1) The document discusses nominations for elected officials for the 72nd World Health Assembly according to the English alphabetical order rule, giving priority to countries that have never held offices. 2) It provides a table showing the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region that have previously held elected officer positions from the 71st Health Assembly in 2018. 3) It identifies vacancies for nominations and suggests countries from the region, including Qatar for Vice-President, Bahrain for Vice-Chairman of Committee A, and Afghanistan for Rapporteur of Committee B. 4) It lists the current Executive Board members from the region and nominations for outgoing and incoming members.

1. Suggestions for elected official
nominations for the Seventy-
second World Health Assembly

2. Nomination of a country of the Region for the
President and other elected officials of the Seventy-
second World Health Assembly
 According to resolution EM/RC63/R.6 regional nominations for the
President of the Health Assembly and other elected officials follow
the English alphabetical order, giving priority to countries that have
never held this office.
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Nominations of countries of the Region as candidates for the elected officers of the World
Health Assembly up to the Seventy-first Health Assembly in 2018
Country President Vice
President
Committee A Committee B
Credentials
Committee
General
CommitteeChair Vice chair Rapporteur Chair Vice chair Rapporteur
Afghanistan - 2 1 1 - - - - 4 2
Bahrain 1 2 - - - - 2 - 5 6
Djibouti - 2 - - - - - - 3 3
Egypt - 7 - 2 - 1 2 1 7 8
Islamic Republic of Iran 1 5 1 - - 1 2 - 4 6
Iraq 2 4 - - 2 1 1 - 5 9
Jordan 1 2 1 1 - - 1 - 5 7
Kuwait 1 3 3 1 - - 2 - 4 6
Lebanon - 5 1 - - 1 - 1 6 6
Libya - 2 - - 1 - - - 5 6
Morocco - 3 - 2 - - 1 1 5 6
Oman 1 2 1 1 1 1 - - 8 5
Pakistan 2 5 - 2 2 1 3 - 6 9
Qatar - 1 1 1 - - - - 4 6
Saudi Arabia - 1 - - - 1 - 1 6 5
Somalia - 1 - 1 - - - - 2 4
Sudan - 1 1 1 - - - - 6 5
Syrian Arab Republic 1 3 - - - - - - 4 8
Tunisia 1 2 2 1 - - 1 1 10 8
United Arab Emirates 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 6 5
Yemen - 2 - 1 - - - - 4 6
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4. Vacancies for Eastern Mediterranean Region
nominations and suggested Member States
Vice-President World Health Assembly Qatar
Vice-Chairman, Committee A Bahrain
Rapporteur, Committee B Afghanistan
General Committee (2) Djibouti, Somalia
Committee on Credentials (1) Islamic Republic of Iran
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5. Current Executive Board Members from the
Region
1. Bahrain
2. Djibouti
3. Iraq
4. Libya
5. Sudan
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6. Regional nominations for the
Executive Board
Outgoing members
(ending May 2019)
Bahrain and Libya
Incoming members
(2020‒2023)
Tunisia and United Arab Emirates
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7. Executive Board member selection tool
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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
Morocco
United Arab Emirates
Iraq
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Yemen
Oman
Pakistan
Jordan
Islamic Republic of Iran
Lebanon
Somalia
Syrian Arab Republic
Afghanistan
Djibouti
Sudan
One member Two members Two members

8. THANK YOU
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