The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will open 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 will exchange statements in-person in the General Assembly Hall, on the theme “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges” . High-level
events will include 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, will take 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).
Watch, listen and follow the events on UN WebTV and find out more about the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly through its webpage.
WHO SIDE EVENTS AT UNGA76
20 September 2022
Progress and multisectoral action towards achieving global targets to end TB | 14.00 – 16.30 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Indonesia, WHO | Learn more
Mental health promotion and prevention in schools and learning environments: an urgent call to action for world leaders and donors | 16.00 – 17.30 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO | Learn more
Promoting the health of refugees and migrants: are we in the right path to evidence‐informed policymaking? | 18.00 – 20.00 (EDT)
Sponsored by WHO | 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 | Learn more
The time is now: unlocking ambitions for comprehensive solutions to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response | 08.30 – 10.00 (EDT)
Co-sponsored by Costa Rica, South Africa, Sweden, WHO, UNF | Learn more
Mobilizing resources and technical support with and for Member States to deliver the NCD and mental health-related SDG targets | 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), Kazakhstan (tbc), WHO, UHC2030, IFRC, UNF | Learn more
22 September 2022
Political leadership and action on antimicrobial resistance: the road to the 2024 UNGA high-level meeting on AMR | 08.00 – 09.00 (EDT)
Global Leaders Group on AMR, Barbados, Bangladesh, Malta, WHO | Learn more
The UN decade of healthy ageing – doing business differently | 11.00 – 12.00 (EDT)
Global Leaders Group on AMR, Barbados, Bangladesh, Malta, WHO | Learn more
23 September 2022
High-level event on ending the Covid-19 pandemic through equitable access to vaccines, tests and treatments | 15.00 – 16.00 (EDT)
UNSG, WHO and UNICEF with the support of ACT-A partners | Learn more
