58th Directing Council

72nd Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
Virtual Session, 28-29 September 2020  

The Council meets once a year in those years when the Conference does not meet. It acts on behalf of the Conference between sessions of the Conference.

Final Report | Diverse Documents | Official Documents | Working Documents | Information Documents | Resolutions

Final Report 

• CD58/FR
  - Final Report

Official Documents

• OD360
  - Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2019

Working Documents 

• CD58/1
  - Agenda
• CD58/2
  - Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee
• CD58/3
  - Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
• CD58/4
  - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Belize, Canada, and Peru
• CD58/5
  - Report of the End-of-biennium Assessment of the PAHO Program and Budget 2018-2019/Final Report on the Implementation of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
• CD58/5, Add. I
  - Report of the End-of-biennium Assessment of the PAHO Program and Budget 2018-2019/Final Report on the Implementation of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
• CD58/6
  - COVID-19 Pandemic in the Region of the Americas
• CD58/7
  - PAHO Governance Reform
• CD58/7, Add. I
  - PAHO Governance Reform
• CD58/8
  - Current Financial Situation and Adjustments to the Pan American Health Organization Strategic Priorities
• CD58/9
  - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
• CD58/9, Add. I
  - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
• CD58/9, Add. II
  - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
• CD58/10
  - Status and Authorized Level of the Working Capital Fund
• CD58/11
  - Programming of the Budget Surplus
• CD58/12
  - Programming of the Revenue Surplus
• CD58/13
  - Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of PAHO
• CD58/13, Add. I
  - Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of PAHO
• CD58/14
  - Update on the Appointment of the External Auditor of PAHO for 2022-2023
• CD58/15
  - Review of the Charge Assessed on the Procurement of Public Health Supplies for Member States
• CD58/16
  - Election of Two Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)

Information Documents

• CD58/INF/1
  - Implementation of the International Health Regulations

• CD58/INF/2
  - Plan of Action for the Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment: Final Report
• CD58/INF/3
  - Plan of Action on Health in All Policies: Final Report
• CD58/INF/4
  - Strategy and Plan of Action on Dementias in Older Persons: Final Report
• CD58/INF/5
  - Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Final Report
• CD58/INF/6
  - Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Final Report
• CD58/INF/7
  - Plan of Action on Disabilities and Rehabilitation: Final Report
• CD58/INF/8
  - Plan of Action for Universal Access to Safe Blood: Final Report
• CD58/INF/9
  - Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis: Final Report
• CD58/INF/10
  - Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis: Final Report
• CD58/INF/11
  - Strategy for Arboviral Disease Prevention and Control: Final Report
• CD58/INF/12
  - Plan of Action for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance: Final Report
• CD58/INF/13
  - Health, Drinking Water, and Sanitation in Sustainable Human Development: Final Report
• CD58/INF/14
   Progress Reports on Technical Matters:
  1. Plan of Action on Workers’ Health: Midterm Review
  2. Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022: Midterm Review
  3. Plan of Action for Disaster Risk Reduction 2016-2021: Progress Report
  4. PAHO Gender Equality Policy: Progress Report
  5. Strengthening National Regulatory Authorities for Medicines and Biologicals: Progress Report
  6. Resilient Health Systems: Progress Report
  7. Plan of Action for the Strengthening of Vital Statistics 2017-2022: Midterm Review

Resolutions

• CD58.R1
  - Status and Authorized Level of the Working Capital Fund
• CD58.R2
  - Programming of the Budget Surplus
• CD58.R3
  - PAHO Governance Reform
• CD58.R4
  - Review of the Charge Assessed on the Procurement of Public Health Supplies for Member States
• CD58.R5
  - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Belize, Canada, and Peru
• CD58.R6
  - Election of Two Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
• CD58.R7
  - Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of PAHO
• CD58.R8
  - Collection of Assessed Contributions
• CD58.R9
  - COVID-19 Pandemic in the Region of the Americas

Diverse Documents

• CD58/DIV/LP
  - List of Participants
• CD58/DIV/1232.19 KB
  - Decisions
• CD58/DIV/2
  - Opening Remarks by the Outgoing President of the PAHO Directing Council, Hon. Dr. Daniel Salas, Minister of Health of Costa Rica
• CD58/DIV/3
  - Opening Remarks by the Hon. Mr. Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia
• CD58/DIV/4
  - Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization
• CD58/DIV/5
  - Opening Remarks by Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States of America
• CD58/DIV/6
  - Opening Remarks by Hon. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization
• CD58/DIV/7
  - Presentation of the 2020 Annual Report, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization
• CD58/DIV/8
  - Closing Remarks by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization