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Ref.: C.L.16.2024
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) presents his compliments
to Member States and has the honour to transmit the provisional agenda for the simulation
exercise for an extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee on Health Emergency
Prevention, Preparedness and Response (SCHEPPRX), which will be held in a virtual format,
on Thursday, 11 April 2024, starting at 09:00 (CEST).
This meeting is being convened in accordance with the terms of reference of the Standing
Committee, following the determination of a public health emergency of international concern
(PHEIC) related to «unknown disease».
The membership of this Committee is as follows: Ms Christine Harmston (Canada),
Dr Jonas Egebart (Denmark), Dr Grégory Emery (France), Dr Yasuhiro Suzuki (Japan),
Mr Selibe Mochoboroane (Lesotho), Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (Malaysia), Mr Ahmed Naseem
(Maldives), Dr Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih (Morocco), Dr Maria Teresa Barán Wasilchuk
(Paraguay), Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (Rwanda), Dr Élia A.A. dos Reis Amaral (Timor-Leste),
Dr Qasem Mohammed Buhaibah (Yemen), Dr Hanan Mohamed Al-Kuwari (Qatar) ex-officio.
A personalized zoom link to participate virtually will be sent to those Member States who
registered for the previous regular meeting of the Standing Commitee. Those Member States
who did not register for the previous regular meeting or who wish to revise their list of delegates
may send an email to
[email protected] ahead of the virtual meeting. 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: email address, Member State and
name (first name and surname of the delegate).
A note verbale is not required for the purposes of updating the list of delegates for virtual
participation. In accordance with resolution WHA49.9 (1996) and to support the aim of
achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls), the Director-General invites Member States to consider that gender balance be
applied to their delegations.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew to
Member States the assurance of his highest consideration.
GENEVA, 10 April 2024
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Teema: WHO: C.L.16.2024 (SCHEPPR simulation exercise)
Dear WHO Member States,Please find attached, in the six official
languages, C.L.16.2024 regarding the simulation exercise for an
extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee on Health Emergency
Prevention, Preparedness and Response (SCHEPPR), which will be held on 11
April 2024. A copy of the provisional agenda may be found under Annex 2
of the Standard operating procedures for extraordinary meetings of the
Standing Committee pursuant to paragraph 8 of its terms of reference []
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