SIXTY-FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Geneva, Switzerland 19–24 May 2008
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Agenda PLENARY 1. Opening of the Assembly 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appointment of the Committee on Credentials Election of the Committee on Nominations Reports of the Committee on Nominations • Election of the President • Election of the five Vice-Presidents, the Chairmen of the main committees, and establishment of the General Committee 1.4 Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees Document A61/1 2. Report of the Executive Board on its 121st and 122nd sessions Documents A61/2 and A61/2 Corr.1 3. Address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General Document A61/3 4. 5. 6. Invited speaker [Deleted] Executive Board: election Document A61/40 7. 8. 9. Awards Reports of the main committees Closure of the Assembly
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Opening of the Committee1 Technical and health matters 11.1 Pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits Document A61/4 11.2 Poliomyelitis: mechanism for management of potential risks to eradication Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R1 and A61/5 11.3 Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks Document A61/6 11.4 Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R3, A61/7 and A61/7 Corr.1 11.5 Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: implementation of the global strategy Document A61/8 11.6 Public health, innovation and intellectual property: draft global strategy and plan of action Document A61/9 11.7 Global immunization strategy Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R7 and A61/10 11.8 Female genital mutilation Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R13 and A61/11 11.9 Health of migrants Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R5 and A61/12
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11.10 Strategies to reduce the harmful use of alcohol Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R2 and A61/13 11.11 Climate change and health Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R4 and A61/14 11.12 Monitoring achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals Document A61/15 11.13 Counterfeit medical products Document A61/16 11.14 Progress reports on technical and health matters Documents A61/17 and A61/17 Add.1 A. B. C. D. E. Control of human African trypanosomiasis (resolution WHA57.2) Strengthening nursing and midwifery (resolution WHA59.27) International trade and health (resolution WHA59.26) Health promotion in a globalized world (resolution WHA60.24) Reproductive health: strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets (resolution WHA57.12) Infant and young child nutrition: biennial progress report (resolution WHA58.32)
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Opening of the Committee1 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Documents A61/18 Rev.1, A61/INF.DOC./2, A61/INF.DOC./3 and A61/INF.DOC./4
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Programme budget and financial matters 14.1 Programme budget 2006–2007: performance assessment Documents A61/19 and A61/21 14.2 Financial report and audited financial statements for the period 1 January 2006–31 December 2007 Documents A61/20, A61/20 Add.1 and A61/22 • Miscellaneous income 2006-2007 and financing gap for strategic objectives 12 and 13 Document A61/41 14.3 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 Documents A61/35 and A61/INF.DOC./1 14.4 Special arrangements for settlement of arrears [if any] Document A61/35 14.5 [Deleted] 14.6 [Deleted]
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Audit and oversight matters 15.1 Report of the External Auditor to the Health Assembly Documents A61/23 and A61/24
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15.2 Report of the Internal Auditor Documents A61/25 Rev.1 and A61/26 16. Staffing matters 16.1 Human resources: annual report Document A61/27 16.2 Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R11 and A61/28 16.3 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee Document A61/29 17. Management matters 17.1 Method of work of the Health Assembly Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R8 and A61/30 17.2 Multilingualism: implementation of action plan Documents EB122/2008/REC/1, resolution EB122.R9 and A61/31 18. Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations • United Nations reform process and WHO’s role in harmonization of operational development activities at country level Document A61/32 19. International Agency for Research on Cancer: amendments to Statute Document A61/33 20. Outcome of the second session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Document A61/34
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