WHA56

May 2003
Geneva

Agenda

Docs page (includes resolutions)

Fifty-sixth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 19-28 May 2003: summary records of committees and round tables, reports of committees 

Fifty-sixth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 19-28 May 2003: resolutions and decisions, annexes 

Agenda

1
Opening of the Assembly
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A56/1 Rev.1
2
Reports of the Executive Board on its 110th and 111th sessions
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A56/2
3
Address by Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General
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A56/3
10
Round tables: Healthy environments for children
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A56/DIV/4
11
Opening of the Committee
12
Programme budget
12.1
Proposed programme budget for 2004-2005
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PB/2004-2005
A56/INF.DOC./1
A56/51
A56/51 Corr.1
EB111.R3
A56/5: Real Estate Fund
A56/50
A56/6: Information Technology Fund
Action
Action
WHA56.32 Appropriation resolution for the financial period 2004-2005
12.2
Miscellaneous income 2002-2003
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A56/7
13
WHO framework convention on tobacco control
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A56/8
A56/8 Rev.1
A56/INF.DOC./2: procedural matters
A56/INF.DOC./7: report by the Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
A56/INF.DOC./7 Rev.1: report by the Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
Debate
Debate
A1
Action
Action
WHA56.1 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
14
Technical and health matters
14.1
Tropical diseases, including Pan African tsetse and trypanosomiasis eradication campaign
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A56/9: Tropical diseases, including Pan African tsetse and trypanosomiasis eradication campaign
Debate
Debate
A4
Action
Action
WHA56.7 Pan African tsetse and trypanosomiasis eradication campaign
14.2
Control of neurocysticercosis
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A56/10 Control of neurocysticercosis
Debate
Debate
A4
14.3
WHO’s contribution to achievement of the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration
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A56/11 WHO’s contribution to achievement of the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration
14.4
WHO’s contribution to the follow-up of the United Nations General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS
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EB111.R4: Global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS 
A56/12
A56/12 Appendix Rev.1
Debate
Debate
A4
A5
A10
Action
Action
WHA56.30 Global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS
14.5
World Summit on Sustainable Development
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A56/13
Action
Action
WHA56.22 Strategic approach to international chemicals management: participation of global health partners
14.6
Smallpox eradication: destruction of Variola virus stocks
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A56/14 Smallpox eradication: destruction of Variola virus stocks
Debate
Debate
A5
14.7
Strategy for child and adolescent health and development
Debate
Debate
A6
A7
Action
Action
WHA56.21 Strategy for child and adolescent health and development
WHA56.20 Reducing global measles mortality
14.8
WHO medicines strategy
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A56/16 WHO medicines strategy: progress report
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Debate
A6
A8
14.9
Intellectual property rights, innovation and public health
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A56/17
Action
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WHA56.27 - IPRs, innovation and public health
14.10
Traditional medicine
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EB111.R12:
A56/18
Action
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WHA56.31 Traditional medicine
14.11
Strengthening nursing and midwifery
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A56/19 Strengthening nursing and midwifery
14.12
Eradication of poliomyelitis
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A56/20 Eradication of poliomyelitis
14.13
Strengthening health systems in developing countries
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A56/21: Strengthening health services delivery
A56/22: Strengthening health systems in developing countries
Action
Action
WHA56.25 The role of contractual arrangements in improving health systems’ performance
14.14
Influenza
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A56/23
EB111.R6 - Prevention and control of influenza pandemics and annual epidemics
Debate
Debate
A5
A6
Action
Action
WHA56.19 - Prevention and control of influenza pandemics and annual epidemics
14.15
Implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health
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EB111.R7
A56/24
WHO (2002) World report on violence and health
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Action
WHA56.24 Implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health
14.16
Revision of the IHRs
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A56/25 - Revision of IHRs
A56/25 Add.1 - draft resolution
A56/48 - Revision of the International Health Regulations: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
EB111/2003/REC/1
EB111.R13 - Revision of the International Health Regulations
Debate
Debate
A9 (page 160)
A10 (page 174)
A10 (page 180) SARS debate
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WHA56.28 - Revision of the IHRs
WHA56.29 - SARS
14.17
Elimination of avoidable blindness
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A56/26 - Elimination of avoidable blindness
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Action
WHA56.26 - Elimination of avoidable blindness
14.18
International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata: twenty-fifth anniversary
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A56/27
Debate
Debate
A1
A3
Action
Action
WHA56.6 International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata: twenty-fifth anniversary
14.19
Joint FAO/WHO evaluation of the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
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A56/34
Action
Action
WHA56.23 Joint FAO/WHO evaluation of the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
15
Opening of Committee B
16
Financial matters
16.1
Reports
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A56/28: Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for 2002
A56/28 Add.1: Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for 2002
A56/47: Comments thereon of the Administration, Budget and Finance Committee
A56/29: Interim report of the External Auditor
A56/49: PBAC report on Interim report of the External Auditor
A56/30: Report of the Internal Auditor
Action
Action
WHA56.9 Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for 2002
17
Assignment and transfer of Member States to regions
17.1
Assignment of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the South-East Asia Region
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A56/36: Assignment of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the South-East Asia Region
Action
Action
WHA56.15 Assignment of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste to the South-East Asia Region
17.2
Reassignment of Cyprus from the Eastern Mediterranean Region to the European Region
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A56/37 Reassignment of Cyprus from the Eastern Mediterranean Region to the European Region
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WHA56.16 Reassignment of Cyprus from the Eastern Mediterranean Region to the European Region
18
Staffing matters
18.1
Human resources: annual report
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A56/38
A56/38 Corr.1 Human resources: annual report, 2002
A56/39 Human resources: annual report: gender balance
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WHA56.17 Human resources: gender balance
18.2
Representation of developing countries in the Secretariat
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A56/40
Action
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WHA56.35 Representation of developing countries in the Secretariat
18.3
Increased representation of developing countries on Expert Advisory Panels and in Expert Committees
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A56/41 Increased representation of developing countries on Expert Advisory Panels and in Expert Committees
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Health conditions of, and assistance to, the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine
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A56/44
A56/INF.DOC./4
A56/INF.DOC./5
A56/INF.DOC./6
Action
Action
WHA56.5 Health conditions of, and assistance to, the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine
20
Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations
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A56/45
21
Policy for relations with nongovernmental organizations
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EB111.R14
A56/46