NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: WHA Highlights - Day 2 of the 77th World Health Assembly (28 May 2024)

No images? Click here Tuesday, 28 May 2024 WHA Highlights Day 2 of the 77th World Health Assembly (28 May) The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA) continues at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today, and will meet in Plenary and Committee A, from 09.00 to 12.00; 14.30 to 17.30; and 18.00 to 21.00 CEST.  The Committee on Credentials will meet at 14.00 CEST.  The detailed programme of work can be found in the Daily Journal N°2, available in six languages of the United Nations (UN).  Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  The live webcast of the proceedings can be accessed here and the provisional list of speakers is available here.   Highlights of the day: Consideration by Committee A of the outcomes of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (A77/10), including two resolutions related to the extension of the INB's mandate (A77/A/CONF./10, A77/A/CONF./10 Add.1, A77/A/CONF./12 and A77/A/CONF./12 Add.1) Discussion in Committee A on the note by the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (A77/9), including the resolution on the adoption of the proposed package of amendments (A77/A/CONF./8) All for Health, Health for All: the WHO Investment Case, 2025-2028, WHA77 strategic table will take place from 13.00 to 14.15 CEST in Room XX at the Palais des Nations (also webcast live) Celebrating 50 years of immunization progress: honouring achievements, embracing innovation, and envisioning the future, this WHA77 strategic table will be held from 18.00 to 21.00 CEST at Château de Penthes (also webcast live).  Registration is required. Today, the Plenary will continue its general discussion on Item 3, the report by the WHO  Director-General (A77/3) which was delivered yesterday, 27 May.  Before taking up agenda items on Public health emergencies: preparedness and response (INB and IHR amendments), Committee A is expected to conclude the consideration of the Draft fourteenth general programme of work (GPW14), 2025-2028 (A77/16), financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2024-2025 (A77/14 and A77/15) and the WHO investment round (A77/17, EB154/2024/REC/1, decision EB154(1). The strategic table "All for Health, Health for All: the WHO Investment Case, 2025-2028" will mark the launch of an Investment Case, which will underpin WHO’s first-ever Investment Round.  Speakers will set out WHO’s unique role in global health, consider the opportunities and challenges for global health in the next four years, and share their support for a successful Investment Round as Member States and others rally around a sustainably financed WHO.  Watch live here. The "Celebrating 50 years of immunization progress: honouring achievements, embracing innovation, and envisioning the future" strategic table will celebrate the remarkable achievements and countless lives saved through 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and call for renewed political commitment to sustain, invest in and strengthen essential immunization programmes worldwide.  Speakers will include Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General,  Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Dr Sania Nishtar CEO, Gavi The Vaccine Alliance, several ministers of health and other dignitaries.  Watch live here. Media resources Provisional programme of work for WHA77 WHA77 live webcast and the provisional list of speakers The WHO Director-General's opening address at the 77th World Health Assembly Broadcast video material and other press content will be updated via Canto.  For any questions related to live video transmission contact tvstudio@who.int    WHA77 photos can be accessed and downloaded without prior registration.  New photos will be added daily: https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1764/wha77-27-may-to-1-june-2024-.  For any questions related to photography contact photos@who.int WHA77 documents (on this page you can also find the Daily Journal with a detailed programme of work for the day) WHA77 Daily Updates contain a recap of the discussions in the Health Assembly and are sent at the end of the day Media accreditation for WHA77 is being handled by the United Nations Office at Geneva, please request accreditation via Indico List of side events (also see this calendar of side events, maintained by the UN Foundation) Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe