WHA70

May 2017
Geneva

Agenda

1.1
Appointment of the Committee on Credentials
1.2
Election of the president
1.3
Election of other office bearers
1.4
Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to main committees
2
Report of the EB on its 139th and 140th sessions
3
Address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director General
4
Post of Director-General
4.1
Procedures for the conduct of the election
5
Admission of new members and associate members [if any]
6
Executive Board: election
7
Awards
8
Reports of the main committees
9
Closure of the Health Assembly
11
Programme and budget matters
11.1
Overview of financial situation: Programme budget 2016-17
12
Preparedness, surveillance and response
13
Health systems
13.2
Principles for global consensus on the donation and management of blood, blood components and medical products of human origin
13.5
Follow-up of the report of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination
14
Communicable diseases
15
Noncommunicable diseases
15.1
Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, to be held in 2018
15.8
Prevention of deafness and hearing loss
16
Promoting health through the life course
16.3
Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030): adolescents’ health
17
Progress reports
18
Opening of Committee B
20
Financial matters
20.3
Special arrangements for settlement of arrears (Somalia)
20.4
Scale of assessments for 2018–2019
20.5
Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any]
20.6
Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]
21
Audit and oversight matters
22
Staffing matters
22.2
Report of the International Civil Service Commission
22.3
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules
22.4
Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
22.5
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee
23
Management, legal and governance matters
23.2
Governance reform: follow-up to decision WHA69(8) (2016)
23.4
Proposed Infrastructure Fund (consolidating the Real Estate Fund and IT Fund)
23.5
Agreements with intergovernmental organizations [if any]
24
Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations