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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 2932, 1000 Manila, Philippines
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the
Western Pacific invites you to select representatives to attend, as
observers, the seventy-second session of the Regional Committee, to
be held from 25 to 29 October 2021 in Himeji, Japan.
This year’s session is proposed to be a “hybrid” meeting, with
Member State representatives who are able to travel and core members
of the Secretariat participating in Himeji and others, including
non-State actors in official relations with WHO and other observers,
participating virtually via the Zoom videoconference platform.
… 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 to WPRpartnerships@who.int, no later than
31 August 2021, as to whether you intend to select representatives
to attend the session online as observers.
Further, your representatives are requested to complete and
submit the online registration form no later than 31 August 2021 at:
https://extranet.wpro.who.int/rcm/Register/.
The virtual meeting platform and connection details will be
communicated separately.
Thank you.
Manila, 17 August 2021
… ENCL.: As stated.
In reply please refer to: (WP)RDO/NV/21/02
Prière de rappeler la référence:
To all Non-State Actors
in Official Relations with WHO
Telephone: (632)528 8001 Facsimile: (632)521 1036, (632)526 0279, (632)526 0362 E-mail: wpro postmaster@who.int Website: http://www.wpro.who.int
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REGIONAL COMMITTEE WPR/RC72/1
Seventy-second session 19 May 2021
Himeji, Japan
25–29 October 2021 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
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
WPR/RC72/2
8. Programme budget 2020–2021: budget performance (interim report)
WPR/RC72/3
Panel discussion
9. Panel discussion on primary health care
WPR/RC72/4
Policies, programmes and priorities for the future
10. COVID-19
WPR/RC72/5
W O R L D H E A L T H
ORGANIZATION
Annex 1
ORGANISATION MONDIALE
DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC
BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
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11. School health
WPR/RC72/6
12. Traditional medicine
WPR/RC72/7
13. Tuberculosis
WPR/RC72/8
14. Progress reports on technical programmes
14.1 Thematic priority: Health security, including antimicrobial resistance
14.2 Thematic priority: Noncommunicable diseases and ageing
14.3 Thematic priority: Climate change, the environment and health
14.4 Thematic priority: Reaching the unreached
14.5 Driving the vision of For the Future
WPR/RC72/9
15. Coordination of the work of the World Health Assembly, the Executive Board and the
Regional Committee
15.1 Agenda for the seventy-third session of the Regional Committee in 2022
15.2 WHO reform (including WHO’s work in countries)
15.3 Items recommended by the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board
15.4 Other items (if any)
WPR/RC72/10
Membership of Global Committee
16. Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human
Reproduction: Membership of the Policy and Coordination Committee
WPR/RC72/11
Other matters
17. Time and place of the seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions of the Regional Committee
18. Closure of the session
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GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND
NON-STATE ACTORS IN OFFICIAL RELATIONS
WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
AT THE SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE
WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC
25–29 October 2021
The World Health Organization (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 sessions of the Regional
Committee.
Participation in such meetings is governed by WHO’s Framework of Engagement with
Non-State Actors, adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2016. 1
Non-State actors
(NSAs) may participate at the Regional Committee without the right to vote.
Notification of participation at the Regional Committee
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 31 August 2021.
Regional Committee documentation
Representatives of NSAs in official relations with WHO may visit the Regional
Committee webpage (https://www.who.int/westernpacific/about/governance/regional-
committee) to access all working documents in English and French prior to the opening day of
the session. Documentation issued during the session, such as daily journals and resolutions,
will be made accessible online.
Delivery of statements at the Regional Committee
Representatives of NSAs in official relations with WHO will be given an opportunity
to make a statement under the agenda item relating to their activities.
NSAs are encouraged to submit a recorded video statement. The screening of video
statements at the Regional Committee will be at the discretion of the Chairperson and are
dependent on time available for the respective agenda item. However, all videos will be made
available to participants and on WHO’s website for public viewing.
NSAs are encouraged to use visuals and/or other descriptive elements within the video.
Videos should not exceed two minutes. If preferred, written statements, not exceeding 500
words, will also be accepted.
Further, statements should not raise issues of a purely political nature that are unrelated
to the agenda item 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
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Resolution WHA69.10 (2016)
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documents should be correct. There should be no obvious spelling or grammatical errors.
Representatives of NSAs in official relations are requested to submit their written
statements indicating the relevant agenda item via email to the Protocol Officer
(WPRpartnerships@who.int) not later than 18 October 2021 at 17:00 (Philippine Standard
Time). For those wishing to deliver statements in audio/video form, a designated webpage to
upload your files will be shared with you in due course.
In line with WHO’s commitment to transparency, all statements will be made publicly
available online. In this regard, your submission of audio/video statements signifies your
concurrence that the file will be made available. Further, as statements reflect solely the views
of the NSA concerned, it follows that posted statements do not necessarily reflect the views of
WHO, including its Member States and Secretariat.