Forty-fourth meeting of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board

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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) presents his compliments … to Member States and has the honour to transmit the provisional agenda for the Forty-fourth

meeting of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board (PBAC44), which will be held in person at WHO headquarters, Geneva from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 May 2026, starting at 09:30 (CEST).

There is no limitation applying to the number of persons registering as part of Member States. However, in view of the space restriction, two persons per each Member State may be present in the meeting room where the PBAC is convened.

Membership of this Committee is as follows: Mr Wayne Webster (Barbados), M. Mohamed Soudjay (Comoros), Professor Mohamed Hassany (Egypt), Dr Yasuhiro Suzuki (Japan), Dr Bhim Prasad Sapkota (Nepal), Ms Reina Roa (Panama), Ms Monica Garcia Gomez (Spain), Mrs Katarzyna Drążek-Laskowska (Poland), Mr Ho-geun Lim (Republic of Korea), Dr Ali Haji Adam Abubakar (Somalia), Dr Chakrarat Pittayawonganon (Thailand), Dr Aspect J.V. Maunganidze (Zimbabwe), Mr Blair Comley (Australia) ex officio, and Mr Fahad Abdurhaman Al Jalajel (Saudi Arabia) ex officio.

Registration can be initiated as of 15 April 2026 by going to the following link: https://events.who.int/PBAC44 and should be completed by 8 May 2026.

In accordance with resolution WHA49.9 (1996), and to support the aim of achievement of SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls), the Director-General invites Member States to consider that gender balance be applied to their delegations.

The Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment at WHO events is available at the following link: Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment, at WHO events.

Documents pertaining to PBAC44 are available at: https://apps.who.int/gb/pbac/e/e_pbac44.html. Delegates are reminded that, as agreed by the Executive Board at its 143rd session, governing body meetings are paperless.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew to Member States the assurance of his highest consideration.

GENEVA, 1 April 2026

Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board

Forty-fourth meeting ________________________________________________________________________________

Geneva, 13–15 May 2026 EBPBAC44/1 1 April 2026 ________________________________________________________________________________

Provisional agenda

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

Document EBPBAC44/1

2. Matters for information or action by the Committee

2.1 Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee: annual report

Document EBPBAC44/2

2.2 WHO’s action on United Nations System-wide action plans

• Progress towards achieving the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Document EBPBAC44/3

2.3 Compliance, risk management and ethics: annual report

Document EBPBAC44/4

2.4 Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit

Document EBPBAC44/5

3. Matters to be considered by the Seventh-ninth World Health Assembly

3.1 Results Report (Programme budget 2024–2025: performance assessment) and financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025

Documents A79/13, A79/14 and A79/INF./4

3.2 Financing, implementation and performance framework of the Programme budget 2026–2027

Documents A79/15 and A79/INF./5

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• Reporting on operational efficiencies

Document A79/16

3.3 Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution

Document A79/17

3.4 Special arrangements for settlement of arrears [if any]

3.5 Assessment of new Members and Associate Members [if any]

3.6 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]

3.7 Report of the External Auditor

Document A79/18

3.8 Report of the Internal Auditor

Document A79/19

3.9 External and internal audit recommendations: progress on implementation

Document A79/20

3.10 Human resources: annual report

Documents A79/21 and A79/21 Add.1

3.11 Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative

Document A79/24

4. Matters for review by, and/or recommendation to, the Executive Board

4.1 Report by the Officers of the Executive Board on future modalities of the governance reform pilot

Document EB159/4

4.2 Evaluation: annual report

Document EB159/5

4.3 Statement by the representative of the WHO staff associations

Document EB159/INF./1

4.4 Hosted partnerships

• Proposals for WHO to host formal partnerships [if any]

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• Report on hosted partnerships

Document EB159/6

• Review of hosted partnerships

Document EB159/7

4.5 Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules [if any]

4.6 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]

5. Adoption of the report and closure of the meeting

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