10–11 May 2022 (virtual)
In a letter sent on 28 April 2022, 38 Member States of the WHO European Region requested the WHO Regional Director for Europe to convene a special session of the Regional Committee to consider the health situation in Ukraine, and the wider consequences of the ongoing war on health matters in the Region and beyond.
The Regional Committee is the highest decision-making body of the 53 Member States of the Region. It normally meets once a year to shape the political commitment to improving the health and health conditions of the people living in the Region, and to guide the actions undertaken by WHO/Europe.
This request for an urgent special session is triggered under Rule 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Regional Committee, which provides the possibility to convene the Regional Committee within 30 days at the request of at least 8 Member States.
Regional Director Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, in close consultation with the President of the 71st session of the Regional Committee and the members of its Standing Committee, is calling Member States from the European Region to meet virtually on 10–11 May.
The meeting will be broadcast online.
