EB154

Programme of Work

Main documents

EB154/1 Rev.1
Agenda

EB154/1 (annotated)
Provisional agenda (annotated)

EB154/2
Report by the Director-General

EB154/3
Report of the regional committees to the Executive Board

EB154/4
Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board

EB154/5
Report of the Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response

EB154/6
Universal health coverage

EB154/7
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
Prevention and management of noncommunicable diseases, promotion of mental health and well-being, and treatment and care of mental health conditions

EB154/8
Draft global action plan for infection prevention and control
Draft global action plan and monitoring framework

EB154/8 Add.1
Draft global action plan on infection prevention and control
Draft global action plan and monitoring framework: minimum requirements for IPC programmes at national and health care facility levels

EB154/8 Add.2
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/9
Immunization Agenda 2030
Progress towards global immunization goals and implementation of the Immunization Agenda 2030

EB154/10
End TB Strategy
Progress in implementing the global strategy and targets for tuberculosis prevention, care and control after 2015 (the End TB Strategy)

EB154/11
Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030

EB154/12
Acceleration towards the Sustainable Development Goal targets for maternal health and child mortality

EB154/13
Antimicrobial resistance: accelerating national and global responses
WHO strategic and operational priorities to address drug-resistant bacterial infections in the human health sector, 2025–2035

EB154/14
WHO’s work in health emergencies
Public health emergencies: preparedness and response

EB154/15
WHO’s work in health emergencies
Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness, prevention and response and resilience

EB154/16
Implementation of resolution WHA75.11 (2022)

EB154/17
Global Health and Peace Initiative

EB154/18
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis eradication

EB154/19
Poliomyelitis
Polio transition planning and polio post-certification

EB154/20
Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks

EB154/21
Social determinants of health
Progress of the World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity

EB154/22
Maternal, infant and young child nutrition
Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition: biennial report

EB154/23
Well-being and health promotion

EB154/24
Climate change, pollution and health
Impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health

EB154/25
Climate change and health

EB154/26
Economics and health for all

EB154/27
Financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2022–2023 and outlook on financing of the Programme budget 2024–2025

EB154/28
Draft fourteenth general programme of work

EB154/29 Rev.1
Sustainable financing: WHO investment round

EB154/29 Rev.1 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/30
Prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment

EB154/31
Evaluation: update and proposed workplan for 2024–2025

EB154/32
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Secretariat implementation plan on reform

EB154/33
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Strengthening WHO’s budgetary, programmatic and financing governance: follow-up to the implementation of decision EB152(15) (2023)

EB154/33 Add.1
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Proposals for improving the effectiveness of the WHO Governing bodies

EB154/33 Add.2
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Project plan: implementation of digital solutions for interactions between the Secretariat and Member States on matters related to the governing bodies

EB154/33 Add.3 Rev.1
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Cost recovery mechanisms for voluntary contributions – an update

EB154/33 Add.5
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/34
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance

EB154/34 Add.1
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Follow-up to decision WHA69(8) (2016), operative paragraph (10)

EB154/34 Add.2
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Proposed methodology for costing new initiatives/programmes

EB154/34 Add.3
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/34 Add.4 Rev.1
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance

EB154/34 Add.5
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/35
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance
Process of handling and investigating potential allegations against WHO Directors-General

EB154/36
Engagement with non-State actors
Report on the implementation of the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors

EB154/37
Engagement with non-State actors
Non-State actors in official relations with WHO

EB154/37 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/38
Nomination and appointment of Regional Directors
Process for the election of Regional Directors

EB154/38 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/38 Add.2
Nomination and appointment of Regional Directors
Process for the election of Regional Directors
Note by the Legal Counsel

EB154/39
Provisional agenda of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

EB154/40
Date and place of the 155th session of the Executive Board

EB154/41
Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee: membership renewal
Extension of terms of office and appointment of new members

EB154/42
Foundation committees and selection panels

EB154/43
Appointment of the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

EB154/44
Appointment of the Regional Director for South-East Asia

EB154/45
Appointment of the Regional Director for the Western Pacific

EB154/46
Human resources: update

EB154/47
Human resources: update
Implementation of the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, including the WHO policy on disability

EB154/48 Rev.1
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules

EB154/48 Add.1 Rev.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/49
Report of the International Civil Service Commission

EB154/50
Report on meetings of expert committees and study groups
Report by the Director-General

EB154/50 Add.1
Report on meetings of expert committees and study groups
Expert advisory panels and committees and their membership

EB154/51
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem

Information documents

EB154/INF./1
Evaluation of WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2023

EB154/INF./2
Statement by the representative of the WHO staff associations

EB154/INF./3
Report of the Ombudsperson

EB154/INF./4
Report of the Ombudsperson
Ombudsperson’s recommendations: progress on implementation

Diverse documents

EB154/DIV./1 Rev.1
List of members and other participants
Liste des membres et autres participants
MEMBERS, ALTERNATES AND ADVISERS
MEMBRES, SUPPLEANTS ET CONSEILLERS

EB154/DIV./2
Preliminary daily timetable

EB154/DIV./3
List of decisions and resolutions

EB154/DIV./4
List of documents

Resolutions In an effort to respond to Member States’ needs, the present texts have been made available as quickly as possible. The definitive versions of the resolutions and decisions adopted, edited for the Official Records, will be made available in due course.

EB154.R1
Appointment of the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

EB154.R2
Appointment of the Regional Director for South-East Asia

EB154.R3
Appointment of the Regional Director for the Western Pacific

EB154.R4
Appreciation of the outgoing Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

EB154.R5
Appreciation of the outgoing Regional Director for South-East Asia

EB154.R6
Appreciation of the outgoing Acting Regional Director for the Western Pacific

EB154.R7
Health conditions in the occupied Palestine territory, including east Jerusalem

EB154.R8
Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules: standards of conduct for staff members, promotion, Global Board of Appeal and staff in posts subject to local recruitment

EB154.R9
Parental leave

Decisions In an effort to respond to Member States’ needs, the present texts have been made available as quickly as possible. The definitive versions of the resolutions and decisions adopted, edited for the Official Records, will be made available in due course.

EB154(1)
Sustainable financing: WHO investment round

EB154(2)
Evaluation workplan for 2024–2025

EB154(3)
Proposals for improving the effectiveness of the WHO governing bodies

EB154(4)
Cost recovery mechanisms for voluntary contributions

EB154(5)
Matters emanating from the Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance

EB154(6)
Development of a global strategy and action plan for integrated emergency, critical and operative care, 2026–2035

EB154(7)
Increasing availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs

EB154(8)
Draft global action plan and monitoring framework

EB154(9)
Universal health and preparedness review

EB154(10)
Strengthening laboratory biological risk management

EB154(11)
Global Health and Peace Initiative

EB154(12)
Engagement with non-State actors

EB154(13)
Strengthening health and well-being through sport events

EB154(14)
Process for the nomination and appointment of Regional Directors

EB154(15)
Provisional agenda of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

EB154(16)
Date and place of the 155th session of the Executive Board

EB154(17)
Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee: membership renewal
Extension of terms of office and appointment of new members

EB154(18)
Award of the Sasakawa Health Prize

EB154(19)
Award of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize

EB154(20)
Award of the State of Kuwait Health Promotion Foundation’s His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for Research in Health Care for the Elderly and in Health Promotion

EB154(21)
Award of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health

EB154(22)
Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion

EB154(23)
Award of the Ihsan Doğramacı Family Health Foundation Prize

Conf. Paper

EB154/CONF./1
Universal health and preparedness review
Draft decision proposed by Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dominican Republic, the European Union and its 27 Member States, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Thailand and Timor-Leste

EB154/CONF./1 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./2
Strengthening health emergency preparedness for disasters resulting from natural hazards
Draft decision proposed by Australia, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Croatia, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Samoa, Slovakia, Slovenia, Türkiye, United States of America and United Republic of Tanzania

EB154/CONF./2 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./3
Strengthening laboratory biological risk management
Draft decision proposed by the European Union and its 27 Member States and the United States of America

EB154/CONF./3 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./4
Accelerate progress towards reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal targets 3.1 and 3.2
Draft decision proposed by Egypt, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Somalia, South Africa and United Republic of Tanzania

EB154/CONF./4 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./5
Development of a global strategy and action plan for integrated emergency, critical and operative care, 2026–2035
Draft decision proposed by the 47 Member States of the WHO African Region, the 27 Member States of the European Union, Brazil, China and Egypt

EB154/CONF./5 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./6
Increasing availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs
Draft decision proposed by Argentina, Brazil, China, the European Union and its 27 Member States, Peru and Qatar

EB154/CONF./6 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./7
Antimicrobial resistance: accelerating national and global responses
Draft decision proposed by Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, the European Union and its 27 Member States, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America

EB154/CONF./7 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./8
Economics of health for all
Draft decision proposed by Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Iceland and United Arab Emirates

EB154/CONF./8 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./9
Strengthening health and well-being through sport events
Draft decision proposed by China, Egypt, the European Union and its 27 Member States, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Yemen

EB154/CONF./9 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./10
Social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being
Draft decision proposed by Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Guatemala, Norway, Qatar, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia and United States of America

EB154/CONF./10 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./11
Strengthening mental health and psychosocial support before, during and after armed conflicts, natural and human-caused disasters and health and other emergencies
Draft decision proposed by Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Guatemala, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Portugal and Ukraine

EB154/CONF./11 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./12
Climate change and health
Draft decision proposed by Barbados, Fiji, Kenya, Monaco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Peru, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

EB154/CONF./12 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./13
Health conditions in the occupied Palestine territory, including east Jerusalem
Draft resolution proposed by Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Yemen

EB154/CONF./13 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EB154/CONF./14
Global Health and Peace Initiative
Draft decision proposed by Switzerland

EB154/CONF./14 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

Template for the explanatory memorandum for the inclusion of items on the provisional agenda of the Health Assembly Template and checklist for Member States preparing Health Assembly resolutions and/or decisions Statements submitted by Member States and other participants of the 154th session of the Executive Board Statements by non-State actors in official relations at WHO governing bodies meetings Regional committees 2023: Reports submitted by the chairs of the regional committees Pre-session documentation planning profile Report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2023 (A/78/30) Extracts from document WHA76/2023/REC/1 (resolutions and decisions)

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