NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: WHA Highlights - Day 1 of the 78th World Health Assembly (19 May 2025)

No images? Click here Monday, 19 May 2025 WHA Highlights Day 1 of the 78th World Health Assembly (19 May) The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78) opens at the Palais des Nations in Geneva at 09.00 CEST today, 19 May.  On its first day, the WHA78 will meet in Plenary, General Committee and Committee A.  The detailed programme of work can be found in the Daily Journal N°1, 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 (general discussion in the Plenary).   The working hours of the Health Assembly are from 09.00 to 12.00 and 14.30 to 17.30 CEST. Highlights of the day: Election of the President and officers of the Assembly, adoption of the agenda Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General (approximately 11.45 CEST) Consideration of the draft text of the pandemic agreement (Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response) in Committee A. Committee A will take up the draft text of the pandemic agreement (contained in documents A78/10, A78/10 Add.1 and A78/INF./9) upon commencement of the general discussion in the second plenary meeting (starts at 14.30 CEST). Media resources WHA78 agenda, documents, preliminary daily table (contains tentative programme of work for the entire WHA78) and daily journal (detailed programme of work for the day) WHA78 live webcast and the provisional list of speakers  List of delegates and other participants A78/DIV./1 (provisional) https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA78/A78_DIV1-en.pdf The WHO Director-General's opening address at the 78th World Health Assembly will be sent to the media and posted here after delivery Broadcast video material and other press content will be updated via Canto.  For any questions related to live video transmission please contact tvstudio@who.int Photos will be available for media use via the WHO Photo Library - please address questions to photos@who.int  WHA78 Daily Updates contain recap of the discussions in the Health Assembly and are sent at the end of the day Media accreditation for WHA78 is being handled by the United Nations Office at Geneva, request accreditation via Indico Side events lists: WHO, UN Foundation and Global Health Strategies 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