WHA79

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Main documents

Information documents

Main documents

A79/1 Rev.2 (Interactive contents)
Agenda

A79/1 Rev.1 Add.1
Proposal for supplementary agenda item

A79/1 Rev.1 Add.2
Proposal for supplementary agenda item

A79/2 Rev.1
Report of the Executive Board on its 157th and 158th sessions

A79/3
Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General

A79/4
Recommitting to accelerate progress towards malaria elimination

A79/5
Consolidated report by the Director-General

A79/5 Add.1
Draft strategy on the economics of health for all (2026-2030)

A79/5 Add.2
Draft updated global action plan on antimicrobial resistance 2026-2036

A79/5 Add.3
Draft resolution: WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

A79/5 Add.4
Consolidated report by the Director-General

A79/5 Add.5
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/6
Public health emergencies: preparedness and response
Report of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme

A79/7
Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

A79/8
Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement

A79/8 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/9
WHO’s work in health emergencies

A79/9 Add.1
WHO’s work in health emergencies
Update on strengthening health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience

A79/10
Implementation of resolution WHA75.11 (2022)

A79/11
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

A79/12
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem

A79/13
Results Report 2025 and Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025
Results Report (Programme budget 2024–2025: performance assessment)

A79/14
Audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025

A79/15
Financing, implementation and performance framework of the Programme budget 2026–2027

A79/16
Financing, implementation and performance framework of the Programme budget 2026–2027
Reporting on operational efficiencies

A79/17
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

A79/18
Report of the External Auditor

A79/19
Report of the Internal Auditor
Report of Internal Audit and Investigation

A79/20
External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation

A79/21
Human resources: annual report

A79/21 Add.1
Human resources: annual report
WHO’s prioritization and realignment process in 2025-2026

A79/22
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee

A79/23
Collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations

A79/24
Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative
A joint process to support reforms

A79/24 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/26
Progress reports

A79/26 Add.1
Progress reports

A79/27
Results Report (Programme budget 2024–2025: performance assessment) and financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 – Financing, implementation and performance framework of the Programme budget 2026–2027 – Human resources: WHO’s prioritization and realignment process in 2025‒2026 (Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly)

A79/28
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 (Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly)

A79/29
Report of the External Auditor – Report of the Internal Auditor – External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation (Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly)

A79/30
Human resources: annual report (Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly)

A79/31
Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative (Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly)

A79/33
First report of Committee A (Draft)

A79/34
Committee on Credentials

A79/35
First report of Committee B (Draft)

A79/36
Second report of Committee A (Draft)

A79/37
Election of Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board

A79/38
Second report of Committee B

A79/39
Third report of Committee A

A79/40
Third report of Committee B

A79/41
Fourth report of Committee A

A79/42
Fourth report of Committee B

A79/43
Fifth report of Committee A

Information documents

A79/INF./1
Awards

A79/INF./2
Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
Extension of the standing recommendations for mpox

A79/INF./3
Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
Extension of the standing recommendations for COVID-19

A79/INF./4
Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2025

A79/INF./5
Financing, implementation and performance framework of the Programme budget 2026–2027
General Programme of Work, 2025–2028: baselines and targets for outcome and output indicator

A79/INF./6
Follow-up to the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
Strengthening synergies between the World Health Assembly and the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Diverse documents

A79/DIV./1
Liste des délégués et autres participants
List of delegates and other participants

A79/DIV./2
Guide for delegates to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly

A79/DIV./3
List of decisions and resolutions

A79/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.

WHA79.1
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem

WHA79.2
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

WHA79.3
Salaries of staff in ungraded positions and of the Director-General

WHA79.4
Steatosis liver disease: a missing piece in the global noncommunicable disease response

WHA79.5
Global action to advance health equity for people with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders

WHA79.6
Public health implications of the unprovoked attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran on civilians and essential civilian infrastructure in Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan

WHA79.7
Communications of the United Nations Secretary-General as depositary of the Constitution of the World Health Organization

WHA79.8
Precision medicine: a path towards targeted, personalized and equitable care

WHA79.9
Strengthening equitable access to diagnostic imaging through teleradiology

WHA79.10
Reducing the burden of stroke: strengthening prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and health system readiness

WHA79.11
Advancing smart, efficient pharmacovigilance as an essential tool for robust, sustainable, resilient and responsive health systems, for everyone, everywhere

WHA79.12
WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

WHA79.13
Radiation and health: strengthening global protection, preparedness and response

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.

WHA79(1)
Composition of the Committee on Credentials

WHA79(2)
Election of officers of the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly

WHA79(3)
Election of officers of the main committees

WHA79(4)
Establishment of the General Committee

WHA79(5)
Adoption of the agenda

WHA79(6)
Verification of credentials

WHA79(7)
Outcome of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement in relation to the drafting and negotiation of the Annex described in Article 12 of the WHO Pandemic Agreement

WHA79(8)
Results Report 2025 (Programme budget 2024–2025: performance assessment) and financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025

WHA79(9)
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

WHA79(10)
Health emergency in Lebanon

WHA79(11)
Health emergency in Ukraine and refugee-receiving and -hosting countries, stemming from the Russian Federation’s aggression

WHA79(12)
Report of the External Auditor

WHA79(13)
Proposed amendments to the process for the selection of the External Auditor

WHA79(14)
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee

WHA79(15)
End TB Strategy

WHA79(16)
Follow-up to the political declaration of the fourth high‑level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being

WHA79(17)
Global strategy for integrated emergency, critical and operative care, 2026–2035

WHA79(18)
Increasing availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs

WHA79(19)
Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance 2026–2036

WHA79(20)
Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative

WHA79(21)
Draft global plan of action for the health of Indigenous Peoples

WHA79(22)
Economics of health for all

WHA79(23)
Election of Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board

Conf. Paper Committee A

A79/A/CONF./1
Health emergency in Ukraine and refugee-receiving and -hosting countries, stemming from the Russian Federation’s aggression

A79/A/CONF./1 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/A/CONF./2
Protection of healthcare and public health infrastructure in conflict settings, with reference to the situation caused by the recent attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran

A79/A/CONF./2 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/A/CONF./3
Health emergency in Lebanon

A79/A/CONF./3 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/A/CONF./4
Public health implications of the unprovoked attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran on civilians and essential civilian infrastructure in Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan

A79/A/CONF./4 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

Conf. Paper Committee B

A79/B/CONF./1
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

A79/B/CONF./1 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/B/CONF./2
Withdrawal of the Argentine Republic from the World Health Organization: Amendments to the draft resolution contained in decision EB158(12) (2026)

A79/B/CONF./2 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/B/CONF./3
Withdrawal of the Argentine Republic from the World Health Organization
Amendments to the draft resolution contained in decision EB158(12) (2026)
Proposed by Paraguay

A79/B/CONF./3 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

A79/B/CONF./4
Communications of the United Nations Secretary-General as depositary of the Constitution of the World Health Organization
Amendments to the draft resolution contained in decision EB158(12) (2026) entitled “Withdrawal of the Argentine Republic from the World Health Organization”

A79/B/CONF./4 Add.1
Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Health Assembly

Statements submitted by Member States and other participants at the 79th World Health Assembly Statements by non-State actors in official relations at WHO governing bodies meetings Preliminary daily timetable for the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly A79/GC/1 Preliminary daily timetable Pre-session documentation planning profile Background on proposed supplementary agenda item A79/1 Rev.1 Add.1 A79/1 Rev.1 Add.2 A/RES/80/236 A–B - Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on 30 December 2025 A/80/30 - Report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2025 A/80/30/Corr.1 - Corrigendum Member State proposals for the written silence procedure Extracts from document EB158/2026/REC/1 (resolutions and decisions)

The interpretation of proceedings serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic or verbatim record of the proceedings. Only the original speech is authentic.

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