Digital Verbatim Records WHA73

FIRST PLENARY MEETING

Monday, 18 May 2020, 12:15–16:35

President: Dr Bounkong SYHAVONG (Lao People's Democratic Republic)

later: Ms Keva BAIN (Bahamas)

Provisional agenda item 1. Opening of the Health Assembly

Document A73/1 Add.1

President - E - Provisional agenda item 1. Opening of the Health Assembly

30s

- High-level welcome

President - E - High-level welcome

22s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E/F - High-level welcome

1m 2s

President of Switzerland - Ms Simonetta Sommaruga - F - High-level welcome

3m 44s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - F - High-level welcome

11s

Secretary-General of the United Nations - Mr António Guterres - E/F/E - High-level welcome

7m 49s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E - High-level welcome

President of China - Mr Xi Jinping - C - High-level welcome

10m 59s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E/F - High-level welcome

10s

President of France - Mr Emmanuel Macron - F - High-level welcome

5m 47s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - F/E - High-level welcome

14s

President of the Republic of Korea - Mr Moon Jae-in - Korean (English interpretation provided) - High-level welcome

6m 50s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E - High-level welcome

10s

Chancellor of Germany - Ms Angela Merkel - German (English interpretation provided) - High-level welcome

2m 20s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E - High-level welcome

11s

Prime Minister of Barbados - Ms Mia Amor Mottley - E - High-level welcome

15m 33s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E - High-level welcome

13s

President of South Africa - Mr Cyril Ramaphosa - E - High-level welcome

4m 41s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E - High-level welcome

Director-General - E - High-level welcome

28m 50s

Director-General's Envoy for Multilateral Affairs - E - High-level welcome

14s

Provisional agenda item 1. Opening of the Health Assembly (resumed)¹

Document A73/1 Add.1

President - E - Provisional agenda item 1

4m 53s

1.2 Election of the President

President - E - 1.2 Election of the President

2m 38s

Decision adopted: WHA73(1)

Ms Keva Bain (Bahamas), having been elected President of the Seventy-third World Health Assembly, took the Chair.

1.2 Election of the President (resumed)

President - E - 1.2 Election of the President

48s

1.3 Election of the five Vice-Presidents

President - E - 1.3 Election of the five Vice-Presidents

6m 8s

Decision adopted: WHA73(1)

- Presidential address

President - E - Presidential address

12m 22s

Special procedures

Document A73/33

President - E - Special procedures

2m 15s

Decision adopted: WHA73(2)

Examination of credentials

President - E - Examination of credentials

34s

Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations at Geneva - Ms Socorro Flores Liera - S - Examination of credentials

2m 31s

President - E - Examination of credentials

1m 31s

Decision adopted: WHA73(3)

1.4 Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees²

Documents A73/1 Rev.2, A73/1 Add.1 and A73/1 Add.2

President - E - 1.4 Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees

5m 3s

Decision adopted: WHA73(4)

Abridged agenda adopted as document A73/1 Rev.2

Agenda item 1. Opening of the Health Assembly

President - E - Agenda item 1. Opening of the Health Assembly

52s

President - E - Agenda item 1

6s

Croatia (on behalf of the European Union and its Member States) - E - Agenda item 1

1m 11s

President - E - Agenda item 1

19s

Agenda item 3. Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General³

Document A73/3

President - E - Agenda item 3. Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General

14s

Director-General - E - Agenda item 3

1m 3s

President - E - Agenda item 3

25s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

26s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Azerbaijan (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) - E - Agenda item 3

6m 7s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Croatia (on behalf of the European Union and its Member States) - E - Agenda item 3

5m 20s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Djibouti - F - Agenda item 3

3m 12s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Estonia (on behalf of the Nordic countries and Baltic States) - E - Agenda item 3

3m 53s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Netherlands - E - Agenda item 3

1m 52s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

10s

Tunisia - A - Agenda item 3

2m 12s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

2s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

13s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Singapore - E - Agenda item 3

2m 57s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

12s

Denmark - E - Agenda item 3

2m 8s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - E - Agenda item 3

1m 56s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Argentina - S - Agenda item 3

4m 57s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Philippines - E - Agenda item 3

2m 23s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Belgium - E - Agenda item 3

2m 58s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Kenya - E - Agenda item 3

2m 57s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

France - F - Agenda item 3

3m 3s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Bahamas - E - Agenda item 3

5m 17s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

11s

South Africa - E - Agenda item 3

3m 52s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

28s

Poland - E - Agenda item 3

1m 45s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Congo (on behalf of the African Region) - F - Agenda item 3

5m 6s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Tunisia (on behalf of the Eastern Mediterranean Region) - A - Agenda item 3

4m 48s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Botswana - E - Agenda item 3

3m 4s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Fiji - E - Agenda item 3

3m 34s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Thailand - E - Agenda item 3

1m 59s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Colombia - S - Agenda item 3

2m 51s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Australia - E - Agenda item 3

1m 56s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Indonesia - E - Agenda item 3

2m

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

10s

Zimbabwe - E - Agenda item 3

3m

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

2s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Bhutan - E - Agenda item 3

3m

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

India - E - Agenda item 3

4m 56s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Malta - E - Agenda item 3

2m 15s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Iran (Islamic Republic of) - E - Agenda item 3

2m 26s

(For continuation of the discussion, see the verbatim records of the second meeting)

The meeting rose at 16:35.

¹ During the opening of the Health Assembly, Member States were invited to consider both the adoption of special procedures and the verification of credentials. The Committees of the Health Assembly did not convene.

² The Health Assembly adopted the provisional agenda prepared by the Executive Board at its 146th session and the provisional agenda (abridged). This de minimis session considered only the abridged version of the provisional agenda.

³ The main address by the Director-General was delivered during the high-level segment. The Director-General delivered a short address under agenda item 3, which was followed by the general discussion.

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