The Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 21 to 26 May 2012, in accordance with the decision of the Executive Board at its 129th session.¹  The theme for the general discussion in plenary meetings was “Towards universal health coverage”.²

The officers of the Health Assembly were:

Outgoing President of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly:

Dr Christos Patsalides (Cyprus)
 

President of the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly:

Professor Thérèse N'Dri-Yoman (Côte d'Ivoire)
 

Vice-Presidents:

Dr Esperanza Martínez (Paraguay)
Dr Andrei Usatii (Republic of Moldova)
Professor Ali Ghufron Mukti (Indonesia)
Dr Suraya Dalil (Afghanistan)
Mr Charles Sigoto (Solomon Islands)

The verbatim record contains the record of proceedings during the 10 plenary meetings of the Health Assembly. The digital recording of the meetings includes the interventions made by each speaker, in the original language of delivery.

In addition, the summary records of the work of Committee A and Committee B are provided in document WHA65/2012/REC/3, which also contains the list of participants. The resolutions and decisions are provided in document WHA65/2012/REC/1, in addition to other relevant material. For a list of abbreviations used in these volumes, membership of the Health Assembly committees, the agenda and the list of documents for the session, please see the preliminary pages of document WHA65/2012/REC/1.

¹ Decision EB129(7) (2011).
² See document A65/DIV/2.

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