WHO Technical Consultation on the Implementation andEvaluation of Annex 2 of the International Health Regulations (2005)
Geneva, Switzerland; 20 to 22 October 2008: Summary report
Overview
World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions WHA58.3 and WHA61.2 requested the DirectorGeneral of WHO to (i) prepare guidelines for the implementation of the decision instrument and; (ii) conduct studies to review and evaluate the functioning of Annex 2 of the International Health Regulations (2005) (hereinafter " IHR" or “the Regulations”). The 61st WHA further decided that the first review and evaluation of the functioning of Annex 2 shall be submitted to the 62nd Sixty-second Health Assembly in May 2009. In response to these resolutions, the IHR Coordination Department convened a "Technical Consultation on the Implementation and Evaluation of Annex 2 of the IHR (2005)". The Technical Consultation was held in Geneva from 20 to 22 October 2008 and was attended by experts from 13 States Parties and all WHO Regional Offices.