WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE BOARD 103rd Session Agenda item 7 EB103/25 29 January 1999
Provisional agenda for and duration of the Fifty-second World Health Assembly 1. According to Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, the Board shall prepare the provisional agenda of each regular session of the Health Assembly after consideration of proposals submitted by the Director-General. Proposals for the provisional agenda of the Fifty-second World Health Assembly are attached at Annex 1. 2. In its decision WHA30(xvi) the Thirtieth World Health Assembly requested the Executive Board to fix the duration of each session. The approved programme budget for the financial period 1998-1999 provides for an eight-day Assembly in 1999. 3. The Thirty-second World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA32.36, decided that the Executive Board “shall fix a preliminary daily timetable for the Health Assembly’ s consideration of its agenda and the General Committee shall review and approve this timetable, subsequently revising it if and when required”. A draft preliminary daily timetable for the Fifty-second World Health Assembly is attached at Annex 2.
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FIFTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Geneva, Switzerland 17- May 1999 A52/1
Provisional agenda PLENARY
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Opening of the Assembly1 A year of change Review and approval of the reports of the Executive Board on its 102nd and 103rd sessions Looking ahead for WHO after a year of change Director-General’ s report2 Health in development Presentation by distinguished lecturer Roundtables: lessons learned in world health Introduction by health ministers reporting on national lessons with global potential Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any] Executive Board election Awards Reports of the main committees Closure of the Assembly
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Appointment of the Committee on Credentials Election of the Committee on Nominations Reports of the Committee on Nominations C Election of the President C Election of the five Vice-Presidents, the Chairmen of the main committees, and establishment of the General Committee
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Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees.
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COMMITTEE A
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Opening of the Committee1 Proposed budget for 2000-2001 Technical and health matters C Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks C Roll Back Malaria C Tobacco Free Initiative C Eradication of poliomyelitis C Revised drug strategy C Revision and updating of the International Health Regulations: progress report C Promotion of horizontal technical cooperation in health sector reform in developing countries C Prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders C Cloning in human health
COMMITTEE B
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Opening of the Committee1 Management and financial matters C Unaudited interim Financial report on the accounts of WHO for 1998 and comments thereon of the Administration, Budget and Finance Committee; report of the External Auditor; report of the Internal Auditor C Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution C Casual income
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Including election of Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur.
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C Real Estate Fund C Amendments to the Financial Regulations C Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion C Appointment of the External Auditor C Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any] C Scale of assessments for the financial period 2000-2001 C Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules C Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board C Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee 16. 17. Amendments to the Constitution Health conditions of, and assistance to, the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations Reform of the Health Assembly
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ANNEX 2 PRELIMINARY DAILY TIMETABLE FOR THE FIFTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
May 1999 Monday 17 10:00
Plenary
Committee A
Committee B
Other
1. Opening of the session 1.1 Appointment of Committee on Credentials 1.2 Election of Committee on Nominations 1.3 Reports of the Committee on Nominations % Presidential address 1.4 Adoption of agenda -
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Committee on Nominations
13:00 14:30
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General Committee
11. Opening of the Committee (including election of Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur)
14. Opening of the Committee (including election of Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur)
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May 1999 Tuesday 18 9:00
Plenary
Committee A
Committee B
Other
2. A year of change (Chairman, Executive Board) 3. Looking ahead for WHO after a year of change (Director-General) 4. Health in development (distinguished lecturer) % Review of items 2, 3 and 4 ...
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... Committee on Credentials
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5. Roundtables: lessons learned in world health
Wednesday 19 9:00 % Report of Committee on Credentials 6. Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any] 5. Roundtables: lessons learned in world health (continued) ... 14:30 17:30 % Review of items 2, 3 and 4 (continued) -
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General Committee
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May 1999 Thursday 20 9:00
Plenary
Committee A
Committee B
Other
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12. Proposed budget for 2000-2001 (continued) ... 12. Proposed budget for 2000-2001 (continued) -
15. Management and financial matters ... 15. Management and financial matters (continued) ...
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17:00 Friday 21 9:00
8. Awards
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12. Proposed budget for 2000-2001 (continued) ... 13. Technical and health matters
16. Amendments to the Constitution ... 17. Health conditions of, and assistance to, the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine 18. Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations General Committee (list for election, Executive Board) ...
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Saturday 22 9:00 13. Technical and health matters (continued) 19. Reform of the Health Assembly
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May 1999 Monday 24 9:00
Plenary
Committee A
Committee B
Other
7. Executive Board election 9. Reports of the main committees -
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13. Technical and health matters (continued) ... 13. Technical and health matters (continued)
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Finalization of draft resolutions and reports ... ...
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Tuesday 25 9:00 13. Technical and health matters (continued) % Finalization of draft resolutions and reports -
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9. Reports of the main committees (continued) 10. Closure of the Health Assembly
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