Note Verbale for the 68th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for WPR

WORL D HEALTH ORGANIZAT ION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DELA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 2932, 1000 Manila, Philippines
In replypkase refcr to: (WP) RDO/NV/17/03
Priere de rappelcr la reference:
To all Non-State Actors
in Official Relations with WHO
The World Health Organization Regional Director for the Western
Pacific wishes to invite you to send representatives to attend, as
observers, the sixty-eighth session of the World Health Organization
Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, which will be held from
9 to 13 October 2017. The opening ceremony will commence at 10:30
on Monday, 9 October, at the Plaza Auditorium, Brisbane Convention &
Exhibition Centre, corner Merivale and Glenelg streets, South Bank,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The plenary session will commence
at 13:00 in the Plaza Ballroom at the same venue. A copy of the
provisional agenda is attached. Also enclosed are the guidelines
for participation in the session.
The Office of the Regional Director kindly requests that you
respond by email at wproprotocol@who.int, no later than
31 July 2017, as to whether or not you intend to send an observer.
Further, your representatives are requested to complete and
submit the online registration form no later than 31 August 2017 at:
http://www.wpro.who.int/rcm/register.aspx. WHO is not authorized
under its financial regulations to cover travel or other costs for
observers; however, we are pleased to assist with hotel reservations
and other information.
In line with our efforts to be more environmentally friendly,
please see below link to the general information booklet, which may
be useful for your representatives:
http://www.wpro.who.int/about/regional_committee/68/rcm68_gib_en.pdf
Should you require a hard copy, please provide the names and
addresses of desired recipients.
Thank you.
ENCL.: As stated.
Manila, 3 July 2017
Telephone: (632)528 800 I Facsimile: (632)521 1036. (632)526 0279, (632)526 0362 E-mail: postmastcr@wpro.who.int Website: http://www.wpro.who.int
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GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OFFICIAL RELATIONS
WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
DURING THE SIXTY-EIGHT SESSION OF THE
WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC,
9 – 13 October 2017, Brisbane, Australia
WHO values its partnerships with intergovernmental, nongovernmental and other
organizations (referred to as “non-State actors”) in official relations and recognizes their
importance in achieving global health outcomes. In this regard, we encourage their
participation in the Regional Committee.
Participation in such meetings is governed by the WHO’s Framework of engagement
with non-State actors, adopted during the World Health Assembly in May 2016. 1
Non-State
actors may participate in sessions of the Regional Committee without the right to vote.
Notification of participation at the Regional Committee
Non-State actors (NSAs) in official relations with WHO automatically receive an
invitation to the annual session of the Regional Committee and are kindly requested to inform
the Regional Director of the name(s) of their representative(s) by 30 July 2017.
Issuance of identification badges
Representatives of organizations that have previously notified the Secretariat of their
participation will have identification badges waiting for them at the WHO Travel Desk at their
hotel upon check-in. During the session, badges can be collected at the Enquiry Desk upon
registration at the session venue.
If WHO has not been informed in advance, the representative(s) should present a copy
of the WHO invitation and the formal letter of accreditation on the organization’s letterhead to
the WHO Enquiry Desk on your first day of attendance. The representative(s) may then be
issued a badge.
Seats for NSAs in official relations with WHO will be available for those who have
registered online and have given their nomination to WHO in advance. Representatives are
kindly requested to wear their identification badge at all times during sessions and official
functions.
Regional Committee Documentation
Representatives of NSAs may visit the WHO Regional Committee webpage –
http://www.wpro.who.int/about/regional_committee/68/en/ to access all working documents in
English and French prior to the opening day of the session.
In line with WHO’s green initiative, documentation issued during the session, e.g.
daily journals and resolutions, will be made accessible online while limited copies will be
available at the Enquiry Desk.
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Resolution WHA69.10 (2016)
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Delivery of statements at the Regional Committee session
Representatives of NSAs in official relations with WHO will be given an opportunity
to make a statement under the agenda item relating to theiractivities.
Statements may be delivered in written or verbal form. The mode of delivery depends
on the time available in the respective session and statements will be allowed at the discretion
of the Chairperson.
For verbal delivery, representatives are kindly requested to make brief statements not
exceeding 300 words (approximately three minutes in reading time) while written statements
should not exceed 500 words.
Further, statements should not raise issues of a purely political nature that are unrelated
to the topic and should not contain any inappropriate or offensive references to Member States.
The nomenclature used to refer to Member States, or areas of Member States, must follow that
of the United Nations. Titles of individuals, organizations and/or specific documents should be
correct. There should be no obvious spelling/grammatical errors.
Representatives are requested to submit their statements indicating the relevant agenda
item and preferred mode of delivery via email to the Protocol Officer (wproprotocol@who.int)
not later than 29 September 2017.
In line with WHO’s transparency agenda, all statements will be made publicly
available at a designated webpage. Further, as statements reflect solely the views of the NSA
concerned, it follows that posted statements do not necessarily reflect the views of the World
Health Organization, including its Member States andSecretariat.
REGIONAL COMMITTEE WPR/RC68/1
Sixty-eighth session 8 June 2017
Brisbane, Australia
9–13 October 2017 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda
1. Opening of the session
2. Address by the outgoing Chairperson
3. Election of new officers: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Rapporteurs
4. Address by the incoming Chairperson
5. Adoption of the agenda
Keynote address
6. Address by the Director-General
Review of the work of WHO
7. Address by and Report of the Regional Director
8. Programme budget 2016–2017: budget performance (interim report)
Policies, programmes and directions for the future
9. Measles and rubella elimination
10. Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing
11. Health promotion in the Sustainable Development Goals
12. Triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis
13. Transitioning to integrated financing of priority public health services
W O R L D H E A L T H
ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE
DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC
BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
WPR/RC68/1
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14. Regulatory strengthening and convergence for medicines and health workforce
15. Food safety
16. Progress reports on technical programmes
16.1 Health security and the Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public
Health Emergencies
16.2 Noncommunicable diseases
16.3 Tobacco-free initiative
16.4 Mental health
16.5 Tuberculosis
16.6 Hepatitis
16.7 Traditional medicine
16.8 Gender and health
17. Coordination of the work of the World Health Assembly, the Executive Board and the
Regional Committee
17.1 Agenda for 2018
17.2 WHO reform
17.3 Items recommended by the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board
17.4 Geographically dispersed specialized offices in the Region
Membership of Global Committee
18. Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human
Reproduction: Membership of the Policy and Coordination Committee
Other matters
19. Time and place of the sixty-ninth and seventieth sessions of the Regional Committee
20. Closure of the session