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Ref.: C.L.26.2023
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) presents his compliments
to Member States, Associate Members and regional economic integration organizations, and has
the honour to refer to decision SSA2(5) (2021), which established the Intergovernmental
Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other
international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, with a view to
adoption under Article 19, or under other provisions of the WHO Constitution as may be deemed
appropriate by the INB.
Member States are informed that the sixth meeting of the INB will be held from
17–21 July 2023 in a hybrid format and will open at 09:00 (CEST) on Monday, 17 July 2023.
In addition, a joint plenary meeting will be held on 21 and 24 July 2023 between the
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or
other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response and the
Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR). The
plenary meeting will also be in a hybrid format and will take place at the following times:
• Friday, 21 July 2023, from 14:00 to 17:00 (CEST)
• Monday, 24 July 2023, from 9:00 to 12:00 (CEST)
Meeting registration and access
Two persons per delegation are invited to be physically present in the meeting room at
WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, with other members of the delegation participating
through the virtual platform. To participate in person, INDICO registration will be required
using the following link: https://indico.un.org/e/INB6 no later than 11 July 2023.
To participate virtually, renewed online registration will not be required for the sixth
meeting of the INB (INB6) for Member States who have previously registered delegates for the
fifth meeting. In that regard, WHO will consider Member States’ credentials submitted during
the registration process for the fifth meeting as remaining valid for the purposes of registration
for the sixth meeting, unless informed otherwise by email to
[email protected] no
later than 11 July 2023.
Member States who did not register for the fifth meeting or who wish to revise
their list of delegates may send an email to
[email protected] no later than
11 July 2023. To fast track the processing of requests, Member States are invited to list in the
body of the email the delegate(s) who should be added in the following format: email address,
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Member State, name (first name and surname of delegate). A note verbale is not required for the
purposes of updating the delegation’s list for virtual participation.
Following registration, a personalized link to access INB6 meeting will be sent to delegates
in the days preceding the meeting. An additional link to access the joint INB–WGIHR plenary
meeting will be sent via email separately to all the delegates who are registered for the INB6
meeting.
Registrations sent after the deadline may cause a delay in the receipt of a link to participate
in the meeting.
The documentation for the meeting will be published at the following link:
https://apps.who.int/gb/inb/ as soon as available in the six official languages.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew
to Member States, Associate Members and regional economic integration organizations the
assurance of his highest consideration.
GENEVA, 3 July 2023
Saatja: <
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Saadetud: 03.07.2023 13:11
Teema: WHO: C.L.26.2023 (INB 6)
Manused: C.L.26.2023 (INB 6) Arabic.pdf; C.L.26.2023 (INB 6) Chinese.pdf; C.L.26.2023
(INB 6) English.pdf; C.L.26.2023 (INB 6) French.pdf; C.L.26.2023 (INB 6) Russian.pdf;
C.L.26.2023 (INB 6) Spanish.pdf
Dear Member States of the World Health Organization,
Please find attached, in the six official languages, C.L.26.2023 regarding the sixth meeting of
the Intergovernmental Negoiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention,
agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and
response (17-21 July 2023).
Best regards,
Department of Governing Bodies
World Health Organization
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