Dear National Counterparts,

We would like to invite you to a WebEx-briefing on 27 June, 10 a.m. CET time to brief you on the preparatory process for two important United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High Level meetings (HLM) this year in New York (the first ever UNGA HLM on Tuberculosis on 26 September and the third UNGA HLM on NCDs 27 September).

Agenda:

·        A short technical briefing

·        Information about the preparatory process

·        Zero draft outcome declaration

·        How to facilitate attendance from Head of States and high level Government Officials

NCD background documents attached:

1.      Presentation from the briefing of Permanent Missions on New York on 12 June 2018 to brief them on the preparatory process leading to the third High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on NCDs (New York, 27 September 2018)

2.      Letter from co-facilitators and the zero draft

3.      Invitation to Heads of States –letter from Dr Tedros will be sent soon

TB related information can be found here:

1.      Link to WHA TB resolution background page: http://www.who.int/tb/features_archive/71-world-health-assembly-commits-end-TB/en/

2.      Link to background information on UN high level meeting on TB: http://www.who.int/tb/features_archive/UNGA_HLM_ending_TB/en

3.      Link to WHA 71 TB background documents: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha71.html

4.      Link to resolution to prepare for a TB high level meeting: http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA71/A71_15-en.pdf

Additional NCD related information can be found here:

–       WHO website on the third High-level Meeting on NCDs (HLM3)

http://www.who.int/ncds/governance/third-un-meeting/en/

–       Modalities resolution on HLM3

http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/72/274

–       Zero draft outcome document (under negotiation)
Attached

–       Why is 2018 a strategically important year for NCDs?

http://www.who.int/ncds/governance/high-level-commission/why-2018-important-year-for-NCDs.pdf

–       Time to deliver: Report of the WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs
http://www.who.int/ncds/management/time-to-deliver/en/

–       WHO report: “Saving lives, spending less” (strategic business case for NCDs)

http://www.who.int/ncds/management/ncds-strategic-response/en/

We will be grateful if you please accept the enclosed WebEx-Meeting request to confirm your participation.  You may wish to forward the message with the WebEx invitation to other technical counterparts. Please note that this invitation is also being sent to the WHO National Technical Focal Points on Noncommunicable Diseases and the WHO National Technical Focal Points on Communicable Diseases.

For easy reference, we would like to remind you that the meeting request contains all the details of the WebEx meeting and you can also find the link to the meeting room in the bottom of this email.

With thanks and best regards,