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EXECUTIVE BOARD 124th Session Provisional agenda item 7.4
EB124/27 6 January 2009
Provisional agenda for the Sixty-second World Health Assembly Report of the Director-General
1. According to Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, the Executive Board shall prepare the provisional agenda of each regular session of the Health Assembly after consideration of proposals submitted by the Director-General. Proposals from the Director-General for the provisional agenda of the Sixty-second World Health Assembly are attached at Annex 1. 2. 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 Sixty-second World Health Assembly is attached at Annex 2.
ACTION BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 3. The Executive Board may wish to adopt the following draft decision: The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Director-General on the provisional agenda for the Sixty-second World Health Assembly,1 and recalling its earlier decision that the Sixty-second World Health Assembly should be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, opening on Monday, 18 May 2009, and closing no later than Wednesday, 27 May 2009,2 approved the provisional agenda of the Sixty-second World Health Assembly.
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Document EB124/27. See decision EB123(7).
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Provisional agenda PLENARY 1. Opening of the Assembly 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appointment of the Committee on Credentials Election of the President Election of the five Vice-Presidents, the Chairmen of the main committees, and establishment of the General Committee Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees
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Reports of the Executive Board on its 123rd and 124th sessions Address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General Invited speaker 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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COMMITTEE A 10. 11. 12. Opening of the Committee1 Medium-term strategic plan, including Proposed programme budget 2010–2011 Technical and health matters 12.1 Pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits 12.2 Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) 12.3 Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment 12.4 Primary health care, including health system strengthening 12.5 Commission on Social Determinants of Health 12.6 Monitoring of the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals 12.7 Climate change and health 12.8 WHO’s role and responsibilities in health research 12.9 International recruitment of health personnel: draft global code of practice 12.10 Counterfeit medical products 12.11 Human organ and tissue transplantation 12.12 Public health, innovation and intellectual property: global strategy and plan of action 12.13 Chagas disease: control and elimination 12.14 Progress reports on technical and health matters A. Poliomyelitis: mechanism for management of potential risks to eradication (resolution WHA61.1) B. C. Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks (resolution WHA60.1) Malaria, including proposal for establishment of World Malaria Day (resolution WHA60.18)
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D. Implementation by WHO of the recommendations of the Global Task Team on Improving AIDS Coordination among Multilateral Institutions and International Donors (resolution WHA59.12) E. F. Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections (resolution WHA59.19) Strengthening of health information systems (resolution WHA60.27)
G. Working towards universal coverage of maternal, newborn and child health interventions (resolution WHA58.31) H. Strategy for integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO (resolution WHA60.25) I. J. Rational use of medicines (resolution WHA60.16) Better medicines for children (resolution WHA60.20)
K. Health technologies (resolution WHA60.29) L. Multilingualism (resolution WHA61.12)
COMMITTEE B 13. 14. Opening of the Committee1 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Programme and budget matters 15.1 Programme budget 2006–2007: performance assessment 15.2 Implementation of Programme budget 2008–2009: interim report 16. Audit and oversight matters Report of the Internal Auditor 17. Financial matters 17.1 Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for 2008 and comments thereon made by the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board 17.2 Interim report of the External Auditor 1
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17.3 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 17.4 Special arrangements for settlement of arrears [if any] 17.5 Scale of assessments 2010–2011 17.6 Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any] 17.7 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules 18. Staffing matters 18.1 The election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization 18.2 Human resources: annual report 18.3 Report of the International Civil Service Commission 18.4 Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules 18.5 Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board 18.6 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee 19. Management matters Partnerships 20. Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations
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ANNEX 2 PRELIMINARY DAILY TIMETABLE FOR THE SIXTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY May 2009 Monday 18 10:00 1. Opening of the Assembly 1.1 Appointment of the Committee on Credentials 1.2 Election of the President 1.3 Election of the five Vice-Presidents, the Chairmen of the main committees, and establishment of the General Committee – – – Plenary Committee A Committee B Other
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Wednesday 20 09:00 Report of Committee – on Credentials 5. Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any] – General discussion 12. Technical and (continued) health matters (continued) … 14:30 – … 12. Technical and health matters (continued) – – –
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7. Awards
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Friday 22 09:00 6. Executive Board: election 8. Reports of the main committees – – – –
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May 2009 Tuesday 26 09:00
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