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Saturday, 25 May 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
High-Level Welcome of the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly
Programme for Monday, 27 May 2024 ( 9 am- 12 pm CEST) . Palais des Nations
The Seventy-seventh [https://www.who.int/about/accountability/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-seventh]session of the World Health Assembly (WHA77) will take place from 27 May to 1 June 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s theme is “All for Health, Health for All.”
Proceedings will be webcast live [https://www.who.int/about/accountability/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-seventh]. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
9:00 – Opening of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
First Vice – President of the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Professor Moustafa Mijiyawa, Minister of Health, Togolese RepublicAppointment of the Committee on CredentialsElection of officers of the Health Assembly, Chairs of the main committees, and establishment of the General Committee – Followed by suspension of plenary
09:40 High- Level Welcome
Welcome remarks – H.E. Ms Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Federal Councilor of the Swiss ConfederationSong rendition – Farrah El Dibany, internationally acclaimed Egyptian opera singer
Address by Special Guest of Honour and Keynote speaker
H.E. Mr Mohamed El Ghazouani – President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Chairperson of the African Union
Statements by invited guests:
Mr Thomas Bach – President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)H.E. Mr Antonio Guterres – UN Secretary-General (video statement)H.E. Mr Anwar Ibrahim – Prime Minister of Malaysia (video statement)H.E. Mr Srettha Thavisin – Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand (video statement)H.E. Ms Ursula Von der Leyen – President of the European Commission (video statement)
Remarks by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General’s Award for Global Health
WHO Director-General will present 2 additional awards to distinguished scientists and professors. An additional one will have been presented at the Event on Sunday 26 May.
12 pm: Conclusion of High-Level Welcome
Media and webcast information
Media accreditation for WHA77 is being handled by the United Nations Office in Geneva. Register via Indico [https://indico.un.org/].
Public meetings (plenary, Committees A and B) of WHA77 will be webcast live here. [https://www.who.int/about/accountability/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-seventh]
WHO will provide regular updates from the World Health Assembly via X [https://twitter.com/WHO] — follow?@WHO?and hashtag?#WHA77.