UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage

 

23 September 2019

 

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

 

09:00 – 09:30

Trusteeship Council Chamber

Opening Segment

Approval of the Political Declaration on UHC

– H.E. Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the 74th session of the General Assembly

– Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

– Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

– Mr. David R. Malpass, President, World Bank Group

– Dr. Gro Brundtland, Eminent High-Level champion of UHC and member of The Elders

 

 

09:30 – 13:00

Trusteeship Council Chamber

Plenary Segment

Statements by Member States

 

 

11:00 – 13:00

ECOSOC Chamber

Panel 1: UHC as a driver of equity, inclusive development and prosperity for all

Co-Chairs

– HE. Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh

– H.E. Mr. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government of Spain

Panelists

– Ms. Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

– Ms. Maha Taysir Barakat, Board Chair of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria

– Ms. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International

– Mr. Jeffery Sachs, Professor & Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University

 

Interventions from the floor

Conclusions by the panelists and co-chairs

 

15:00 – 17:30

Trusteeship Council Chamber

Plenary Segment

Statements by Member States

 

15:00-17:00

ECOSOC Chamber

Panel 2: Accelerating multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder action and investments for achieving UHC

Co-Chairs

– H.E. Dr. Adolfo Rubinstein, Secretary of Government for Health of Argentina

– H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

Panelists

– Ms. Helen Clark, Board Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

– Mr. Omar Ishrak, Chairman and CEO of Medtronic

– Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair of GAVI

– Mr. Keizo Takemi, Member of the Japanese House of Councilors, WHO UHC Goodwill Ambassador

 

Interventions from the floor

Conclusions by the panelists and co-chairs

 

17:30 – 18:00

Trusteeship Council Chamber

Closing segment

– H.E. Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly

– H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan

– Mrs. Melinda Gates, Co-chair & Trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

– Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization

 

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