The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at the UN Headquarters in New York, in the first in-person format since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heads of states and governments from 193 Member States exchanged statements in-person in the General Assembly Hall, on the theme “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”. High-level events included the annual Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment, the Transforming Education Summit, the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, a high-level plenary to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and several Member State and partner side events, including WHO sponsored events.
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as well as other WHO officials, took part in person and virtually in several of the events to advocate the importance of ensuring strong pandemic preparedness and response, as well as equitable access to vaccines and other COVID-19 tools in order to end the pandemic and to put the world back on the path towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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WHO SIDE EVENTS AT UNGA77
20 September 2022
Progress and multisectoral action towards achieving global targets to end TB
Harvard Club of NYC, 35 West 44th Street | 13.00 – 15.00 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Indonesia, WHO | Learn more |
Live stream
Mental health promotion and prevention in schools and learning environments: an urgent call to action for world leaders and donors
UNICEF House, NYC | 16.00 – 17.30 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO | Learn more
Promoting the health of refugees and migrants: are we on the right path to evidence‐informed policymaking?
Convene, 237 Park Avenue, NYC | 18.15 – 20.15 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations in New York, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in New York, WHO (Health and Migration Programme), IOM, IFRC, UN Foundation and UNHCR | Learn more
21 September 2022
First annual gathering of the global group of Heads of State and Government for the prevention and control of NCDs
07.00 – 08.30 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by WHO, Bloomberg | Invite only | Learn more
The time is now: unlocking ambitions for comprehensive solutions to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza, NYC | 08.30 – 10.00 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Costa Rica, South Africa, Sweden, WHO, UNF | Virtual registration
Mobilizing resources and technical support with and for Member States to deliver the NCD and mental health-related SDG targets
Virtual event | 10.00 – 11.30 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Uruguay and the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs | Learn more | Register
Third annual ministerial meeting on Universal Health Coverage: health systems strengthening through a primary health care-oriented approach
11.00 – 12.30 (EDT)
Group of friends of UHC (Georgia, Japan, Thailand), WHO, UHC2030, IFRC, UNF | Livestream
22 September 2022
Political leadership and action on antimicrobial resistance: the road to the 2024 UNGA high-level meeting on AMR
Lexington Hotel, NYC | 08.00 – 09.00 (EDT)
Global Leaders Group on AMR, Barbados, Bangladesh, Malta, WHO | Learn more
PMNCH Annual Accountability Breakfast: Tackling Conflict, Climate Change and COVID-19, a triple threat to women, children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean
Virtual event | 08.00 – 10.00 (EDT)
PMNCH and Every Woman Every Child | Learn more | Register
The UN decade of healthy ageing - doing business differently
11.00 – 12.00 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Group of Friends of Older Persons | Learn more | Register
A Disruptive Dialogue: Ending Violence Against Children
17.30 – 19.00 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Patrice Evra, WHO | Learn more
23 September 2022
High-level event on ending the Covid-19 pandemic through equitable access to vaccines, tests and treatments
Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters | 15.00 – 16.00 (EDT)
UNSG, WHO and UNICEF with the support of ACT-A partners | Learn more