Digital Verbatim Records WHA74

SECOND PLENARY MEETING

Monday, 24 May 2021, 14:10–17:10

President: Ms Dechen WANGMO (Bhutan)

Provisional agenda item 1. Opening of the Health Assembly (continued from the first meeting)

- Presidential address

President - E - Presidential address

12m 40s

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

Documents A74/1 Rev.1 and A74/1 Add.1

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

4m 10s

China - C - 1.4

2m 57s

President - E - 1.4

5s

Nauru - E - 1.4

3m 1s

President - E - 1.4

5s

Pakistan - E - 1.4

2m 1s

President - E - 1.4

5s

Eswatini - E - 1.4

2m 58s

President - E - 1.4

6m 39s

Decision adopted: WHA74(6)

Agenda adopted as document A74/1 Rev.1

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

Document A74/3

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

1m 55s

1.4 Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees (resumed)

Document A74/1 Rev.1

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

2m 24s

Agenda item 2. Report of the Executive Board on its 147th and 148th sessions, and on its special session on the COVID-19 response

Document A74/2

President - E - Agenda item 2. Report of the Executive Board on its 147th and 148th sessions, and on its special session on the COVID-19 response

34s

Chair of the Executive Board - E - Agenda item 2

10m 25s

President - E - Agenda item 2

28s

Agenda item 29.2 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 A74/30 , A74/31 and A74/48

President - E - 29.2 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

3m 11s

Iran (Islamic Republic of) - E - 29.2

2m 22s

President - E - 29.2

2s

Gabon (on behalf of the African Region) - F - 29.2

1m 8s

President - E - 29.2

3s

Legal Counsel - E - 29.2

1m 5s

President - E - 29.2

31s

Resolution adopted: WHA74.1

Announcements

President - E - Announcements

13s

Agenda item 3. Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General (resumed)

Document A74/3

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

1m 25s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

28s

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

3m 14s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Qatar (on behalf of the Eastern Mediterranean Region) - E - Agenda item 3

3m 57s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Portugal (on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) - E - Agenda item 3

4m 46s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Morocco (on behalf of the Health Ministries of Arab Countries) - A - Agenda item 3

3m 50s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Canada (on behalf of the Observers and Member States of the International Organization of la Francophonie) - F - Agenda item 3

3m 49s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Tonga (on behalf of the Pacific island countries and territories) - E - Agenda item 3

4m 31s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

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

4m 49s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

14s

Brazil - Portuguese - Agenda item 3

3m 4s

(No translation of the speech by the representative of Brazil was provided to the Secretariat¹)

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Kenya - E - Agenda item 3

4m 34s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

France - F - Agenda item 3

5m 2s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Colombia - S - Agenda item 3

5m 33s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Peru - S - Agenda item 3

2m 43s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Latvia - E - Agenda item 3

2m 46s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

China - C - Agenda item 3

2m 59s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Costa Rica - S - Agenda item 3

2m 26s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Philippines - E - Agenda item 3

3m 28s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Paraguay - S - Agenda item 3

2m 59s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Singapore - E - Agenda item 3

2m 24s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Maldives - E - Agenda item 3

5m 18s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Indonesia - E - Agenda item 3

3m 23s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

10s

Ireland - E - Agenda item 3

2m 51s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

10s

President - E - Agenda item 3

21s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Pakistan - E - Agenda item 3

4m 14s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Turkey - Turkish (English interpretation provided) - Agenda item 3

3m 54s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Norway - E - Agenda item 3

3m 28s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Zimbabwe - E - Agenda item 3

3m 13s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Austria - E - Agenda item 3

2m 10s

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

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

3m

Moderator - E - Agenda item 3

6s

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

Announcements

President - E - Announcements

19s

The meeting rose at 17:10.

¹ Rule 89 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly states that the speaker shall herself or himself provide for interpretation into one of the official languages.

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