4gih SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 30 SeptemberJ October 2001 PROVISIONAL DAILY TIME TABLE

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1 WORLO HEALTH ORGANIZATION RaIioaai Omem for tho E lltlrl Mnltnrrlnaan ORGANISATION MONOIALE OE LA SANTE Barnau rluiooal la 11 Millttrra~ia orla~taln 4gih SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 30 SeptemberJ October 2001 As at 29 September 2001 * PROVISIONAL DAILY TIME TABLE Workine Hours: (subject to confirmation by the Committee) Daily Timing of Session 08.00* to First Break : at hours (30 minutes) Second Break: at noon (30 minutes) * First day: Special arrangements as detailed hereunder DAY ONE First part: Morning of Sunday 30 Sept. - (Rivadh Intercontinental Hotel) Recital from the Holy Quran - Short Opening Speech by H.E. Dr Mohammed Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Minister of -(. Health of Kuwait and Chairman of Forty-seventh Session. - Welcoming Address by H.E. Professor Dr Usama Bin Abdel Magued Shobokshi, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Election of Officers - Chairman - Vice-Chairmen - Chairman of thc Technical Discussions Adoption of the Agenda Decision on the follvwing: - Hours of work - Tentative time-table of work - Establishment of a drafting Committee

2 Sunday 30 Se~t., (cont'd): a Address by Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, WHO Director-General (a) Award of Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize for (b) Award of First Down Syndrome Research Prize First Break Annual Re~ort of the RD for the year 2000 and Progress Reports - Introduction by nr Hussein A. Gezairy Progress Reports: c) Progress Report on Tobacco-Free Initiative d) Progress Rcport on Eradication of Poliomyelitis e) Progress Report on the Role of WHO in Emergencies and Disasters f) Progress Report on Flour Fortification in the Eastern Mediterranean Region g) Progress Report on Improving the Quality of Nursing and Midwifery services in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Second Break Annual Report of the RD for the year 2000 and Progress Reports (cont'd) b) Progress Report on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Introduction by Dr Jihane Tawilah - Discussions and observations Second part: Evening of Sunday 30 Sept. Formal Opening Session (Rivadh Conference Palace) (a) Recital from the Holy Quran (b) Address by Chairman of 471h Session, H.E. Dr M.A. A1 Jarallah, Minister of Health of Kuwait

3 (c) Address by H.E. Professor Dr Usama Bin Abdel Maguid Shobokshi, Minister of Health of the Host Country, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (d) Address by Dr Hussein A. Gezairy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean (e) Address by Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, WHO Director-General (f) Address by H.R.H. the PATRON of the Session * Monday, I October DAY TWO Regular Sessions (cont'd) (hyadh Intercontinental Hotel) Approval of Draft Report, Resolutions, and Decisions adopted the previous day Technical Papers (g) Presentation by Syrian delegation on "Healthy Villages" - Introduction by H.E. Dr Mohamed Eyad Chatty - 1)iscussions and Observations (f) Brief Note on Health Services by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during Pilgrimage Seasons - Introduction by Dr Ridha Bin Mohamed Khalil First Break Nomination of the Regional Uirector (Private Meeting) Second Break Technical Discussions Health systems development, and Ur Belgacem Sabn (b) Health and medical informatics in the Region - Introduction by Dr Najeeb A1 Shorbaji - Discussions and Ubservations

4 DAY THREE Tuesday, 2 Oct. Regular Sessions (cont'd) Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel Approval of Draft Report, Resolutions, and Decisions adopted the previous day First Break Review of the proposed Programme Budget ( )- priorities for Strategic aspects of country programmes - Introduction by Dr Mohamed A. Jama Technical Paners (continued) (a) Promotion of healthy lifestyles in the Region - Introduction by Dr Ahmed Abdellatif (d) Renewed health research for development in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Report of the Regional ConsuItative Committee (Twenty-fifth Meeting,) - Introduction by Dr Mohamed A. Jama Second Break (c) Violence control, perspectives and directions of action in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - Introduction by Dr Ahmed Abdellatif Scale of assessments - Introduction by Dr Hichem Lafif (a) Resolutions and decisions of regional interest adopted by the Fifty-fourth World Health Assembly and by the Executive Board ar its 107th a d 108th sessions (b) Review of the draft provisional agenda of EB 109 and linkages between the Regional Committees and the Executive Board agendas

5 (c) Designation of Member States from EMR to the WHO Executive Board - Introduction by Dr Hussein A.Gezairy (e) Presentation on GCC experience in Bulk Purchase of Drugs and Medical Applianres - Introduction by Dr Tawfik Khoja Wednesday. 3 Oclvbe~ DAY FOUR Regular Scssions (cont'd) Riyadh Intermntinental Hotel. Nominations (a) Nomination of a Member State to the Joint Coordinating Board of the S~ecial Promamme - for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (b) Nomination of a Member State to the Management Advisory Committee of the Action Programme on Essential Drugs - niscussions and Observations (g) Presentation by the Djibouti delegation on their experience in applying the Basic Development Needs approach - Introduction by Dr Daher Aden Daher Place and date of forthcoming Regional Committee - Introduction by Dr Hussein A. Gezairy BREAK Adoption of the Report, Resolutions and Decisions Closing Session