Tentative Programme _RC71

Tentative Programme for the Seventy-first Session of the
Regional Committee, New Delhi, 3–7 September 2018
12 July 2018
Date Morning Afternoon
Monday
3 Sept. 2018
9:30 am–12:30 pm
Inauguration of the Seventy-first Session of the
Regional Committee
Group photograph followed by tea/coffee
Opening of the Session (Item 1)
• Election of Officebearers (Item 3)
• Adoption of the Agenda (Item 4)
Governing Body matters (Private session)
• Nomination of the Regional Director (Item 10.1)
2:00 pm–5:00 pm (Plenary)
• Credentials of Representatives (Item 2)
Key addresses and report on the work of WHO
(Item 5) (Plenary)
• Introduction to the Regional Director’s Annual Report
on the Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region
covering the period 1 January–31 December 2017
(Item 5.1)
• Address by the Director-General (Item 5.2)
Tuesday
4 Sept. 2018
9:00 am–12:30 am
Governing Body matters (Private session)
• Nomination of the Regional Director (Item 10.1)
(Brief public session will immediately follow the close of
private session)
Management and Governance matters (Item 11)
(Plenary)
• Management performance and Reform in the SEA
Region (Item 11.1)
• Status of the SEA Regional Office Building
(Item 11.2)
2:00 pm–4:30 pm
Ministerial Roundtable
Improving access to essential medicines in the Region
and beyond (Item 6.1)
Wednesday
5 Sept. 2018
9:00 am–12:30 pm (Plenary)
Governing Body matters (Item 10)
• Elective posts for Governing Body meetings
(WHA, EB and PBAC) (Item 10.4)
Programme Budget matters (Item 7)
• Programme Budget Performance Assessment:
2016–2017 (Item 7.1)
• Programme Budget 2018–2019:
Implementation(Item 7.2)
• Proposed Programme Budget 2020–2021
(Item 7.3)
2:00 pm–3:30 pm (Plenary)
Programme Budget matters (Item 7)
• Evaluation (Item 7.4)
Policy and technical matters (Item 8)
• Malaria: From declaration to action, and intensifying
dengue vector control (Item 8.1)
• The Decade of Health Workforce Strengthening in the
SEA Region 2015–2024: Second review of progress,
challenges, capacities and opportunities (Item 8.2)
Thursday
6 Sept. 2018
9:00 am–12:30 pm (Plenary)
Policy and technical matters (Item 8)
• Regional progress in survival of newborns, children
and mothers: Moving towards Global Strategy
targets (Item 8.3)
• Strengthening SEA Region EMTs for health
emergency response (Item 8.4)
• Annual report on monitoring progress on UHC and
health-related SDGs (Item 8.5)
Governing Body matters (Item 10)
• Key issues arising out of the Seventy-first World
Health Assembly and the 142nd and 143rd sessions
of the WHO Executive Board (Item 10.2)
• Review of the Draft Provisional Agenda of the 144th
Session of the WHO Executive Board (Item 10.3)
2:00 pm–3:30 pm (Plenary)
Progress reports on selected Regional Committee
resolutions: (Item 9)
• Covering every birth and death: improving civil
registration and vital statistics (SEA/RC67/R2)
(Item 9.1)
• Promoting physical activity in the South-East Asia
Region (SEA/RC69/R4) (Item 9.2)
• Expanding the scope of the South-East Asia Regional
Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) (SEA/RC69/R6)
(Item 9.3)
• 2012: Year of intensification of routine immunization
in the South-East Asia Region: Framework for
increasing and sustaining coverage (SEA/RC64/R3)
(Item 9.4)
Date Morning Afternoon
Friday
7 Sept. 2018
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Special Programmes (Item 12)
• UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme
for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases: Joint
Coordinating Board (JCB) – Report on attendance at
JCB in 2018 and nomination of a Member in place of
Maldives whose term expires on 31 December 2018.
(Item 12.1)
• UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special
Programme of Research, Development and Research
Training in Human Reproduction (HRP): Policy and
Coordination Committee (PCC) – Report on
attendance at PCC in 2018 and nomination of a
member in place of Myanmar whose term expires on
31 December 2018 (Item 12.2)
• Time and place of future Sessions of the Regional
Committee (Item 13)
2:00 pm–5:00 pm
• Adoption of resolutions (Item 14)
• Adoption of the report of the Seventy-first Session of
the Regional Committee (Item 15)
• Closing of the Session (Item 16)
NOTE:
Lunch interval: 12:30–2:00 pm daily
Tea/coffee breaks will be usually from 10:30–11:00 am and from 3:30–4:00 pm daily.
Physical Activity sessions:
• 3@3: Organized under the ‘Health for All’ theme, delegates to take a 3-minute stretching break before the afternoon
tea/coffee (around 3 pm). The activity will be led by different volunteer groups every day.
• 6:45 am to 7:15 am on 4 September 2018 (Tuesday), 5 September 2018 (Wednesday) and 6 September 2018
(Thursday)– To be led by Head(s) of Delegations.
Other sessions: The following sessions will also be held:
Side-Events on:
• Public Health Achievements in the Region: Tuesday, 4 September 2018, following the conclusion of the Ministerial
Roundtable.
• Preparation for the High-Level Meetings of the General Assembly on Tuberculosis and NCD prevention and control:
Wednesday, 5 September 2018, following the afternoon coffee break.
• Promoting healthy diets: Options for the South-East Asia Region: Thursday, 6 September 2018, following the
afternoon coffee break.