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Ref.: C.L.24.2023
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) presents his compliments
to Member States and regional economic integration organizations, and has the honour to refer to
decision WHA75(9) 2022, which revised the name of the Working Group on Strengthening
WHO Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies to the Working Group on
Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR) and revised the mandate
to work exclusively on the consideration of proposed targeted amendments to the IHR (2005),
consistent with decision EB150(3) (2022), for consideration by the Seventy-seventh World
Health Assembly in 2024.
Member States are informed that the fourth meeting of the WGIHR will be held on
24–28 July 2023 in a hybrid format and will open at 14:00 (CEST) on Monday, 24 July 2023.
In addition, a joint plenary meeting will be held on 21 and 24 July 2023 between the
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement
or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response and the
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/WGIHR4 no later than Monday,
17 July 2023.
To participate virtually, renewed online registration will not be required for the fourth
meeting for Member States who have previously registered delegates for the third meeting of the
WGIHR (17–20 April 2023). In that regard, WHO will consider Member States’ credentials
submitted during the registration process for the third meeting as remaining valid for the
purposes of registration for the fourth meeting, unless informed otherwise by email to
[email protected] no later than Monday, 17 July 2023.
Member States who did not register for the third meeting or who wish to revise their
list of delegates may send an email to
[email protected] no later than Monday,
17 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 or removed in the following format:
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email address, 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 the WGIHR meeting will be sent to all
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
WGIHR meeting.
Registrations sent after the deadline may cause a delay in the receipt of the links to
participate in the meetings.
The documentation for the meetings will be published at the following link:
https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/ 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 and regional economic integration organizations the assurance of his highest
consideration.
GENEVA, 29 June 2023
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Saadetud: 30.06.2023 14:26
Teema: WHO: C.L.24.2023 (WGIHR4)
Manused: C.L.24.2023 (WG IHR4) Arabic.pdf; C.L.24.2023 (WG IHR4) Chinese.pdf;
C.L.24.2023 (WG IHR4) English.pdf; C.L.24.2023 (WG IHR4) French.pdf; C.L.24.2023
(WG IHR4) Russian.pdf; C.L.24.2023 (WG IHR4) Spanish.pdf
Dear Member States of the World Health Organization,
Please find attached, in the six official languages, C.L.24.2023 regarding the fourth meeting
of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (24-28
July 2023)
Best regards,
Department of Governing Bodies
World Health Organization
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