Information in this document is accurate as of 19 May 2025 23:00

Journal  No. 2  20 May 2025

This Journal is intended to give delegates, representatives and other participants advance indications of the Health Assembly’s tentative programme of work. Additional information can be found in the Guide for delegates to the World Health Assembly (document A78/DIV./2).

The Journal does not constitute an official record of the Health Assembly’s proceedings. The Journal is published in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish on every working day during the Health Assembly.

N° 2 Programme of meetings for Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Time	Plenary Room XIX	Committee A Room XX	Others Room XXII
09:00	Third Plenary meeting
	High-level segment
14:00			Committee on Credentials
14:30	Fourth Plenary meeting	Third meeting

Table of contents

1. Date and working hours

2. Programme of work of the Health Assembly

3. Report of meetings

4. Meetings and official side-events

5. Announcements

6. Provisional list of speakers for the general discussion in Plenary

Travel expense reimbursement

In accordance with resolution WHA50.1 (1997), special consideration will be given to delegates whose countries are classified as least developed countries by the United Nations. WHO will cover the cost of an economy/tourist airfare by the most direct route to Geneva for one delegate of such countries. However, following the rules set forth by the World Health Assembly, WHO will not provide per diem or any other non-airfare expenditures. Please note that reimbursements will be made at the Inquiry Desk in Geneva, upon presentation of the air ticket and invoice. Reimbursements will take at least 24 hours to process, therefore requests made after Tuesday, 20 May 2025 (COB) will not be taken into consideration.

1. Date and working hours

The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly will open on Monday, 19 May 2025 at 09:00. The working hours of the Health Assembly are from 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 17:30 (CEST). The Health Assembly will close no later than Tuesday, 27 May 2025, as decided by the Executive Board at its 156th session.

2. Programme of work of the Health Assembly

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Third and fourth Plenary meetings — Building E Room XIX

09:00 and 14:30

Reports of the main committees

Draft first report of Committee A

Document (Draft) A78/42 containing one resolution entitled:

-        WHO Pandemic Agreement

High-level segment

Reports of the main committees

-  General discussion

Third meeting of Committee A — Building E Room XX

14:30

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board

Item 11.2

Proposed programme budget 2026–2027

-  Documents A78/6, A78/6 Corr.1, A78/6 Add.1, A78/37 and A78/INF./8

Item 11.1

Governance reform

o   Secretariat implementation plan on reform (decision WHA75(8) (2022))

-  Document A78/4

o   Process of handling and investigating potential allegations against WHO Directors-General (decision WHA77(15) (2024))

-  Documents A78/5, A78/5 Add.1 and A78/39

Committee on Credentials — Building E Room XXII

14:00

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Fifth Plenary meeting — Building E Room XIX

09:00

-  Report of the Committee on Credentials

-  General discussion

Fourth and fifth meetings of Committee A — Building E Room XX

09:00 and 14:30

Health emergency preparedness and response

Item 16.1

Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience

-  Document A78/9

Item 16.3

Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

-  Documents A78/11, A78/INF./6 and A78/INF./7

Item 16.4

The Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme

-  Document A78/12

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board

Item 17.1

WHO’s work in health emergencies

-  Document A78/13 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(31)

Item 17.4

Universal Health and Preparedness Review

-  Document A78/4

The role of the global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in WHO’s work on multistakeholder engagement for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report on independent evaluation

-  Document A78/INF./2

 

 

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board

Item 13.1

Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

o   Reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases through strengthening prevention and control of diabetes (resolution WHA74.4 (2021))

o   Oral health (resolution WHA74.5 (2021))

o   Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2030 (resolution WHA77.3 (2024) and decision WHA74(14) (2021))

o   Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem and its associated goals and targets for the period 2020–2030 (resolution WHA73.2 (2020))

-  Documents A78/4, EB156/2025/REC/1, decisions EB156(18), EB156(19), EB156(20), EB156(21) and EB156(22)

Item 13.2

Mental health and social connection

-  Documents A78/4, A78/A/CONF./2 and A78/A/CONF./2 Add.1

First meeting of Committee B — Building E Room XVII

14:30

Opening of the Committee[1]

Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

-  Documents A78/16 and A78/B/CONF./1

Budget and finance matters

Item 21.1

Results report 2024 (Programme budget 2024–2025: performance assessment) and financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

-  Documents A78/17, A78/17 Add.1, A78/17 Add.2, A78/18, A78/36 and A78/INF./3

Item 21.2

Financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2024–2025

-  Documents A78/19, A78/20, A78/36 and A78/INF./4

Item 21.3

Sustainable financing: WHO investment round

-  Documents A78/21 and A78/37

General Committee — Building E Room XXIII

17:30

Thursday, 22 May 2025

Sixth and seventh meetings of Committee A — Building E Room XX

09:00 and 14:30

Health emergency preparedness and response

Item 16.1 continued

Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience

-  Document A78/9

Item 16.3 continued

Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

-  Documents A78/11, A78/11 Add.1 and A78/11 Add.2

Item 16.4 continued

The Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme

-  Document A78/12

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board

Item 17.1 continued

WHO’s work in health emergencies

-  Document A78/13 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(31)

Item 17.4 continued

Universal Health and Preparedness Review

-  Document A78/4

Item 17.2

Implementation of resolution WHA75.11 (2022)

-  Documents A78/14, A78/A/CONF./3 and A78/A/CONF./3 Add.1

Item 17.3

Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem

-  Document A78/15 and EB156/2025/REC/1, resolution EB156.R3

Item 17.5

Poliomyelitis

-  Document A78/4

Second and third meetings of Committee B — Building E Room XVII

09:00 and 14:30

Budget and finance matters

Item 21.4

Scale of assessments 2025–2026

-  Documents A78/22 and A78/38

Item 21.5

Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution

-  Documents A78/23 and A78/38

Item 21.6

Special arrangements for settlement of arrears

-  Documents A78/35 and A78/38

Audit and oversight matters

Item 22.1

Report of the External Auditor

-  Documents A78/25 and A78/40

Item 22.2

Report of the Internal Auditor

-  Documents A78/26 and A78/40

Item 22.3

External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation

-  Documents A78/27 and A78/40

Staffing matters

Item 23.1

Human resources: annual report

-  Documents A78/28 and A78/41

Item 23.2

Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, resolutions EB156.R5 and EB156.R6

Item 23.3

Report of the International Civil Service Commission

-  Document A78/4

Item 23.4

Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

-  Document A78/29

Item 23.5

Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee

-  Document A78/30

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board  
Management, legal and governance matters

Item 24.1

Prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment

-  Document A78/4

Friday, 23 May 2025

Sixth Plenary meeting — Building E Room XIX

09:00

Awards

-  Document A78/INF./1

Executive Board: election

Eighth and ninth meetings of Committee A — Building E Room XX

Immediately following the closure of Plenary and 14:30

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board

Item 13.3

Universal health coverage

o   Primary healthcare

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decisions EB156(14), EB156(15), EB156(16) and EB156(17)

Item 13.4

Communicable diseases

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decisions EB156(23) and EB156(24)

o   Global road map on defeating meningitis by 2030

-  Document A78/4

Item 13.5

Substandard and falsified medical products

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(25)

Item 13.6

Standardization of medical devices nomenclature

-  Document A78/4

Item 13.7

Health and care workforce

o   WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(26)

o   Global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030

-  Documents s A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(27)

Item 13.8

Draft global traditional medicine strategy 2025–2034

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(28)

Item 13.9

Global strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decisions EB156(29) and EB156(30)

Fourth and fifth meetings of Committee B — Building E Room XVII

09:00 and 14:30

Reassignment of Indonesia from the South-East Asia Region to the Western Pacific Region

-  Document A78/31

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board  
Management, legal and governance matters

Global strategies and plans of action that are scheduled to expire within one year

o   Global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery 2021–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(34)

o   Global strategy on digital health 2020–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(35)

o   Global action plan on the public health response to dementia 2017–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(36)

o   Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition 2012–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(37)

Saturday, 24 May 2025

Tenth and eleventh meetings of Committee A — Building E Room XX

09:00 and 14:30

Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

-  Document A78/7 Rev.1

Antimicrobial resistance

-  Documents A78/8 and A78/8 Add.1

Sixth and seventh meetings of Committee B — Building E Room XVII

09:00 and 14:30

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board  
Management, legal and governance matters

Item 24.2 continued

Global strategies and plans of action that are scheduled to expire within one year

o   Global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery 2021–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(34)

o   Global strategy on digital health 2020–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(35)

o   Global action plan on the public health response to dementia 2017–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(36)

o   Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition 2012–2025

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(37)

Item 24.3

International Health Regulations (2005): proposed procedure for the correction of errors in the text of the instrument

-  Documents A78/4, A78/INF./5 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(38)

Monday, 26 May 2025

Twelfth and thirteenth meetings of Committee A — Building E Room XX

09:00 and 14:30

Review of and update on matters considered by the Executive Board

Item 18.1

The impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health

-  Documents A78/4, A78/A/CONF./1 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(32)

Item 18.2

Updated road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution

-  Documents A78/4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(33)

Item 18.3

Climate change and health

-  Documents A78/4, A78/4 Add.2, A78/4 Add.4 and EB156/2025/REC/1, decision EB156(40)

Eighth and ninth meetings of Committee B — Building E Room XVII

09:00 and 14:30

Agreements with intergovernmental organizations

-  Document A78/32

Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations

-  Documents A78/33 and A78/B/CONF./2

 

 

Matters for information

Item 28.1 progress reports

-  Document A78/34 Rev.1

Discussion of agenda item 28 will be grouped as follows (Pillar 1 A–G), (Pillar 2 H & I) & (Pillar 3 J–O)

Pillar 1: One billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage

A.    Strengthening diagnostic capacity (resolution WHA76.5 (2023))

B.    [the relevant subject matter should be considered under Pillar 3 as report O]

C.   Integrated emergency, critical and operative care for universal health coverage and protection from health emergencies (resolution WHA76.2 (2023))

D.   Global strategy on infection prevention and control (resolution WHA75.13 (2022))

E.    Strengthening local production of medicines and other health technologies to improve access (resolution WHA74.6 (2021))

F.    Eradication of dracunculiasis (resolution WHA64.16 (2011))

G.   Global action on patient safety (resolution WHA72.6 (2019) and decision WHA74(13) (2021))

Pillar 2: One billion more people better protected from health emergencies

H.   Enhancement of laboratory biosafety (resolution WHA58.29 (2005))

I.      Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks (resolution WHA60.1 (2007))

Pillar 3: One billion more people enjoying better health and well-being

J.     WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change: the transformation needed to improve lives and well-being sustainably through healthy environments (decision WHA74(24) (2021))

K.    Plan of action on climate change and health in small island developing States (decision WHA72(10) (2019))

L.    Behavioural sciences for better health (resolution WHA76.7 (2023))

M.   Accelerating action on global drowning prevention (resolution WHA76.18 (2023))

N.   WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children (resolution WHA69.5 (2016)) and Ending violence against children through health systems strengthening and multisectoral approaches (resolution WHA74.17 (2021))

O.   WHO global action plan on promoting the health of refugees and migrants, 2019–2030 (resolution WHA76.14 (2023))

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Fourteenth meeting of Committee A — Building E Room XX

09:00

Finalization of resolutions/decisions and reports

Tenth meeting of Committee B — Building E Room XVII

09:00

Finalization of resolutions/decisions and reports

Seventh Plenary meeting — Building E Room XIX

Immediately after conclusion of Committees A and B

Reports of the main committees

Closure of the Health Assembly

3. Report of meetings

First Plenary meeting

In the Chair:
Dr Youngmee Jee (Republic of Korea)
Second Vice-President of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

Opening of the Health Assembly

Dr Yongmee Jee opened the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly and welcomed participants.

Appointment of the Committee on Credentials

On proposal of the President, and in accordance with Rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, the Assembly appointed the Committee on Credentials constituted by the delegates of the following 12 Member States:

-  Cambodia

-  Chad

-  Fiji

-  Georgia

-  Honduras

-  Ireland

-  Malawi

-  Maldives

-  Mauritania

-  Peru

-  Turkmenistan

-  Qatar

Election of the President of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly

In accordance with Rule 25 of the Rules of Procedure, the President invited the Health Assembly to consider the list of names of delegates proposed for the nominations of President and five Vice-Presidents of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly.

In accordance with Rule 80 of the Rules of Procedure, the Health Assembly approved the nomination of Dr Teodoro Herbosa (Philippines) and elected him as President of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly by acclamation.

Dr Herbosa took the chair.

The President welcomed Mrs Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Federal Councillor of the Swiss Confederation, and invited her to address the Health Assembly.

Election of the five Vice-Presidents, the Chairs of the main committees, and establishment of the General Committee of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly

The President invited the Health Assembly to consider the proposal received for the nomination for the office of Vice-Presidents.

-  Professor Dr Md. Sayedur Rahman (Bangladesh)

-  Mr Jaime Hernán Urrego Rodríguez (Colombia)

-  Dr Louise Mapleh Kpoto (Liberia)

-  Dr Judit Bidlo (Hungary)

-  Dr Jalila bint Al Sayyed Jawad Hassan (Bahrain)

were elected Vice-Presidents of the Health Assembly by acclamation.[2]     

Committee A: Dr Esperance Luvindao (Namibia) was elected Chair by acclamation.
Committee B: Mrs Katarzyna Drążek-Laskowska (Poland) was elected Chair by acclamation.

In accordance with Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure, the delegates of the following 17 countries were elected members of the General Committee, along with the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly, and the Chairmen of the main committees:

-  Bahamas

-  Bhutan

-  Cameroon

-  China (People’s Republic of)

-  Cuba

-  Denmark

-  Ecuador

-  Ethiopia

-  France

-  Gambia

-  Liberia

-  Libya

-  Malaysia

-  Sudan

-  Tajikistan

-  United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland

-  Uruguay

Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees

The President reported that the General Committee recommended to not include a supplementary agenda item entitled “Inviting Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly as an observer”. 

The President noted that when previous Health Assemblies had considered a similar proposal, the Assembly had agreed to follow a predictable, respectful and orderly process for handling the matter. To facilitate this work, the President proposed that the Assembly follow the same process. The Assembly agreed with this proposal.

Two delegations in support of the recommendation of the General Committee and two delegations in opposition to the recommendation of the General Committee were invited to take the floor. The delegates of China, Belize, Pakistan and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines took the floor.

The Assembly accepted the recommendation of the General Committee not to include a supplementary agenda item entitled “Inviting Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly as an observer” on the agenda.

The President reported that the General Committee recommended the following changes to the provisional agenda (document A78/1 Rev.1):

·  To delete the following items:

-  Item 4: Invited speaker(s)

-  Item 5: Admission of new Members and Associate Members [if any]

-  Item 21.7: Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any]

-  Item 21.8: Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]

The recommendation of the General Committee was approved and the provisional agenda in accordance with the General Committee’s recommendation was adopted as amended.

It was announced that the changes will be reflected in document A78/1 Rev.2.

Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General

The Director-General presented his report on the work of WHO.

Presentation of certificates for public health achievement

The Secretariat welcomed the distinguished recipients and presented certificates of achievement for outstanding public health achievements.

Austria, Norway, Oman and Singapore received their certificates of validation for trans-fat elimination. 

Egypt and Georgia received their certification of malaria elimination.

Botswana received their certificate for becoming the first country to achieve gold tier status on the path to elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

The following eleven countries received certificates for the elimination of one neglected tropical disease in the course of the past year:

-  Brazil and Timor Leste, for lymphatic filariasis;

-  Chad and Guinea, for sleeping sickness;

-  India, Mauritania, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam, for trachoma;

-  Niger, for onchocerciasis;

-  Jordan, for leprosy.

In recognition of their outstanding contributions to tobacco control, the following World No Tobacco Day awards certificates were awarded to:

-  Dr Lena Nanushyan, First Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia;

-  Dr Franz Pietsch, the former Head of Directorate at the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection of Austria;

-  The National Board of Revenue of Bangladesh;

-  The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance of Brazil;

-  Te Marae Ora, the Ministry of Health of the Cook Islands;

-  A shared award between Dr Haji Dzulkefly bin Ahmad, the Minister of Health of Malaysia;

-  Dr Noraryana Binti Hassan, Deputy Director of the Disease Control Division in the Ministry of Health of Malaysia:

-  Dr Munisamy, President of the Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control;

-  The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal.

The Director-General’s Special Recognition Award of Contribution to Global Tobacco Control was awarded to the Ministry of Health and Wellness of the Republic of Mauritius.

The meeting was adjourned.

Second Plenary meeting

In the Chair:
Dr Teodoro Herbosa (Philippines)
President of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly

-  General discussion

The President reopened item 3 with special attention to the theme “One World for Health”. The delegate of United Republic of Tanzania (who spoke on behalf of the Member States of the African Region), and the delegate of Palestine (who spoke on behalf of the Member States of the Eastern Mediterranean Region) addressed the Assembly. These speakers were followed by the delegates of United Arab Emirates (who spoke on behalf of the Arab Group), Bulgaria (who spoke on behalf of the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN)), Poland (who spoke on behalf of the European Union), Malaysia (who spoke on behalf of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN)), Morocco (who spoke on behalf of the Francophone Ambassadors), Slovakia, Israel, Jordan, Japan, Chile, Egypt, Spain, South Africa, Australia, Norway, Brazil, El Salvador, Mongolia, Germany, Hungary, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland, France, Malawi, Mexico, Qatar, Ethiopia, Haiti, Philippines, Burkina Faso, Monaco, Cook Islands, Belgium, Indonesia, Sudan, Lesotho, New Zealand, Algeria, Gabon, Marshall Islands, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Syrian Arab Republic, China, Uganda, Senegal and Sweden.

The meeting was adjourned.

First meeting of Committee A

In the Chair:
Dr Esperance Luvindao (Namibia)

Opening of the Committee

Health emergency preparedness and response

·  Item 16.2

Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

The Chair opened the agenda item and drew the Committee’s attention to the relevant documents A78/10, A78/10 Add.1, A78/10 Add.2 and A78/INF./9 and noted the white paper circulated to Member States on this agenda item.

The Chair then invited Ms Precious Matsoso and Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, the co‑Chairs of the Bureau of Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), to make introductory remarks.

The Chair opened the debate and invited delegates to take the floor. The Chair suspended discussion of subitem 16.2.

The meeting was adjourned.

Second meeting of Committee A

In the Chair:
Dr Esperance Luvindao (Namibia)

Health emergency preparedness and response

·  Item 16.2 continued

Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

The Chair reopened the agenda item and invited delegations and non-State actors who had requested to speak at the previous session to take the floor.

In accordance with Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, the Chair gave the floor to the representatives of other United Nations organizations including specialized institutions and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).

The Chair then invited Dr Michael Ryan, Deputy Director-General and Executive Director, WHE to address the Committee and Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Head of the INB Secretariat.

The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros, addressed the Committee.

The Committee noted the report contained in document A78/10.

One delegation requested for a vote on draft resolution on the WHO Pandemic Agreement entitled ‘Outcome of informal consultations of Member States’ contained in document A78/10 Add.1.

In accordance with Rule 73 of the Rules of Procedure, a vote by show of hands was taken in consideration of the draft resolution contained in document A78/10 Add.1. The vote resulted in 124 votes in favour to 0 votes against, with 11 abstentions and 46 Members absent:

-  Members entitled to vote: 181

-  Number of Members absent: 46

-  Present and voting: 124

-  Abstentions: 11

-  In favor: 124

-  Against: 0

The resolution was therefore approved.

Several delegations gave an explanation of vote under Rule 77 of the Rules of Procedure.

The Chair then invited the Rapporteur to read the draft first report of Committee A, document (draft) A78/42, which was adopted.

The meeting was adjourned.

4.  Meetings and official side-events

A number of group meetings and official side-events will be held at the Palais des Nations during the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly. Official side-events and group meetings are listed on the governing bodies website:

https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA78-other-meetings/A78_other_meetings.pdf

The strategic roundtable sessions will be webcast in the six UN languages. The webcasts can be viewed on Mac and PCs, as well as all mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows-enabled phones.

Strategic Roundtable, 20^th May, 18:45 – 19:45, Room XVIII

High-level pledging event of the WHO Investment Round: sustainable financing of WHO for impact in the new global health landscape. Organized by the WHO Secretariat

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/05/20/default-calendar/sustainable-financing-of-who-for-impact-in-the-new-global-health-landscape

Strategic Roundtable, 21^st May, 13:00– 14:20, Room XVIII

Ministerial Strategic Dialogue: Data and Sustainable Financing: twin foundations to accelerate UHC and the SDGs. Organized by the delegation of the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and the WHO Secretariat.

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/05/21/default-calendar/data-and-sustainable-financing-twin-foundations-to-accelerate-uhc-and-the-sdgs

5.  Announcements

For IT support, please send an email to GBS-IT-Support@who.int.          

The public sessions will be webcast in the six UN languages. The webcasts can be viewed on Mac and PCs, as well as all mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows-enabled phones.

Arabic:            https://player.4am.ch/who/20250519-27_WHA78/index.html?lang=ar

Chinese:         https://player.4am.ch/who/20250519-27_WHA78/index.html?lang=zh

English:           https://player.4am.ch/who/20250519-27_WHA78/index.html?lang=en

French:           https://player.4am.ch/who/20250519-27_WHA78/index.html?lang=fr

Russian:          https://player.4am.ch/who/20250519-27_WHA78/index.html?lang=ru

Spanish:         https://player.4am.ch/who/20250519-27_WHA78/index.html?lang=es

Documents for the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly can be accessed on the Internet through the WHO website (https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha78.html).

The World Health Assembly application allows you to receive updates on the WHA78 programme of work and access documentation directly on your mobile device. Scan the QR code or search for “WHO Events” in the Apple or Google Stores on your phone.

 

Information concerning badge distribution, arrangements for conduct of discussion in meetings, interpretation, and written and verbal statements, can be found in the Guide for delegates to the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly.

6.  Provisional list of speakers for the general discussion in Plenary

Delegates can view the speaker’s list at any given time:

https://publicspace.who.int/sites/signage/agenda/p/los.aspx

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