Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty-eighth

World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th

sessions

Agenda item 5(a)62nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern

Mediterranean5–8 October 2015, Kuwait

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The Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly

Number of resolutions: 20Attendance: more than 3000 delegates from around the world In accordance with a decision taken at last year’s Health Assembly, for the first time all proceedings of the plenary and both committees were aired by live webcast in 6 languages

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Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

Regional participation at WHA 68 and EB 136 and 137

• Important participation and contributions by delegations from the Region

• Excellent attendance and participation from ambassadors, even for late sessions

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Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

EB136(2)Principles for global consensus on the

donation and management of blood, blood components and medical products of human

origin

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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EB136(13)Follow-up to the 2014 high-level meeting of

the United Nations General Assembly to undertake a comprehensive review and

assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of noncommunicable

diseases

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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EB136(15)Climate and health: outcome of the WHO

Conference on Health and Climate

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68(8)Health conditions in the occupied

Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian

Golan

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68(14)Maternal, infant and young child nutrition: development of the core set of indicators

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68.2 Global technical strategy and targets for

malaria 2016−2030

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68.3 Poliomyelitis

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68.6Global vaccine action plan

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68.7Global action plan on microbial resistance

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68.8Health and the environment: addressing the

health impact of air pollution

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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WHA68.19, EB136(4) Outcome of the Second International

Conference on Nutrition

Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Sixty‐eighth World Health Assembly and the Executive Board at its 136th and 137th  sessions

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Review of the draft Provisional Agenda of the 138th Session of the WHO

Executive BoardAgenda item 5(b)

62nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

5–8 October 2015, Kuwait

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Highlights from the draft provisional agenda (1)

WHO reform− Framework of engagement with non-State

actors

Noncommunicable diseases− Prevention and control: responses to specific

assignments in preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly in 2018

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Highlights from the draft provisional agenda (2)

Promoting health through the life course− Monitoring of the achievement of the health-

related Millennium Development Goals− Health in the post-2015 development agenda

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Highlights from the draft provisional agenda (3)

Preparedness, surveillance and response– Implementation of the International Health

Regulations (2005)– Pandemic influenza preparedness– WHO response in severe, large-scale

emergencies– Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance

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Highlights from the draft provisional agenda (4)

Communicable diseases– 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak: follow-up

to the Special Session of the Executive Board on Ebola

– Global health sector strategies for 2016−2021 on HIV, Viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections

– Mycetoma

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Highlights from the draft provisional agenda (5)

Health systems− Health workforce

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Thank you

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