May 2019
Geneva
21-26 May, 2019
See also:
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Official WHA72 docs page,
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Preliminary daily timetable,
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Provisional agenda (A72/1),
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PHM’s integrated commentary as of 21 May (pdf, 429kb)
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MMI/PHM Item Statements and Policy Briefs here
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Definitive record of debate: WHA72/2019/REC/3 (NYP)
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Definitive text of resolutions, decisions and annexes: WHA72/2019/REC/1 (NYP)
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See also Tracker index to EB145 (29-30 May) and PBAC30 (15-17 May)
Agenda
04
Invited speakers
05
Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any]
06
Executive Board: election
08
Reports of the main committees
09
Closure of the Health Assembly
10
Opening of Committee A (including election of vice-chairs and rapporteur)
11
Strategic priority matters
11.1
Proposed programme budget 2020–2021
Debate
Action
Action
11.2
Public health emergency preparedness and response
11.3
Polio
Documents
11.4
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
11.5
Universal health coverage
Documents
Documents
11.6
Health, environment and climate change
11.7
Access to medicines and vaccines
11.8
Follow-up to the high-level meetings of the United Nations General Assembly on health-related issues
Documents
Documents
12
Other technical matters
12.1
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits
Debate
Debate
Action
12.2
Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
12.3
Human resources for health
Documents
Documents
12.4
Promoting the health of refugees and migrants
Action
12.5
Patient safety
Debate
Debate
12.6
Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks
Documents
Debate
Debate
12.7
Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
12.8
Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030)
12.9
Emergency and trauma care
Debate
Debate
12.10
The public health implications of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
Documents
Documents
13
Opening of Committee B
14.
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
Debate
Debate
15
Financial matters
15.1
Overview of financial situation: Programme budget 2018–2019
Debate
Debate
15.2
WHO programmatic and financial report for 2018–2019, including audited financial statements for 2018
Debate
Debate
15.3
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
Documents
15.4
Special arrangements for settlement of arrears [if any]
15.5
Scale of assessments
Documents
Documents
Action
15.6
Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any]
15.7
Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]
16
Audit and oversight matters
16.1
Report of the External Auditor
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
16.3
External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
16.4
Appointment of the External Auditor
Documents
Documents
Action
17
Staffing matters
17.1
Human resources: annual report
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
17.3
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules
17.4
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee
Documents
Documents
18
Managerial, administrative and governance matters
18.1
WHO reform processes, including the transformation agenda, and implementation of United Nations development system reform
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
18.3
Agreements with intergovernmental organizations [if any]
19
Other matters referred to the Health Assembly by the Executive Board
20
Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations (discussed under Item 18.1)
21
Matters for information
21.1
Strengthening synergies between the World Health Assembly and the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
21.2
Outcome of the Second International Conference on Nutrition
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
21.3
Progress reports
Documents
Documents