Documentation for the 70th World Health Assembly (22-31 May 2017)
Implementation of the Framework of Engagement with non-State actors
Report by the Director-General – Document A70/52
Engagement with non-State Actors: Criteria and principles for secondments from nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations and academic institutions
Report by the Secretariat – Document A70/53
Documentation of the process leading to the 68th World Health Assembly (16-26 May 2015)
A68/A/CONF./3 Rev.1
Draft resolution and its annex reflecting the work of the Drafting Group of Committee A on the draft Framework of engagement with non-State actors as of Monday 25th May 2015 at 17.20.
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A68/CONF./3
Draft resolution submitted by Argentina as Chair of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Meeting and the outcomes of the informal consultations on the draft Framework of engagement with non-State actors (as of 6 may 2015 with the addition of a chairs
proposal as requested in paragraph 2).
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20 May 2015
A68/A/CONF./3 Add.1
Report on financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board or Health Assembly.
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20 May 2015
A68/53: Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Sixty-Eight World Health Assembly
In its report, the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board recommended to the 68th World Health Assembly to consider that agenda item 11.2 be opened at the earliest in Committee A in order to establish a drafting group
that could start working on the proposal submitted by Argentina, as Chairman of the informal consultations among the Member States. The report is accessible on the following links.
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18 May 2015
A68/5 Framework of engagement with non-State actors
The Open-ended Intergovernmental Meeting on the draft framework of engagement with non-State actors, convened as decided by the Executive Board (Decision EB136(3)), reviewed the draft framework, taking into account the proposals submitted by Member
States for amendments of, additions to or deletions from the text of the draft framework of engagement with non-State actors and the four specific policies as contained in the annex to document EB136/5 . The outcome of the Open-ended Intergovernmental
Meeting was a revised version of the draft framework of engagement with non-State actors, which reflects the discussions at the meeting. The Director-General reported to the 68th World Health Assembly on these outcomes.
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1 May 2015
Draft Framework of engagement with non-State actors: 67h World Health Assembly (19-24 May 2014)
Decisions and list of resolutions
The 67th World Health Assembly, having considered the report on the framework of engagement with non-State actors contained in the document A67/23, requested the Director-General to prepare a comprehensive report of the comments made by Member
States during the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly and the follow-up comments and questions raised, including clarification and response thereon from the Secretariat, by the end of July 2014; and to submit a paper to the Executive Board
at its 136th session in January 2015, ensuring that Member States receive it by mid-December 2014, in order to allow them sufficient time to study the content and to be better prepared for discussion and deliberation.
The decision
WHA67/14 related to this issue is accessible on page 7 of the document below :
Draft Framework on engagement with non-State actors A67/6
As part of WHO reform, the governing bodies have requested the Director-General to develop a framework of engagement with non-State actors and separate policies on the engagement with different groups of non-State actors. Based on the inputs received
in governing body debates and consultations, the Secretariat has submitted as annexed to the report , contained in the document A67/6, a draft framework for engagement with non-State actors, which includes an overarching framework for engagement
with non-State actors, and four separate WHO policies and operational procedures on engagement with nongovernmental organizations, private sector entities, philanthropic foundations and academic institutions.
