May 2025
Geneva
Agenda
P
Plenary
1
Opening of the Health Assembly
4
Invited speaker/s [if arranged]
5
Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any]
6
EB election
7
Awards
8
Reports of main committees
9
Closure of Health Assembly
A
Committee A
10
Opening of Committee
Pillar 4
More effective and efficient WHO providing better support to countries
11
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board
11.1
Governance reform
Documents
Documents
Debate
Action
Action
11.2
Proposed programme budget 2026–2027
Documents
Documents
Debate
Pillar 1
One billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage
12
The role of the global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in WHO’s work on multistakeholder engagement for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report on independent evaluation
13
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board
13.1
Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate
Action
Action
13.2
Mental health and social connection
Documents
Documents
13.3
Universal health coverage
Documents
Documents
Action
Action
13.4
Communicable diseases
Documents
Documents
13.5
Substandard and falsified medical products
Action
13.6
Standardization of medical devices nomenclature
13.7
Health and care workforce
Documents
Documents
13.8
Draft global traditional medicine strategy 2025–2034
Action
13.9
Global strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
Documents
14
Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Documents
15
Antimicrobial resistance
Action
Pillar 2
One billion more people better protected from health emergencies
16
Health emergency preparedness and response
16.1
Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience
Documents
Documents
16.2
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
Debate
16.3
Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
Documents
16.4
The Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
Documents
Documents
17
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board
17.1
WHO’s work in health emergencies
17.2
Implementation of resolution WHA75.11 (2022)
Action
Action
17.3
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem
17.4
Universal Health and Preparedness Review
17.5
Poliomyelitis
Pillar 3
One billion more people enjoying better health and well-being
18
Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board
18.1
The impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health
18.2
Updated road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution
18.3
Climate change and health
Documents
Documents
B
Committee B
19
Opening of the Committee
20
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
Pillar 4
More effective and efficient WHO providing better support to countries
21
Budget and finance matters
21.1
Results report 2024 (Programme budget 2024–2025: performance assessment) and financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
Documents
Documents
Action
Action
21.2
Financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2024–2025
21.4
Scale of assessments 2025–2026 [if any]
Action
21.5
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
Action
21.6
Special arrangements for settlement of arrears [if any]
Documents
21.7
Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any]
21.8
Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]
Documents
Documents
22
Audit and oversight matters
22.1
Report of the External Auditor
Documents
Documents
22.2
Report of the Internal Auditor
22.3
External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation
Documents
Documents
23
Staffing matters
23.1
Human resources: update
Documents
23.2
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules
23.3
Report of the International Civil Service Commission
Documents
Documents
23.5
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee
Documents
Documents
24
Matters considered by the EB: Management, legal and governance matters
24.1
Prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment
Documents
24.2
Global strategies and plans of action that are scheduled to expire within one year
Documents
Documents
Action
Action
24.3
International Health Regulations (2005): proposed procedure for the correction of errors in the text of the instrument
25
Reassignment of Indonesia from the South-East Asia Region to the Western Pacific Region
Documents
Documents
26
Agreements with intergovernmental organizations
27
Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations
Documents
Documents
28
Matters for information
28.1
Progress reports: Pillar 1: One billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage
Documents
Documents
28.1:
Progress reports: Pillar 2: One billion more people better protected from health emergencies
Documents
Documents
28.1
Progress reports: Pillar 3: One billion more people enjoying better health and well-being
Documents
Documents
Debate
Debate