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The World Health Organization will be holding the Meeting
of Interested Parties 2001, at its Headquarters from 18 to 29 June.
This year, meeting discussions will be organized around 26 areas of work, which constitute part of the Programme Budget for 2002-2003. Participants will be exposed to programme achievements for 2000, the programme of work for the next biennium, its goals and targets, and related resource requirements. The MIP will bring together representatives from Member
States, the United Nations system, nongovernmental organizations and members of civil society.
Intrepretation and official documentation will be provided in English and French. As documents become available, they will be posted on the MIP website.
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The UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and
Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) will hold its governing body
meeting, the Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC), in the Conference Room XX,
United Nations Office, Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 21-22 June 2001.
Documentation for the PCC meeting can be found on the HRP website: www.who.int/hrp.
The Special Programme is a global programme of international technical
cooperation in reproductive health research established by WHO in 1972. In 1988,
the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and
The World Bank joined WHO as cosponsors of the Special Programme. As the main
instrument within the United Nations system for reproductive health research,
the Special Programme brings together health care providers, policy-makers,
scientists, clinicians and consumer and community representatives to identify
and address priorities for research aimed at improving reproductive health. It
pays particular attention to promoting the use of the results of research in
policy-making at national and international levels and contributes to the
setting of norms, standards and guidelines, including ethical guidelines, in the
field of reproductive health research.
The UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and
Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) will convene the
twenty-fourth session of its Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) on
25-26 June 2001. This year, the JCB will be held at the United
Nations Palais (Salle XXIV), Geneva. The JCB is TDR's top
governing body. Its primary role is to coordinate the
interests and responsibilities of all parties cooperating in
TDR, and to review activities, evaluate progress, and
determine the budget. Further information on this dynamic
Special Programme can be found at www.who.int/tdr, with JCB
documents available at www.who.int/tdr/about/governance/jcb.htm
Opening by Director-General, 18 June
The Director-General will set the scene for the MIP by reviewing current challenges in international health, revisiting WHO’s corporate strategy within this context, and assessing global progress in relation to major priorities. She will highlight elements of the 2002-2003 programme of work and strategic budget, which were reviewed by the Executive Board in January 2001 and debated by the
World Health Assembly in May 2001. She will explain, in general terms, how she expects the plans for the WHO-wide contribution to different areas of work to be taken forward at country level, in ways that reflect country expectations, realities and needs, and how this process will be supported by the specialist teams in WHO regional and Geneva offices. She will look at priorities for WHO’s institutional development, during the biennium, which will increase the Organization’s overall contribution to equitable health outcomes: increasing the capacity of WHO’s country health teams; improving information technology throughout the Organization to increase speed, efficiency and interconnected working; human resource development; outcome oriented partnerships; attention to cross-cutting issues like health systems development and performance assessment; and – importantly – scaling up efforts for equitable health outcomes. She will then open a discussion on the objectives and process for the two week MIP, indicating options for ensuring that those who are only present for part of the meeting can be quickly brought up to date on the themes and issues that are being taken forward from day to day.
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