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EXECUTIVE BOARD 130th session Provisional agenda item 9.4
EB130/33 15 December 2011
Provisional agenda for the Sixty-fifth 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-fifth World Health Assembly are attached at Annex 1. 2. The 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”. 3. A draft preliminary daily timetable for the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly is attached at Annex 2.
ACTION BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 4. 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-fifth World Health Assembly,1 and recalling its earlier decision that the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly should be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, opening on Monday, 21 May 2012, and closing no later than Saturday, 26 May 2012,2 approved the provisional agenda of the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly.
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Document EB130/33. See decision EB129(7).
EB130/33 ANNEX 1 SIXTY-FIFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Geneva, Switzerland 21–26 May 2012 A65/1 (draft)
Draft provisional agenda1 PLENARY 1. Opening of the Health 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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Report of the Executive Board on its 129th, 130th and special sessions Address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General Director-General 4.1 4.2 Appointment Approval of contract
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Invited speaker Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any] Executive Board: election Awards Reports of the main committees
1 In accordance with Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, the provisional agenda (providing document numbers) will be dispatched, together with the notice of convocation, not less than 60 days before 21 May 2012.
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COMMITTEE A 11. 12. 13. Opening of the Committee1 WHO reform Technical and health matters 13.1 Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases • Outcomes of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control • Implementation of the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the action plan – Implementation of recommendations on marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children • Implementation of the action plan for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment 13.2 Global burden of mental disorders and the need for a comprehensive, coordinated response from health and social sectors at the country level 13.3 Nutrition • Infant and young child nutrition – Draft comprehensive implementation plan – Status of implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and the relevant resolutions of the Health Assembly, on progress in the consideration of matters referred to the Codex Alimentarius • Nutrition of women in the preconception period, during pregnancy and breastfeeding period 13.4 Early marriages, adolescent and young pregnancies 13.5 Monitoring of the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals
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• Progress in the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals and global health goals after 2015 – Accelerated progress towards achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 to reduce child mortality: prevention and treatment of pneumonia – Reduction of perinatal and neonatal mortality • Implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health 13.6 Social determinants of health: outcome of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2011) 13.7 Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) 13.8 Global mass gatherings: implications and opportunities for global health security 13.9 Pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits: report on the work of the Advisory Group 13.10 Poliomyelitis: intensification of the global eradication initiative 13.11 Elimination of schistosomiasis 13.12 Draft global vaccine action plan 13.13 Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products: report of the Working Group of Member States 13.14 Consultative expert working group on research and development: financing and coordination 13.15 WHO’s response, and role as the health cluster lead, in meeting the growing demands of health in humanitarian emergencies 13.16 Progress reports Health systems and research A. Health system strengthening (resolutions WHA64.9, WHA64.8, WHA63.27 and WHA62.12) WHO’s role and responsibilities in health research (resolution WHA63.21) Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property (resolution WHA61.21)
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Disease eradication, prevention and control D. E. F. G. H. Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks (resolution WHA60.1) Eradication of dracunculiasis (resolution WHA64.16) Chagas disease: control and elimination (resolution WHA63.20) Viral hepatitis (resolution WHA63.18) Prevention and control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drugresistant tuberculosis (resolution WHA62.15) Cholera: mechanisms for control and prevention (resolution WHA64.15) Control of human African trypanosomiasis (resolution WHA57.2) Global health sector strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011–2015 (resolution WHA64.14) Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: global strategy (resolution WHA59.19)
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Other M. Reproductive health: strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets (resolution WHA57.12) Advancing food safety initiatives (resolution WHA63.3) Climate change and health (resolutions EB124.R5 and WHA61.19) Partnerships (resolution WHA63.10) Multilingualism: implementation of action plan (resolution WHA61.12)
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COMMITTEE B 14. 15. Opening of the Committee1 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Programme budget and financial matters 16.1 Programme budget 2010–2011: performance assessment
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16.2 Financial report and audited financial statements for the period 1 January 2010– 31 December 2011 16.3 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 16.4 Special arrangements for settlement of arrears 16.5 Scale of assessments for 2012–2013 16.6 Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any] 16.7 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any] 17. Audit and oversight matters 17.1 Report of the External Auditor 17.2 Report of the Internal Auditor 18. Staffing matters 18.1 Human resources: annual report 18.2 Report of the International Civil Service Commission 18.3 Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules 18.4 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee 19. Management and legal matters 19.1 Election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization: report of the Working Group 19.2 Agreements with intergovernmental organizations 20. Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations
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ANNEX 2 PRELIMINARY DAILY TIMETABLE FOR THE SIXTY-FIFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY May 2012 Monday 21 09:30 1. Opening of the Health 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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May 2012 Tuesday 22 09:00
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Wednesday 23 09:00 Report of Committee on Credentials 6. Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any] 3. Address by the Director-General – General discussion (continued) ... 14:30 4. Director-General 4.1 Appointment 4.2 Approval of contract 12. WHO reform 14. Opening of the Committee 15. Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan 16. Programme budget and financial matters – – – – – –
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May 2012 Wednesday 23 (continued) 17:30
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