EXECUTIVE BOARD 128th Session Provisional agenda item 8.3
EB128/30 Rev.1 12 January 2011
Provisional agenda for the Sixty-fourth 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-fourth 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-fourth 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-fourth World Health Assembly,1 and recalling its earlier decision that the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly should be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, opening on Monday, 16 May 2011, and closing no later than Tuesday, 24 May 2011,2 approved the provisional agenda of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly.
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Document EB128/30. See decision EB127(9).
EB128/30 Rev.1 ANNEX 1 SIXTY-FOURTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Geneva, Switzerland 16–24 May 2011 A64/1 (draft)
Draft provisional agenda1 PLENARY
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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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Report of the Executive Board on its 127th and 128th 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
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 16 May 2011.
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COMMITTEE A 10. 11. 12. Opening of the Committee1 The future of financing for WHO Programme and budget matters 12.1 Implementation of Programme budget 2010–2011: interim report 12.2 Medium-term strategic plan 2008–2013: interim assessment 12.3 Medium-term strategic plan 2008–2013 and Proposed programme budget 2012–2013 13. Technical and health matters 13.1 Pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits 13.2 Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) 13.3 Health-related Millennium Development Goals WHO’s role in the follow-up to the high-level plenary meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly on the review of the Millennium Development Goals (September 2010) 13.4 Health system strengthening 13.5 Global immunization vision and strategy 13.6 Draft WHO HIV/AIDS strategy 2011–2015 13.7 Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products 13.8 Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks 13.9 Cholera: mechanism for control and prevention 13.10 Malaria 13.11 Eradication of dracunculiasis
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13.12 Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases WHO’s role in the preparation, implementation and follow-up to the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (September 2011) 13.13 Infant and young child nutrition: implementation plan 13.14 Child injury prevention 13.15 Strategies for the safe management of drinking-water for human consumption 13.16 Youth and health risks1 13.17 Progress reports A. Poliomyelitis: mechanism for management of potential risks to eradication (resolution WHA61.1) Onchocerciasis control through ivermectin distribution (resolution WHA47.32) Climate change and health (resolutions WHA61.19 and EB124.R5) Improvement of health through sound management of obsolete pesticides and other obsolete chemicals (resolution WHA63.26) Improvement of health through safe and environmentally sound waste management (resolution WHA63.25) Working towards universal coverage of maternal, newborn and child health interventions (resolution WHA58.31) Female genital mutilation (resolution WHA61.16) Strategy for integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO (resolution WHA60.25) Progress in the rational use of medicines (resolution WHA60.16) Implementation by WHO of the recommendations of the Global Task Team on Improving AIDS Coordination among Multilateral Institutions and International Donors (resolution WHA59.12)
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Item proposed by a Member State in accordance with Rule 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly.
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COMMITTEE B 14. 15. 16. Opening of the Committee1 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Audit and oversight matters Report of the Internal Auditor 17. Financial matters 17.1 Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for the year 2010 17.2 Interim report of the External Auditor 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 for 2012–2013 17.6 Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any] 17.7 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules 17.8 Appointment of the External 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 Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board 18.5 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee 19. 20. Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): amendments to Statute
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ANNEX 2 PRELIMINARY DAILY TIMETABLE FOR THE SIXTY-FOURTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
May 2011 Monday 16 10:00
Plenary
Committee A
Committee B
Other
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 –
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General Committee
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– Presidential address 1.4 Adoption of agenda 2. Reports of the Executive Board on its 127th and 128th sessions …
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3. Address by the Director-General – General discussion
Tuesday 17 09:00 – General discussion (continued) 11. The future of financing for WHO (continued) 12. Programme and budget matters … – –
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May 2011 Tuesday 17 (continued) 14:30
Plenary
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4. Invited speaker 3. Director-General – General discussion (continued)
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– Committee on Credentials
Wednesday 18 09:00 and 14:30 – Report of Committee – on Credentials 5. Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any] – 13. Technical and health matters –
14. Opening of the Committee 15. Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan 16. Audit and oversight matters
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General Committee (list for election, Executive Board)
Thursday 19 09:00 and 14:30 17:00 7. Awards – 13. Technical and health matters (continued) – 17. Financial matters –
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Friday 20 09:00 and 14:30 6. Executive Board: election 8. Reports of the main committees – – – –
13. Technical and health matters (continued)
18. Staffing matters
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May 2011 Saturday 21 09:00
Plenary
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13. Technical and health matters (continued)
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Monday 23 09:00 and 14:30 – 13. Technical and health matters (continued) 19. Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations 20. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): amendments to Statute – Finalization of resolutions and reports –
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Tuesday 24 09:00 and 14:30 – – Finalization of resolutions and reports – –
8. Reports of the main committees (continued) 9. Closure of the Assembly
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