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22 May 2022
Dear Journalists,
Please find below the list of expected High Level Guests and draft scenario for the opening of the Seventy-Fifth World Health Assembly on Sunday, 22 May, at 14:00 CEST. The Assembly will be webcast live from the WHO website. The provisional agenda and Assembly documents can be accessed here.
HIGH LEVEL WELCOME OF THE SEVENTY- FIFTH
WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
- 14:05 Opening remarks
o President of WHA74 – Minister of Health, Bhutan
- High Level Guests:
o Mr Alain Berset - Conseiller Fédéral, Suisse
o H.E Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi - President of Botswana
o H.E Zoran Milanović – President of Croatia
o H.E Luis Abinader Corona – President of the Dominican Republic
o H.E Emmanuel Macron – President of France (virtual)
o H.E Uhuru Kenyatta – President of Kenya
o H.E Sheikh Hasina Wazed – Prime Minister of Bangladesh (virtual)
o H.E Alfredo Enrique Borrero Vega - Vice-President of Ecuador
o H.E Antonio Guterres - UN Secretary-General (virtual)
- Director General’s Remarks
- ‘Health Leaders’ Awards
o Dr Tedros to give an award to six individuals/groups for outstanding contribution to global health
- 16:15 Close of the High Level Welcome
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