Digital Verbatim Records WHA76

SECOND PLENARY MEETING

Monday, 22 May 2023, 09:15–12:10

President: Dr Christopher FEARNE (Malta)

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

Document A76/1 Rev.2

- Presidential address

President - E - Presidential address

8m 29s

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

Documents A76/1 Rev.2 and A76/1 Rev.1 Add. 1

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

3m 40s

China - C - 1.4

2m 32s

President - E - 1.4

Eswatini - E - 1.4

1m 51s

President - E - 1.4

Pakistan - E - 1.4

2m 18s

President - E - 1.4

Marshall Islands - E - 1.4

2m 43s

President - E - 1.4

2m 14s

Decision adopted: WHA76(5)

Agenda adopted as document A76/1 Rev.2

Announcements

President - E - Announcements

3m 48s

Agenda item 2. Report of the Executive Board on its 151st and 152nd sessions, and on its Sixth special session

Document A76/2

President - E - Agenda item 2. Report of the Executive Board on its 151st and 152nd sessions, and on its Sixth special session

36s

Chair of the Executive Board - E - Agenda item 2

11m 33s

President - E - Agenda item 2

23s

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

Document A76/3

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

14s

Director-General - E - Agenda item 3

37m 56s

President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Announcements

President - E - Announcements

3m 27s

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

Document A76/3

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

1m 50s

Tonga (on behalf of the Western Pacific Region) - E - Agenda item 3

5m 2s

President - E - Agenda item 3

24s

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

4m 47s

President - E - Agenda item 3

15s

Sweden (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 14s

President - E - Agenda item 3

17s

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

4m 54s

President - E - Agenda item 3

15s

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

4m 23s

President - E - Agenda item 3

17s

Cabo Verde (on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries) - Portuguese - Agenda item 3

5m 43s

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

President - E - Agenda item 3

15s

Albania (on behalf of the South-eastern Europe Health Network) - E - Agenda item 3

4m 7s

President - E - Agenda item 3

16s

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

3m 19s

President - E - Agenda item 3

16s

Lao People's Democratic Republic (on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) - E - Agenda item 3

4m 2s

President - E - Agenda item 3

13s

Russian Federation (on behalf of the Union State of Belarus and Russia) - R - Agenda item 3

4m 54s

President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

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

2m 51s

President - E - Agenda item 3

22s

Germany - E - Agenda item 3

4m 30s

President - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Norway - E - Agenda item 3

2m 53s

President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Japan - E - Agenda item 3

4m 2s

President - E - Agenda item 3

12s

Argentina - S - Agenda item 3

4m

President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Denmark - E - Agenda item 3

3m 21s

President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Slovenia - E - Agenda item 3

3m 3s

President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Brazil - Portuguese - Agenda item 3

4m 31s

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

President - E - Agenda item 3

12s

China - C - Agenda item 3

3m 49s

President - E - Agenda item 3

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

Announcements

President - E - Announcements

55s

The meeting rose at 12:10.

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.

Meeting

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