Health Related High-Level Meetings at the 78th Session of United Nations General Assembly has begun

Health-related High-Level Meetings at the 78th Session of United Nations General Assembly has begun today in New York, United States of America. Aforementioned high-level meetings will be held from 20-22 September 2023, at UN Head Quarters. Many important decisions regarding global health would be taken during this meeting.

The Maldivian delegation to the health-related High-Level Meetings at the 78th Session of United Nations General Assembly is led by Minister of Health Order of the Dignified Rule of the Muleege Dynasty Ahmed Naseem, accompanied by the Minister of State, Ahmed Khaleel from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and high-level staff of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology and Permanent Mission of Maldives to the United Nations Office at New York.

Head of delegation from Ministry of Health is scheduled to deliver the official statements at the plenaries of the health-related High-Level Meetings at the 78th Session of United Nations General Assembly on behalf of Maldives. The topics for the high-level meetings are “Elimination of Tuberculosis”, “Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response”, and “Universal Health Coverage”.

Additionally, delegation from Ministry of Health will be participating in health-related side events organized by different countries. In this regard, our delegation from Ministry of Health will deliver statements at the “combined disease elimination” side event hosted by South East Asia Regional Office, and at the “ending AIDS” related side event hosted by UNAIDS.