Tentative Programme for the Sixty-seventh Session of the Regional Committee, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 9–12 September 2014

Tentative Programme for the Sixty-seventh Session of the Regional Committee, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 9–12 September 2014 4 September 2014 Date Morning Afternoon Tuesday 9 Sep 2014 Joint Inauguration of the Meeting of Ministers of Health and the Regional Committee Session (HMM concludes) Wednesday 10 Sep 2014 9:00 am–12:30 pm (Plenary) Opening of the Session (item 1) Subcommittee on credentials (item 2)  Appointment of the Subcommittee on Credentials (item 2.1)  Election of Office-bearers (item 3)  Adoption of the Agenda (item 4) Group photograph followed by tea/coffee Key addresses and report on the work of WHO (item 5)  Introduction to the Regional Director’s Biennial Report on the Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region covering the period 1 January 2012–31 December 2013 (item 5.1)  Address by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (item 5.2) 2:30 pm–5:30 pm (Plenary)  Approval of the report of the Subcommittee on Credentials (item 2.2) WHO reform (item 6)  Framework of engagement with non-State actors (Item 6.1)  Follow-up of the financing dialogue (Item 6.2)  Strategic resource allocation (Item 6.3) Programme Budget Matters: (item 7)  Programme Budget Performance Assessment: 2012– 2013 (Item 7.1)  Implementation of Programme Budget 2014– 2015 (item 7.2)  Proposed Programme Budget 2016-2017 (item 7.3) Technical Matters (item 8)  Consideration of the recommendations arising out of the Technical Discussions on Covering every birth and death: improving civil registration and vital statistics (item 8.1) Thursday 11 Sep 2014 9:00 am–12:30 pm (Plenary)  Selection of a subject for the technical discussions to be held prior to the Sixty-eighth Session of the Regional Committee (item 8.2)  Traditional medicine: Delhi Declaration (item 8.3)  Strengthening the implementation of the WHO Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol to support the achievement of the regional targets on prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (item 8.4)  Strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anaesthesia as a component of universal health coverage (item 8.5) 2:30 pm–5:30 pm (Plenary)  Viral hepatitis (item 8.6)  Regional strategy on strengthening health workforce education and training (item 8.7)  Progress reports on selected Regional Committee resolutions: (item 9)  Nutrition and food safety in the South-East Asia Region (SEA/RC60/R3) (item 9.1)  South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEA/RC60/R7) (item 9.2)  Challenges in Polio Eradication (SEA/RC60/R8) (item 9.3)  Injury prevention and safety promotion (SEA/RC63/R2) (item 9.4)  2012:Year of intensification of routine immunization in the South-East Asia Region: Framework for increasing and sustaining coverage (SEA/RC64/R3) (Item 9.5)  Regional Health Sector Strategy on HIV 2011–2015 (SEA/RC64/R6) (item 9.6)  Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (SEA/RC65/R3)(item 9.7)  Comprehensive and coordinated efforts for the management of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and developmental disabilities (SEA/RC65/R8) (item 9.8)  Regional action plan and targets for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2013–2020) (SEA/RC/66/R6) (item 9.9) Date Morning Afternoon Friday 12 Sep 2014 9:00 am–12:30 pm (Plenary) Governing Body Matters: (item 10)  Key issues arising out of the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly and the 134th and 135th sessions of the WHO Executive Board (item 10.1)  Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 136th session of the WHO Executive Board (item 10.2) Special Programmes: (item 11)  UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases: Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) – Report on attendance at JCB in 2014 and nomination of a member in place of Nepal whose term expires on 31 December 2014 (item 11.1)  UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP): Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) – Report on attendance at PCC in 2014 and nomination of a member in place of Bangladesh whose term expires on 31 December 2014 (item 11.2) 4:00 pm (Plenary)  Time and place of future sessions of the Regional Committee (item 12)  Adoption of Resolutions (item 13)  Adoption of the Report of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Regional Committee (item 14)  Closing (item 15) NOTE: Lunch interval: 12:30–2:30 pm. Tea/Coffee breaks will be from 10.30 to 11.00 a.m. and from 3.30 to 4.00 p.m. daily.