Invitation-letter-PAHO

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IN REPLY REFER TO: GBO-CL-15-16
On behalf of the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the Regional
Director for the Americas has the honor to invite you or your representative to participate
as an observer at the 55th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO), 68th Session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization
(WHO) for the Americas, to be held at PAHO’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C.,
United States of America, from 26 to 30 September 2016.
… A copy of the provisional agenda of the Council is enclosed. The working
documents of the meeting will be made available in the four official languages of the
Organization on the Governing Bodies page of the PAHO website: www.paho.org.
Documents will be posted online as they become available. Should an NGO wish to
present a statement during the Directing Council Session, please refer to Rule 28 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council.
Nongovernmental organizations in official relations with the Organization or the
World Health Organization, and other invited organizations, may attend sessions of
the Council, but without the right to vote. By leave of the President, they may make
a brief statement of an expository nature on an item before the session, and may be
invited to make a brief additional statement for the purpose of clarification.
Please advise Ms. Piedad Huerta, Senior Advisor, Office of Governing Bodies,
(e-mail: huertapi@paho.org, phone: 202-974-3107) of your participation or that of your
representative.
Washington, D.C., 10 August 2016
Dr. Otmar Kloiber
Secretary-General
The World Medical Association, Inc.
13 Chemin du Levant
F-01212 Ferney-Voltaire
France
… Enclosure