Seventieth session of the Regional Committee

Manila, Philippines (2019)

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Day 1: The official group photograph of all the delegates and the WHO Secretariat of the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

The seventieth session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western Pacific was held in Manila, Philippines from 7 to 11 October 2019.

Session documents

Français

Final report of the Regional Committee

Summary report from the Chairperson to the Executive Board

Resolutions

WPR/RC70.R1	Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing
WPR/RC70.R2	Antimicrobial resistance
WPR/RC70.R3	Tobacco control in the Western Pacific Region
WPR/RC70.R4	Time and place of the seventy-first and seventy-second sessions of the Regional Committee
WPR/RC70.R5	Resolution of Appreciation

Decisions

WPR/RC70(1)	For the Future
WPR/RC70(2)	Programme Budget 2020-2021 update
WPR/RC70(3)	Ageing and health
WPR/RC70(4)	Special Programme of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction: Membership of the Policy and Coordination Committee

11 October 2019

News release

Region’s leaders discuss need to protect health in relation to climate change and the environment

10 October 2019

News release

Region’s health leaders pledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance and strengthen tobacco control

9 October 2019

News release

Regional action to protect children from harmful impact of food marketing and promote healthy ageing

8 October 2019

News release

Health ministers endorse WHO five-year plan to make the Western Pacific the healthiest, safest region

7 October 2019

News release

Regional health leaders gather to discuss priority issues, agree World Health Organization actions

7 October 2019

News release

Kiribati eliminates lymphatic filariasis

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7 October 2019

Keynote address by Dr Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific, at the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

7 October 2019

Address by the Outgoing Vice-Chairperson, Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Health, Republic of Singapore at the 70th Regional Committee Meeting of the Western Pacific

8 October 2019

Address by the Incoming Chairperson Hon Park Neunghoo, Minister of Health, Republic of Korea, at the Seventieth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing

Strengthening tobacco control

Tackling antimicrobial resistance

Preparing for an ageing population

Building climate-resilient health systems

Day 1: Ms Olivia Lawe-Davies, Regional Communications Manager, Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific and Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO Representative in the Philippines at a press conference held during the opening ceremony.

Day 1: View of the plenary hall during the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

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Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Dr Angela Pratt, incoming chairperson Honourable Park Neunghoo, Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, and Dr Liu Yunguo, during the opening ceremony 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee.

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Day 1: The official group photograph of all the delegates and the WHO Secretariat of the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

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Day 4: View of the plenary hall during the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

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Day 3: View of the plenary hall during the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

Day 1: View of the plenary hall during the opening ceremony of the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

The chairperson of the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, Honourable Park Neunghoo (center), Minister of Health and Welfare, Chief Representative of Republic of Korea, speaks during the opening ceremony.

The chairperson of the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, Honourable Park Neunghoo, Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, and Dr Liu Yunguo, Director, Programme Management.

Day 1: View of the conference hall foyer, the registration area for the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.

Day 1: The official group photograph of the heads of delegations and the WHO Secretariat of the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific at the Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, 7 to 11 October 2019.