Executive Board

The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The annual Board meeting is held in January when the members agree upon the agenda for the World Health Assembly and the resolutions to be considered by the Health Assembly.

A second shorter meeting takes place in May, as a follow-up to the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and advise and generally to facilitate its work.

Next Executive Board meeting

• 131st WHO Executive Board session
  28–29 May 2012

Past Executive Board meetings

• 130th WHO Executive Board session
  16–23 January 2012
• Executive Board: special session on WHO reform
  1–3 November 2011
• 129th WHO Executive Board session
  25 May 2011
• 128th WHO Executive Board session
  17–25 January 2011
• 126th WHO Executive Board session
  18–23 January 2010
• 125th WHO Executive Board session
  28–30 May 2009
• 124th WHO Executive Board session
  19–26 January 2009
• 123rd WHO Executive Board session
  26–29 May 2008
• 122nd WHO Executive Board session
  21–26 January 2008
• 121st WHO Executive Board session
  24–26 May 2007
• 120th WHO Executive Board session
  22–30 January 2007
• 119th WHO Executive Board session
  6–8 November 2006
• 118th WHO Executive Board session
  29 May–1 June 2006
• Special WHO Executive Board session [pdf 16kb]
  23 May 2006
• 117th WHO Executive Board session
  23–28 January 2006
• Documentation of earlier Executive Board sessions