REGIONAL COMMITTEE Sixtieth session Thimphu, Bhutan 31 August – 3 September 2007
Provisional Agenda item 15.2 SEA/RC60/16 13 July 2007
REVIEW OF THE DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDAS OF THE 122ND SESSION OF THE WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE SIXTY-FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY The 122nd session of the Executive Board will be held in Geneva from 21 to 26 January 2008. The draft provisional agenda for the 122nd session of the Executive Board was submitted to the Joint Meeting of Health Secretaries and CCPDM, held in New Delhi, during 2-6 July 2007 for review. The procedure for developing this draft provisional agenda complies with the amendment to Rule 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, adopted by the Board at its 121st session. Any proposal from a Member State to include an item on the agenda should reach the Director-General not later than 12 weeks after circulation of the draft provisional agenda or 10 weeks before the commencement of the session of the Executive Board, whichever is earlier. The proposals should therefore reach the DirectorGeneral by 13 September 2007. The Provisional agenda of the Board will be dispatched to the Member States with the letter of convocation eight weeks before the commencement of the session. The provisional agenda of the Sixty-first World Health Assembly will only be discussed during the 122nd session of the Executive Board in January 2008. The Joint Meeting of Health Secretaries and CCPDM recommended to add an agenda item on “International Migration of Health Personnel: a Challenge for Health System in Developing Countries” and requested the Sixtieth session of the Regional Committee to further discuss this issue. The draft provisional agenda of the 122nd session of the Executive Board is placed before the Regional Committee for its review, comment and noting, as appropriate.