Digital Verbatim Records WHA78

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FIFTH PLENARY MEETING

Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 09:10–12:45

President: Dr Md. Sayedur RAHMAN (Bangladesh)

Announcements

Vice-President - E - Announcements

20s

Report of the Committee on Credentials

Document A78/43

Vice-President - E - Report of the Committee on Credentials

49s

Decision adopted: WHA78(6)

Agenda item 3. Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General (continued from the fourth meeting)

Document A78/3

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

31s

Palau - E - Agenda item 3

3m 12s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

10s

Paraguay - S - Agenda item 3

1m 47s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

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

2m 8s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

India - E - Agenda item 3

2m 8s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Seychelles - E - Agenda item 3

1m 50s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Mauritania - A - Agenda item 3

2m 22s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Latvia - E - Agenda item 3

2m 11s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Saudi Arabia - A - Agenda item 3

2m 28s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Korean - Agenda item 3

2m 2s

(No translation of the speech by the representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was provided to the Secretariat¹)

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Cuba - S - Agenda item 3

2m 10s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Pakistan - E - Agenda item 3

2m 17s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Mozambique - E - Agenda item 3

2m 11s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Saint Kitts and Nevis - E - Agenda item 3

2m 2s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Côte d'Ivoire - F - Agenda item 3

2m 14s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Zimbabwe - E - Agenda item 3

2m 15s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Botswana - E - Agenda item 3

2m 7s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Sierra Leone - E - Agenda item 3

1m 59s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Kyrgyzstan - E - Agenda item 3

2m 8s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Jamaica - E - Agenda item 3

2m 40s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - E - Agenda item 3

2m 16s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Azerbaijan - E - Agenda item 3

2m 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Nauru - E - Agenda item 3

2m 3s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Gambia - E - Agenda item 3

2m 40s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Vanuatu - E - Agenda item 3

1m 48s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Bangladesh - E - Agenda item 3

2m 41s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Belarus - R - Agenda item 3

2m 19s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Djibouti - F - Agenda item 3

2m 52s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Togo - F - Agenda item 3

1m 58s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

12s

Bhutan - E - Agenda item 3

2m 26s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Cameroon - F - Agenda item 3

1m 33s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Lebanon - E - Agenda item 3

2m 8s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Congo - F - Agenda item 3

1m 53s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Namibia - E - Agenda item 3

2m 6s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Guatemala - S - Agenda item 3

2m 25s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Zambia - E - Agenda item 3

2m 12s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Saint Lucia - E - Agenda item 3

2m 6s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Dominican Republic - S - Agenda item 3

2m 58s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Tonga - E - Agenda item 3

2m 24s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Belize - E - Agenda item 3

2m 22s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Barbados - E - Agenda item 3

1m 44s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Tuvalu - E - Agenda item 3

2m 31s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Central African Republic - F - Agenda item 3

2m 19s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Fiji - E - Agenda item 3

2m 33s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Maldives - E - Agenda item 3

2m 31s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Greece - E - Agenda item 3

2m 16s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Eritrea - E - Agenda item 3

2m 17s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Eswatini - E - Agenda item 3

1m 55s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Solomon Islands - E - Agenda item 3

2m 11s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

São Tomé and Príncipe - S - Agenda item 3

2m 21s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Cabo Verde - S - Agenda item 3

3m 7s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Tajikistan - R - Agenda item 3

2m 14s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - S - Agenda item 3

2m 19s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - S - Agenda item 3

2m 31s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Burundi - F - Agenda item 3

2m 14s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Timor-Leste - E - Agenda item 3

2m 15s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Chad - F - Agenda item 3

1m 39s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Kuwait - A - Agenda item 3

2m 20s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Rwanda - E - Agenda item 3

2m 25s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Yemen - A - Agenda item 3

2m 6s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

Costa Rica - S - Agenda item 3

2m 40s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Antigua and Barbuda - E - Agenda item 3

2m 17s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Guinea - F - Agenda item 3

2m 18s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Lao People's Democratic Republic - E - Agenda item 3

2m 3s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Democratic Republic of the Congo - F - Agenda item 3

2m 12s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Oman - A - Agenda item 3

6s

Oman - A - Agenda item 3

2m

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Dominica - E - Agenda item 3

2m 3s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Announcements

Vice-President - E - Announcements

22s

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

Document A78/3

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

8s

Benin - F - Agenda item 3

1m 58s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Guinea-Bissau - F - Agenda item 3

2m 33s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Libya - A - Agenda item 3

2m 55s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Comoros - F - Agenda item 3

1m 49s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

8s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

13s

Holy See - E - Agenda item 3

1m 12s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Order of Malta - E - Agenda item 3

1m 31s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - E - Agenda item 3

1m 17s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

13s

United Nations Development Programme - E - Agenda item 3

1m 29s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

United Nations Children's Fund - E - Agenda item 3

1m 42s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

7s

United Republic of Tanzania - E - Agenda item 3

1m 14s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

United Nations Office for Project Services - E - Agenda item 3

1m 9s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Organization of Islamic Cooperation - E - Agenda item 3

1m 6s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

2s

African Union - F - Agenda item 3

1m 15s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

45s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

China - C - Agenda item 3

53s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

India - E - Agenda item 3

1m 43s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Pakistan - E - Agenda item 3

1m 2s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Sudan - A - Agenda item 3

1m 4s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

2s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

United Arab Emirates - A - Agenda item 3

1m 33s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Sudan - A - Agenda item 3

31s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

United Arab Emirates - A - Agenda item 3

12s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Armenia - E - Agenda item 3

1m 15s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Azerbaijan - E - Agenda item 3

41s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

5s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

9s

Armenia - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Armenia - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Armenia - E - Agenda item 3

30s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

4s

Azerbaijan - E - Agenda item 3

13s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Armenia - E - Agenda item 3

43s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Rwanda - E - Agenda item 3

40s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

Less than 1s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

3s

Japan - E - Agenda item 3

28s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

2s

China - C - Agenda item 3

13s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

1s

Japan - E - Agenda item 3

14s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

2s

China - C - Agenda item 3

9s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

6s

Azerbaijan - E - Agenda item 3

50s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

8s

China - C - Agenda item 3

24s

Vice-President - E - Agenda item 3

2s

Japan - E - Agenda item 3

42s

Announcements

Vice-President - E - Announcements

31s

The meeting rose at 12:45.

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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