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Fifty-ninth World Health Assembly

Date: 22-27 May 2006
Location: Geneva, Switzerland

The World Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body for WHO. It generally meets in Geneva in May each year, and is attended by delegations from all 192 Member States. The main function of the World Health Assembly is to determine the policies of the Organization.

This year, issues to be discussed include: strengthening pandemic-influenza preparedness and response, including the application of the International Health Regulations 2005; infant and young child nutrition; HIV/AIDS; polio eradication; sickle-cell anaemia; smallpox eradication and the destruction of variola virus stocks; prevention of avoidable blindness; international trade and health; tobacco control; and intellectual property rights.

The keynote speaker this year is His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.

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DOCUMENTATION

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NEWS

27 May 2006
 World Health Assembly concludes; makes key decisions affecting global public health
Assembly urged to finish polio eradication, in honour of late Director-General Dr LEE Jong-wook
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26 May 2006
 World Health Assembly agrees to immediate voluntary implementation of influenza-related provisions of International Health Regulations (2005)
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23 May 2006
 WHO honours polio eradication visionary
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22 May 2006
 World Health Assembly opens, mourns death of WHO Director-General
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FEATURE

In brief: a summary of the 59th World Health Assembly

MEDIA

Note for the media
Memorial for "a man of action"

Photographs
Selected photographs from each day, high-resolution version also available

SPEECHES

Closing remarks
Dr Anders Nordström, Acting Director-General

Dr Paulo Ivo GARRIDO
Minister of Health of the Republic of Mozambique

Johnson Mwakazi
A volunteer for the Kibera Community Youth Programme in Kenya

Keynote address
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

Citation to William Sergeant
Chairman, Rotary International PolioPlus Committee


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