WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FIFTY-THIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Geneva, Switzerland 15-20 May 2000 A53/1 Rev.1 15 May 2000
Agenda PLENARY Opening of the Assembly1 Documents A53/1, A53/1 Rev.1 2. Reports of the Executive Board on its 104th and 105th sessions Documents A53/2 and A53/2 Corr.1 3. Address by Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General2 Documents A53/3 and A53/4 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Invited speaker [deleted] Executive Board: election Awards Reports of the main committees Closure of the Assembly
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1.1 Appointment of the Committee on Credentials 1.2 Election of the Committee on Nominations 1.3 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.
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ROUND TABLES
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Round tables: addressing the major health system challenges Document A53/DIV/5
COMMITTEE A Opening of the Committee1 Technical and health matters 12.1 Stop Tuberculosis Initiative Document A53/5 12.2 HIV/AIDS Document A53/6 12.3 Food safety Document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 7 12.4 Infant and young child nutrition Documents A53/7 and A53/INF.DOC./2 12.5 Technical cooperation among developing countries Document A53/8 12.6 Strengthening health systems in developing countries Document A53/9 12.7 Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization Document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 1 12.8 Revised drug strategy Document A53/10 1
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12.9 Eradication of poliomyelitis Documents A53/11 and A53/11 Corr.1 12.10 WHO framework convention on tobacco control Documents A53/12, A53/12 Corr.1 and A53/13 12.11 Global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases Document A53/14 12.12 Cloning in human health Document A53/15 12.13 Health promotion Document A53/16 12.14 Smallpox eradication: temporary retention of variola virus stocks Document A53/27
COMMITTEE B Opening of the Committee1 Management and financial matters 14.1 Financial matters • Financial report on the accounts of WHO for 1998-1999, report of the External Auditor, and comments thereon made on behalf of the Executive Board; report of the Internal Auditor Documents A53/17, A53/17 Add.1, A53/18 and A53/19 • Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution Document A53/28
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• Casual income Document A53/20 • Real Estate Fund Document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 4 • Scale of assessments Document A53/21 • Amendments to the Financial Regulations Documents A53/22, A53/29 and A53/INF.DOC./1 14.2 Staff development and support • Human resources: annual report Documents A53/23 and A53/INF.DOC./3 • Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules Document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 5 • Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee Document A53/24 14.3 Amendments to the Regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees Document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 3 15. Legal issues • Participation by WHO in the 1986 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations Document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 6 16. Health conditions of, and assistance to, the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine Documents A53/25, A53/INF.DOC./4, A53/INF.DOC./5 and A53/INF.DOC./6
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Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations Documents A53/26 and A53/26 Add.1 • Support to Central American countries affected by Hurricane Mitch (resolution WHA52.12) • Health emergencies
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