WHA73
Geneva
This page deals with the meeting of WHA73 conducted in two sessions first in May and then resumed in November.
The the abridged session of the Assembly met on line, using video conferencing technology, and considered a limited portion of the provisional agenda only. The Committees of the Health Assembly did not convene on this occasion.
The Assembly was suspended after considering the abridged agenda, and resumed later in f2f and virtual mode from 9-14 November 2020.
See:
- Official WHA73 page
- Agendas 73/1, 73/1 Rev.1, 73/1 Rev.2
- Provisional summary records of debate
- Digital record of debate
- Definitive record of debate (WHA73/2020/REC/3)
- Definitive text of resolutions, decisions and annexes (WHA73/2020/REC/1)
Agenda
1
Item name
Opening of Health Assembly (including adoption of agenda)
Documents
2
Item name
Report of EB on its 145th, 146th meetings
Documents
3
Item name
Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General
4
Item name
Invited speaker/s
5
Item name
Admission of new members and associate members (deleted)
6
Item name
Executive Board election
8
Item name
Reports of main committees
9
Item name
Closure of Assembly
10
Item name
Opening of Committee A
11
Item name
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board (Pillar 1: UHC)
11.1
Item name
Primary health care
11.2
Item name
Follow-up to the high-level meetings of the UN GA on health-related issues
11.3
Item name
Global vaccine action plan
11.4
Item name
Accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a global public health problem
11.5
Item name
Ending TB
Documents
11.6
Item name
Epilepsy
Documents
11.7
Item name
Integrated, people-centred eye care, including preventable blindness and impaired visio
11.8
Item name
Neglected tropical diseases
Documents
11.9
Item name
Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property
12
Item name
WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
13
Item name
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board (Pillar 2: Emergencies)
Debate
13.1
Item name
Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
13.2
Item name
WHO’s work in health emergencies
Documents
13.3
Item name
Influenza preparedness
13.4
Item name
Cholera prevention and control
13.5
Item name
Polio
14
Item name
IHRs
Documents
15
Item name
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board (Pillar 3)
15.1
Item name
Decade of healthy ageing
15.2
Item name
Maternal, infant and young child nutrition
15.3
Item name
Accelerating efforts on food safety
16
Item name
Opening of Committee B
17
Item name
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
18
Item name
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board (Pillar 4)
18.1
Item name
Programme Budget 2020-2021
18.2
Item name
Financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2018–2019 and outlook on financing of the Programme budget 2020–2021
Documents
18.3
Item name
Geneva buildings renovation strategy
18.4
Item name
WHO Reform
Documents
18.5
Item name
Evaluation of the election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
Documents
18.6
Item name
Data and innovation: draft global strategy on digital health
18.7
Item name
Human resources: annual report
18.8
Item name
Report of the International Civil Service Commission
18.9
Item name
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules
19
Item name
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee
Documents
20.1
Item name
WHO programmatic and financial report for 2018–2019, including audited financial statements for 2019
20.2
Item name
Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution
Documents
20.3
Item name
Special arrangements for settlement of arrears [item deleted]
20.4
Item name
Amendments to Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [item deleted]
20.5
Item name
Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [item deleted]
21
Item name
Audit and oversight matters
21.1
Item name
Report of the External Auditor
Documents
21.3
Item name
External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation
22
Item name
Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations
23
Item name
Progress reports
Documents