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February 11, 2023

The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.

World Health Assembly
AbbreviationWHA
Formation1948
TypeForum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed.
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Membership
194 Countries
Chairperson
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
(Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India)
Parent organization
World Health Organization
Websitewho.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly
The World Health Assembly meets in the assembly hall of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva (Switzerland).

The members of the WHA generally meet every year in May in Geneva at the Palace of Nations, the location of WHO Headquarters. The main tasks of the WHA are to decide major policy questions, as well as to approve the WHO work programme and budget and elect its Director-General (every fifth year) and annually to elect ten members to renew part of its executive board.[1] Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget.

Members, observers and rules

The original membership of the WHA, at the first assembly held in 1948, numbered 55 member states.[2] The WHA has, currently, 194 member states (all UN members without Liechtenstein, plus the Cook Islands and Niue).[3][4] Also WHA uncludes two associate members, Puerto Rico and Tokelau.

In addition, seven agencies have observer status at the WHA – the Vatican, the Palestinian Authority, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the South Centre organization, and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[citation needed]

The Assembly is governed by Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly;[5] agenda items are set by the General Committee of the Assembly, a group of 25 individuals that includes the President and subcommittee chairs, and a number of delegates elected by the Assembly previous.[5]

Executive board

Each year, the WHA elects members from among its ranks to renew the executive board (EB). This body is governed in Chapter VI, Articles 24 through 29, of the Constitution of the WHO. The EB must have an equitable geographic distribution, and "shall be elected for three years and may be re-elected... The Board shall meet at least twice a year and shall determine the place of each meeting."[6] This is invariably chosen (by consensus) to be Geneva. A current list of members on the executive board can be derived through consultation of the WHA #Annual Assemblies summaries which are posted below.

Resolutions

The main international policy frameworks adopted through WHA resolutions include:

In addition, the WHA has endorsed through resolutions a number of WHO action plans dealing with different areas to improve health around the world, such as:

The WHA is also responsible for the endorsement of the WHO Family of International Classifications, a series of internationally standardized medical classifications, including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Annual Assemblies

2008: Sixty-first WHA

The focus of the 61st WHA was public health. Participants from 190 countries attended, with a record 2704 delegates.[10] Important briefings and resolutions involved intellectual property barriers in research and development; combatting non-communicable diseases and female genital mutilation; campaigns to support breastfeeding and to decrease abuse of alcohol and tobacco; immunization practices, including adoption of the term "pharma fraud"; and health issues facing migrants.[10][11][12]

2009: Sixty-second WHA

In her role as global patron of The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, and chair of the Maternal Mortality Campaign, Sarah Brown gave the keynote speech at the World Health Organization's 62nd WHA, alongside United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,[13] asking "Where is the M in MCH?' [maternal and child health]" in an echo of Allan Rosenfield's landmark Lancet article of 1985 – and highlighting that the numbers of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth were still the same 14 years later.[14]

2012: Sixty-fifth WHA

Among other actions, the 65th Assembly endorsed the Rio Political Declaration to address the social determinants of health, intended to spearhead support for all countries to adopt inclusive Health For All approaches to health promotion.[15] It also endorsed the first World Immunization Week.[16]

2013: Sixty-sixth WHA

In her address to the 66th WHA in May 2013, DGWHO Margaret Chan traced a brief history of revisions to the International Health Regulations following the SARS outbreak in 2002–3, the "first severe new disease of the 21st century." She observed that the two new diseases WHO is dealing with in 2013 are the novel coronavirus (MERS), from the same family as SARS, detected in 2012 in Saudi Arabia, and the first-ever human infections with the H7N9 avian influenza virus reported in China in 2013.[17] She attributed the positive report by the World Health Statistics (May 2013) on dramatic improvement in health in the world's poorest countries from 1993 to 2013, to the emphasis placed on poverty alleviation by the Millennium Development Goals.[17] She announced the emergence of global action plans for noncommunicable diseases, mental health, and the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment calling for a life course approach which includes "equity through universal health coverage," preventive strategies and "integrated service delivery."[17]

Chan declared at the assembly that intellectual property, or patents on strains of new virus, should not impede nations from protecting their citizens by limiting scientific investigations. Following the 2012 MERS outbreak, Saudi Arabia Deputy Minister of Health Ziad Memish raised concerns that scientists who applied for a patent would not allow the MERS-Coronavirus to be used for investigations by other scientists and were, therefore, delaying the development of diagnostic tests. Ten of the 22 people who died and 22 of 44 cases reported were in Saudi Arabia.[18] Saudi Arabia–based microbiologist Ali Mohamed Zaki reported the first known case, a 60-year-old Saudi man who got sick in June, 2012 on ProMed-mail, a public health on-line forum[19] then published more details including the virus's genetic makeup and closest relatives.[19][20] The Erasmus Medical Center "tested, sequenced and identified" a sample provided by Ali Mohamed Zaki.[21] Erasmus MC and Dr. Zaki strongly refuted all allegations concerning a presumed lack of willingness to cooperate in research into the new MERS coronavirus, making diagnostic tests and virus specimens freely available to all research institutions around the globe.[22]

2014: Sixty-seventh WHA

The 67th WHA took place in Geneva on May 19–24, 2014. Among the more than 20 resolutions adopted by the Assembly included ones concerning strengthening of national drug management systems to address antimicrobial resistance; implementation of the Minamata Convention to protect human health and the environment from effects of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds; and improving access to essential medicines worldwide.[23] Also endorsed was a global monitoring framework for maternal, infant and child nutrition.[24][25]

Following the 67th WHA, DGWHO Chan was criticized by the Association of Correspondents Accredited to the United Nations (ACANU) for not having spoken directly to the media during the course of the Assembly.[26]

2015: Sixty-eighth WHA

The 68th session of the WHA took place in Geneva on May 18–26, 2015. Jagat Prakash Nadda assumed the presidency of WHA. India assumed the presidency after a gap of 19 years.[citation needed]

During the assembly the WHA agreed to the Global Malaria Strategy and Programme Budget for 2016–2017, polio, International Health Regulations, strengthening surgical care, WHO's reform of its emergency and response programme, antimicrobial resistance, immunization gaps, malnutrition, air pollution, and epilepsy. Annual health awards were given by the DGWHO and the President of WHA.[27]

2016: Sixty-ninth WHA

The 69th World Health Assembly took place on May 23–28, 2016, and agreed to pursue the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a comprehensive set of foundational steps, prioritizing universal health coverage, working with actors outside the health sector to address the social, economic and environmental root causes of antimicrobial resistance and other human health problems, to continue expanding efforts to address poor maternal and child health and infectious diseases in developing countries, and to focus upon equity within and between countries. Delegates decided to invite the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control's (WHO FCTC) Conference of the Parties (COP) to provide information on outcomes of this biennial event to future World Health Assembly meetings.[citation needed]

2017: Seventieth WHA

The 70th World Health Assembly took place on May 22–31, 2017. For the first time since 2009, Taiwan was completely excluded from the WHA, following the election of Tsai Ing-wen and subsequent political pressure from China.[28]

2018: Seventy-first WHA

The 71st World Health Assembly took place on May 21–26, 2018.[29]

Australia, Chile, China, Djibouti, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Romania, Sudan, and United States of America were elected to the executive board.[30]

2019: Seventy-second WHA

The 72nd World Health Assembly took place on May 20–28, 2019. Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Grenada, Guyana, Kenya, Singapore, Tajikistan, Tonga, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates were elected to the executive board.[31] The President of WHA72 was Dr Bounkong Syhavong of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.[32]

2020: Seventy-third WHA

The 73rd World Health Assembly took place virtually on May 18–19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33][34]

Keva Bain of The Bahamas was selected President of WHA73.[35][36] Botswana, Colombia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Madagascar, Oman, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were elected to the executive board. Harsh Vardhan of India became the chairman of the executive board.

Multiple countries, led by the United States, called for the reinstatement of Taiwan's observer status in protest against Chinese pressure.[35]

On May 25, delegates reached a consensus to hold a special session in November 2021 to consider the International Treaty for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.[37]

2021: Seventy-fourth WHA

The 74th World Health Assembly took place virtually on 24 May-1 June 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 event focused on the theme, "Ending this pandemic, preventing the next: building together a healthier, safer and fairer world".[38]

2021: WHA Special Session

The WHA gathered for a special session (only the second in the history of the WHO) on 29 November 2021, to draft and negotiate an International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response.[39]

Controversies

Taiwan was invited as an observer to the WHA for 8 years between 2008 and 2016, under the name "Chinese Taipei".[40][41] However, since the 71st WHA in 2017, Chinese pressure has prevented Taiwan's participation in the WHA.[42] Representatives from many countries, including the U.S. secretary of health and human services Alex Azar, have voiced support for Taiwan's inclusion in the Assembly in opposition to China's coercion and threats.[43][44][45]

See also

Notes and references

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  2. ^ WHO. Working for health: an introduction to the World Health Organization. Geneva.
  3. ^ . World Health Organization. Archived from the original on August 21, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  4. ^ Daalen, Kim Robin van; Chowdhury, Maisoon; Dada, Sara; Khorsand, Parnian; El-Gamal, Salma; Kaidarova, Galiya; Jung, Laura; Othman, Razan; O'Leary, Charlotte Anne; Ashworth, Henry Charles; Socha, Anna; Olaniyan, Dolapo; Azeezat, Fajembola Temilade; Abouhala, Siwaar; Abdulkareem, Toyyib (2022-08-01). "Does global health governance walk the talk? Gender representation in World Health Assemblies, 1948–2021". BMJ Global Health. 7 (8): e009312. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009312. ISSN 2059-7908. PMID 35998979.
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  12. ^ Dalzell, Janet; Rogerson, Elizabeth; Martindale, Linda (2010). Breastfeeding: Contemporary Issues in Practice and Policy. Radcliffe Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-138-03117-3.
  13. ^ "World Health Organization". 19 May 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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  19. ^ a b Saey, Tina Hesman (27 February 2013). "Scientists race to understand deadly new virus: SARS-like infection causes severe illness, but may not spread quickly". Science News. Vol. 183, no. 6. p. 5.
  20. ^ Zaki, Ali Mohamed; et al. (8 November 2012). "Isolation of a novel coronavirus from a man with pneumonia in Saudi Arabia". New England Journal of Medicine. 367 (19): 1814–20. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1211721. PMID 23075143.
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  22. ^ . Rotterdam: Erasmus MC. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
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  28. ^ Horton, Chris (September 21, 2018). "As U.N. Gathers, Taiwan, Frozen Out, Struggles to Get Noticed". The New York Times. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  29. ^ "WHA71 side events: Technical briefings, official side events and other meetings at the Palais des Nations and in town". Geneva Global Health Hub. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
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  31. ^ "Election of Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board" (PDF). World Health Organization.
  32. ^ "Election of officers of the Seventy-second World Health Assembly" (PDF). World Health Organization. 20 May 2019.
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  34. ^ "Seventy-third World Health Assembly". World Health Organization. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  35. ^ a b "Opening of the virtual WHA73". World Health Organization. 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  36. ^ "Keva Bain Elected President Of World Health Assembly". The Tribune / Ellington. 18 May 2020.
  37. ^ "WHA to hold pandemic treaty talks in November".
  38. ^ "Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly".
  39. ^ "Special session of World Health Assembly 29 November 2021 - 1 December 2021".
  40. ^ deLisle, Jacques (May 13, 2009). "Taiwan in the World Health Assembly: A Victory, With Limits". Brookings Institution. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  41. ^ van der Wees, Gerrit (May 10, 2016). "Taiwan and the World Health Assembly". The Diplomat. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  42. ^ Schlein, Lisa (May 20, 2019). "China Bars Taiwan From World Health Assembly". Voice of America. Retrieved December 27, 2020. Lisa Schlein
  43. ^ Aspinwall, Nick (May 10, 2019). "Taiwan Picks Up International Support After Being Barred from World Health Assembly". The Diplomat. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  44. ^ "US backs calls for Taiwan to get role at UN health assembly". Associated Press. May 20, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  45. ^ Miles, Tom (May 20, 2017). "Shut out of U.N. forum, Taiwan slams China's 'coercion and threats'". Reuters. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

External links

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources World Health Assembly news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The World Health Assembly WHA is the forum through which the World Health Organization WHO is governed by its 194 member states It is the world s highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states World Health AssemblyAbbreviationWHAFormation1948TypeForum through which the World Health Organization WHO is governed Legal statusActiveHeadquartersGeneva SwitzerlandMembership194 CountriesChairpersonDr Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Welfare India Parent organizationWorld Health OrganizationWebsitewho int about governance world health assemblyThe World Health Assembly meets in the assembly hall of the Palace of Nations in Geneva Switzerland The members of the WHA generally meet every year in May in Geneva at the Palace of Nations the location of WHO Headquarters The main tasks of the WHA are to decide major policy questions as well as to approve the WHO work programme and budget and elect its Director General every fifth year and annually to elect ten members to renew part of its executive board 1 Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization supervise financial policies and review and approve the proposed programme budget Contents 1 Members observers and rules 2 Executive board 3 Resolutions 4 Annual Assemblies 4 1 2008 Sixty first WHA 4 2 2009 Sixty second WHA 4 3 2012 Sixty fifth WHA 4 4 2013 Sixty sixth WHA 4 5 2014 Sixty seventh WHA 4 6 2015 Sixty eighth WHA 4 7 2016 Sixty ninth WHA 4 8 2017 Seventieth WHA 4 9 2018 Seventy first WHA 4 10 2019 Seventy second WHA 4 11 2020 Seventy third WHA 4 12 2021 Seventy fourth WHA 4 13 2021 WHA Special Session 5 Controversies 6 See also 7 Notes and references 8 External linksMembers observers and rules EditThe original membership of the WHA at the first assembly held in 1948 numbered 55 member states 2 The WHA has currently 194 member states all UN members without Liechtenstein plus the Cook Islands and Niue 3 4 Also WHA uncludes two associate members Puerto Rico and Tokelau In addition seven agencies have observer status at the WHA the Vatican the Palestinian Authority the Sovereign Military Order of Malta the International Committee of the Red Cross the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies the South Centre organization and the Inter Parliamentary Union citation needed The Assembly is governed by Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly 5 agenda items are set by the General Committee of the Assembly a group of 25 individuals that includes the President and subcommittee chairs and a number of delegates elected by the Assembly previous 5 Executive board EditEach year the WHA elects members from among its ranks to renew the executive board EB This body is governed in Chapter VI Articles 24 through 29 of the Constitution of the WHO The EB must have an equitable geographic distribution and shall be elected for three years and may be re elected The Board shall meet at least twice a year and shall determine the place of each meeting 6 This is invariably chosen by consensus to be Geneva A current list of members on the executive board can be derived through consultation of the WHA Annual Assemblies summaries which are posted below Resolutions EditThe main international policy frameworks adopted through WHA resolutions include International Health Regulations International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes adopted in 1981 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control adopted in 2003 Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel adopted in 2010In addition the WHA has endorsed through resolutions a number of WHO action plans dealing with different areas to improve health around the world such as Worldwide eradication of smallpox first endorsed in 1959 and then declared to have been won in 1980 7 Worldwide eradication of polio first endorsed in 1988 8 recently re affirmed in 2011 9 Control of human hookworm infection through regular deworming of at risk school children endorsed in 2001 WHO global action plan for workers health endorsed in 2007 Control of harmful use of alcohol endorsed in 2010 Enhanced global actions for the prevention and control of non communicable diseases endorsed in 2011 9 The WHA is also responsible for the endorsement of the WHO Family of International Classifications a series of internationally standardized medical classifications including the International Classification of Diseases ICD and the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health ICF Annual Assemblies Edit2008 Sixty first WHA Edit The focus of the 61st WHA was public health Participants from 190 countries attended with a record 2704 delegates 10 Important briefings and resolutions involved intellectual property barriers in research and development combatting non communicable diseases and female genital mutilation campaigns to support breastfeeding and to decrease abuse of alcohol and tobacco immunization practices including adoption of the term pharma fraud and health issues facing migrants 10 11 12 2009 Sixty second WHA Edit In her role as global patron of The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and chair of the Maternal Mortality Campaign Sarah Brown gave the keynote speech at the World Health Organization s 62nd WHA alongside United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon 13 asking Where is the M in MCH maternal and child health in an echo of Allan Rosenfield s landmark Lancet article of 1985 and highlighting that the numbers of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth were still the same 14 years later 14 2012 Sixty fifth WHA Edit Among other actions the 65th Assembly endorsed the Rio Political Declaration to address the social determinants of health intended to spearhead support for all countries to adopt inclusive Health For All approaches to health promotion 15 It also endorsed the first World Immunization Week 16 2013 Sixty sixth WHA Edit In her address to the 66th WHA in May 2013 DGWHO Margaret Chan traced a brief history of revisions to the International Health Regulations following the SARS outbreak in 2002 3 the first severe new disease of the 21st century She observed that the two new diseases WHO is dealing with in 2013 are the novel coronavirus MERS from the same family as SARS detected in 2012 in Saudi Arabia and the first ever human infections with the H7N9 avian influenza virus reported in China in 2013 17 She attributed the positive report by the World Health Statistics May 2013 on dramatic improvement in health in the world s poorest countries from 1993 to 2013 to the emphasis placed on poverty alleviation by the Millennium Development Goals 17 She announced the emergence of global action plans for noncommunicable diseases mental health and the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment calling for a life course approach which includes equity through universal health coverage preventive strategies and integrated service delivery 17 Chan declared at the assembly that intellectual property or patents on strains of new virus should not impede nations from protecting their citizens by limiting scientific investigations Following the 2012 MERS outbreak Saudi Arabia Deputy Minister of Health Ziad Memish raised concerns that scientists who applied for a patent would not allow the MERS Coronavirus to be used for investigations by other scientists and were therefore delaying the development of diagnostic tests Ten of the 22 people who died and 22 of 44 cases reported were in Saudi Arabia 18 Saudi Arabia based microbiologist Ali Mohamed Zaki reported the first known case a 60 year old Saudi man who got sick in June 2012 on ProMed mail a public health on line forum 19 then published more details including the virus s genetic makeup and closest relatives 19 20 The Erasmus Medical Center tested sequenced and identified a sample provided by Ali Mohamed Zaki 21 Erasmus MC and Dr Zaki strongly refuted all allegations concerning a presumed lack of willingness to cooperate in research into the new MERS coronavirus making diagnostic tests and virus specimens freely available to all research institutions around the globe 22 2014 Sixty seventh WHA Edit The 67th WHA took place in Geneva on May 19 24 2014 Among the more than 20 resolutions adopted by the Assembly included ones concerning strengthening of national drug management systems to address antimicrobial resistance implementation of the Minamata Convention to protect human health and the environment from effects of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds and improving access to essential medicines worldwide 23 Also endorsed was a global monitoring framework for maternal infant and child nutrition 24 25 Following the 67th WHA DGWHO Chan was criticized by the Association of Correspondents Accredited to the United Nations ACANU for not having spoken directly to the media during the course of the Assembly 26 2015 Sixty eighth WHA Edit The 68th session of the WHA took place in Geneva on May 18 26 2015 Jagat Prakash Nadda assumed the presidency of WHA India assumed the presidency after a gap of 19 years citation needed During the assembly the WHA agreed to the Global Malaria Strategy and Programme Budget for 2016 2017 polio International Health Regulations strengthening surgical care WHO s reform of its emergency and response programme antimicrobial resistance immunization gaps malnutrition air pollution and epilepsy Annual health awards were given by the DGWHO and the President of WHA 27 2016 Sixty ninth WHA Edit The 69th World Health Assembly took place on May 23 28 2016 and agreed to pursue the health related Sustainable Development Goals SDGs through a comprehensive set of foundational steps prioritizing universal health coverage working with actors outside the health sector to address the social economic and environmental root causes of antimicrobial resistance and other human health problems to continue expanding efforts to address poor maternal and child health and infectious diseases in developing countries and to focus upon equity within and between countries Delegates decided to invite the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control s WHO FCTC Conference of the Parties COP to provide information on outcomes of this biennial event to future World Health Assembly meetings citation needed 2017 Seventieth WHA Edit The 70th World Health Assembly took place on May 22 31 2017 For the first time since 2009 Taiwan was completely excluded from the WHA following the election of Tsai Ing wen and subsequent political pressure from China 28 2018 Seventy first WHA Edit The 71st World Health Assembly took place on May 21 26 2018 29 Australia Chile China Djibouti Finland Gabon Germany Indonesia Israel Romania Sudan and United States of America were elected to the executive board 30 2019 Seventy second WHA Edit The 72nd World Health Assembly took place on May 20 28 2019 Argentina Austria Bangladesh Burkina Faso Grenada Guyana Kenya Singapore Tajikistan Tonga Tunisia United Arab Emirates were elected to the executive board 31 The President of WHA72 was Dr Bounkong Syhavong of the Lao People s Democratic Republic 32 2020 Seventy third WHA Edit The 73rd World Health Assembly took place virtually on May 18 19 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 33 34 Keva Bain of The Bahamas was selected President of WHA73 35 36 Botswana Colombia Ghana Guinea Bissau India Madagascar Oman Republic of Korea Russian Federation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were elected to the executive board Harsh Vardhan of India became the chairman of the executive board Multiple countries led by the United States called for the reinstatement of Taiwan s observer status in protest against Chinese pressure 35 On May 25 delegates reached a consensus to hold a special session in November 2021 to consider the International Treaty for Pandemic Preparedness and Response 37 2021 Seventy fourth WHA Edit The 74th World Health Assembly took place virtually on 24 May 1 June 2021 due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic The 2021 event focused on the theme Ending this pandemic preventing the next building together a healthier safer and fairer world 38 2021 WHA Special Session Edit The WHA gathered for a special session only the second in the history of the WHO on 29 November 2021 to draft and negotiate an International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention Preparedness and Response 39 Controversies EditTaiwan was invited as an observer to the WHA for 8 years between 2008 and 2016 under the name Chinese Taipei 40 41 However since the 71st WHA in 2017 Chinese pressure has prevented Taiwan s participation in the WHA 42 Representatives from many countries including the U S secretary of health and human services Alex Azar have voiced support for Taiwan s inclusion in the Assembly in opposition to China s coercion and threats 43 44 45 See also EditUnited Nations General Assembly resolutions United Nations Security Council resolutionsNotes and references Edit World Health Assembly Geneva World Health Organization Retrieved 21 June 2011 WHO Working for health an introduction to the World Health Organization Geneva Countries World Health Organization Archived from the original on August 21 2004 Retrieved October 27 2011 Daalen Kim Robin van Chowdhury Maisoon Dada Sara Khorsand Parnian El Gamal Salma Kaidarova Galiya Jung Laura Othman Razan O Leary Charlotte Anne Ashworth Henry Charles Socha Anna Olaniyan Dolapo Azeezat Fajembola Temilade Abouhala Siwaar Abdulkareem Toyyib 2022 08 01 Does global health governance walk the talk Gender representation in World Health Assemblies 1948 2021 BMJ Global Health 7 8 e009312 doi 10 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Rogerson Elizabeth Martindale Linda 2010 Breastfeeding Contemporary Issues in Practice and Policy Radcliffe Publishing p 17 ISBN 978 1 138 03117 3 World Health Organization 19 May 2009 Retrieved 5 August 2014 Brown Sarah 19 May 2009 Keynote address to 62nd World Health Assembly by Sarah Brown Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood World Health Organization Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved 5 August 2014 65th World Health Assembly closes with new global health measures World Health Organization Archived from the original on June 3 2012 Retrieved 9 April 2014 World Immunization Week essentials World Health Organization Archived from the original on March 6 2014 Retrieved 9 April 2014 a b c Chan Margaret 20 May 2013 WHO Director General addresses the sixty sixth World Health Assembly Report Geneva World Health Organization Archived from the original on May 20 2013 WHO urges information sharing over novel coronavirus BBC News 23 May 2013 a b Saey Tina Hesman 27 February 2013 Scientists race to understand deadly new virus SARS like infection causes severe illness but may not spread quickly Science News Vol 183 no 6 p 5 Zaki Ali Mohamed et al 8 November 2012 Isolation of a novel coronavirus from a man with pneumonia in Saudi Arabia New England Journal of Medicine 367 19 1814 20 doi 10 1056 NEJMoa1211721 PMID 23075143 Heilprin John 23 May 2013 The Associated Press AP ed WHO Probe into deadly coronavirus delayed by sample dispute Geneva CTV No restrictions for public health research into MERS coronavirus Rotterdam Erasmus MC 24 May 2013 Archived from the original on 17 June 2015 Retrieved 28 June 2013 World Health Assembly closes Geneva World Health Organization 24 May 2014 Archived from the original on May 25 2014 Retrieved 20 June 2014 World Health Organization Informal consultation with Member States and UN Agencies on a proposed set of indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework for Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition 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