{"id":25069,"date":"2016-11-22T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/seccion-de-miembros\/servicios-y-eventos\/invitations-to-external-meetings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:59:08","slug":"invitations-to-external-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/seccion-de-miembros\/servicios-y-eventos\/invitations-to-external-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitations to External Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Invitations by International Organisations<\/h3>\n<p>As an organization in official relationship with international organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation\u00a0(WHO), the WMA receives invitations to observe external meetings. These include amongst others, Regional Committee Sessions of the WHO, WHO Executive Board Sessions and the World Health Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The secretariat is unable to staff these meetings on a regular basis. We offer our members to attend these meetings as observers. However, the WMA will not be able to defer any cost for accommodation or travel.<\/p>\n<p><b>Observers<\/b> <b>will not be allowed to make statements<\/b> at the Regional Committee Meetings, Executive Board Meetings, WHA sessions or any other meetings, neither on behalf of WMA (if not commissioned by WMA to do so) <b>nor<\/b> on behalf of their own organization.<\/p>\n<p><b>The attendance will have to be strictly as an observer of the WMA.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please find below to which meetings we have been invited. The link to the documents provides access to the agendas and information received so far.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the <a href=\"mailto:secretariat@wma.net\">WMA secretariat<\/a>, if a member of your organisation is interested in attending one of these meetings as an observer.\u00a0<b>Registrations must be made through the WMA secretariat, if not advised by us otherwise.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please note there may be a limit on the number of observers who can be registered. We will give preference to officers, council members, and WMA officials, but otherwise we will go on a first come \u2013 first serve basis.<\/p>\n<p><b>Please cross-check dates with official documents. (The table below will be filled in when the information is available.)<\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 989px;height: 165px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><b>International Organisations<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><b>Date &amp;<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Venue<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><b>Invitation received<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><b>Deadline for Nomination<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>WHA 79<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">\n<p>WHO Headquarters<\/p>\n<p>18-23 May 2026<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WHA79-NSA-invitation.pdf\">WHA79 NSA invitation<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\" valign=\"top\" width=\"95\"><strong>Requests to participate must be sent to secretariat@wma.net before 7 May 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>WHO 159th session of the Executive Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">\n<p>WHO Headquarters<\/p>\n<p>25-26 May 2026<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EB159-NSA-invitation.pdf\">EB159 NSA invitation<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\" valign=\"top\" width=\"95\">\n<p><strong>Requests to participate must be sent to secretariat@wma.net before 18 January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Invitations received from other organisations<\/h3>\n<p>WMA received the following invitations and please contact the organiser directly if you wish to attend it.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 991px;height: 69px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><strong>Meeting title (Organiser)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><b>Date &amp;<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Venue<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><b>Invitation received<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><b>Deadline for registration<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"95\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitations by International Organisations As an organization in official relationship with international organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation\u00a0(WHO), the WMA receives invitations to observe external meetings. These include amongst others, Regional Committee Sessions of the WHO, WHO Executive Board Sessions and the World Health Assembly. 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