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Saturday, 01 June 2024
WHA Highlights
Final day of the 77th World Health Assembly (01 June)
The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly [https://www.who.int/about/accountability/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-seventh] (WHA) is meeting today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva for the final day of the 77th session. The drafting group on items 13.3 (IHR) & 13.4 (INB) will start work at 09.30 CEST in Room XXVI, Committee B will meet at 10.00 in Room XVII, and Committee A will meet immediately after the conclusion of the drafting group on items 13.3 (IHR) & 13.4 (INB). The Health Assembly will meet for the final Plenary in Room XIX after the conclusion of work in the two committees.
The detailed programme of work can be found in the Daily Journal N°6 [https://apps.who.int/gb/Journal/e/WHA77/JRN-A77-6_en.html], available in six languages of the United Nations (UN). Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The live webcast of the proceedings can be accessed here [https://www.who.int/about/accountability/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-seventh] and the provisional list of speakers is available here [https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/reporting/module/657892].
Highlights of the day:
The report of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response ( A77/10 [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_10-en.pdf]) and consideration of two draft resolutions on the WHO Pandemic Agreement ( A77/A/CONF./10 [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_ACONF10-en.pdf] and A77/A/CONF./12 [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_ACONF12-en.pdf]) concerning the future mandate of the INB will be taken up in Committee A.Committee A will also take up the report ( A77/9 [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_9-en.pdf]) of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) and the adoption of the package of amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) as contained in draft text ( A77/A/CONF./8 [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_ACONF8-en.pdf]).Committee B continues its work on Item 26, collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations A77/31 [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA77/A77_31-en.pdf].The final Plenary will take action on the reports of the two committees and the decisions and resolutions approved during the WHA77 (see the list in the Daily Journal N°6 [https://apps.who.int/gb/Journal/e/WHA77/JRN-A77-6_en.html]), and will close the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly.Strategic roundtable: Climate change and health: a global vision for joint action [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/06/01/default-calendar/climate-change-and-health-a-global-vision-for-joint-action], 13.00-14.15 CEST, Room XVIII, Palais des Nations
Please see the detailed programme of work in the Daily Journal N°6 [https://apps.who.int/gb/Journal/e/WHA77/JRN-A77-6_en.html].
The closing remarks by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General will be sent to the media immediately after the conclusion of the WHA. A press release on INB/IHR is expected today.
The strategic roundtable: Climate change and health: a global vision for joint action [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/06/01/default-calendar/climate-change-and-health-a-global-vision-for-joint-action] aims to build momentum from COP28 towards COP29 to shape the global health architecture for addressing climate change. This roundtable has particular significance, given that a climate and health resolution is expected to be adopted at the World Health Assembly and that climate change is the focus of one of the six strategic objectives of WHO’s Fourteenth General Programme of Work. Discussions will also facilitate coordination and collaboration and outline relevant initiatives. Watch live here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/05/28/default-calendar/strategic-roundtables-seventy-seventh-world-health-assembly].
Speakers:
Dr Richard Horton, moderatorDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-GeneralAl Gore, Former Vice President of the United States (video statement)Dr Teymur Musayev, Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan RepublicNigar Arpadarai, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan (video message)H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for AI & Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, United Arab EmiratesHon Dr Atonio Lalabalavu, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, FijiAdnan Z. Amin, Chief Executive Officer, COP 28Hon Dr Filomena Gonçalves, Minister of Health, Cabo VerdeProfessor Celeste Saulo, Secretary General, WMO
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