UPDATED:Tue Apr 30 15:05:57 2002

December

• Luncheon with the European Council of Ministers, Brussels, 14 December 2000
• The Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, Georgia, Atlanta, 8 December 2000
• Keynote address. Okinawa International Conference on Infectious Diseases, Okinawa, Japan, 7 December 2000

November

• Why Invest in Health? Third International Conference on Priorities in Health Care, Amsterdam, 23 November 2000
• GAVI Partners' Meeting, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 20 November 2000
• Opening remarks IFPMA Roundtable, Geneva, 15 November 2000
• Presentation to the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, Paris, 9 November 2000
• Speech at the opening of the third meeting of the Commission for Macroeconomics and Health, Paris, 8 November 2000
• Address to the Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow, 2 November 2000

October

• International Consultation on Mental Health of Refugees and Displaced Populations in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations, Geneva, 23 October 2000
• Australian Launch, Vision 2020, Sydney, Australia, 19 October 2000
• Address to the National Press Club, Canberra, Australia,  17 October 2000
• Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, First Meeting of Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, Opening Statement, Geneva, 16 October 2000
• Dinner Hosted by the Minister of Health and Welfare, Jakarta, Indonesia, 12 October 2000
• Launch of Indonesian Initiative to Make Pregnancy Safer, Jakarta, Indonesia, 12 October 2000
• International Conference on Health Research, Bangkok, Thailand, 11 October 2000
• Joint meeting of Public Health Committees, Parliament House, Bangkok, Thailand, 11 October 2000
• Launch of the Global Alliance for Anti-TB Drug Development, Bangkok, 10 October, 2000
• Launch of the Global Alliance for Anti-TB Drug Development, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 October, 2000
• Opening Dinner, Massive Effort Advocacy Meeting, Winterthur, 3 October 2000
• Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, Forty-seventh Session, Cairo, Egypt, 1 October 2000 En français 

September

• First Meeting of the Contact Group on Accelerating Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Care, Geneva, 29 September 2000
• High Level Round Table on Accelerated Action Targeted at Major Communicable Diseases within the context of Poverty Reduction, Closing Statement, European Commission, Brussels, 28 September 2000
• High Level Round Table on Accelerated Action Targeted at Major Communicable Diseases within the context of Poverty Reduction, Opening Statement, European Commission, Brussels, 28 September 2000
• Regional Committee for the Americas - 52nd Session, Washington, D.C., 25 September 2000 En français 
• Regional Committee for the Western Pacific - Fifty-first session, Manila, Philippines, 19 September 2000 En français 
• Regional Committee for Europe - Fiftieth session, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 September 2000 En français | In Russian
• Regional Committee for South-East Asia – Fifty-third Session, New Delhi, India, 4 September 2000

August

• Regional Committee for Africa - Fiftieth session, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 28 August 2000 [Français]
• Keynote Address at the opening of the 11th Global Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago, 7 August 2000
• 11th Global Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago, 6 August 2000

July

• 11th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, "Building Bridges for the Future", Global strategies for cancer control and care, Oslo, Norway,
  31 July 2000
• ROUND TABLE MEETING: CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT -- The massive effort to tackle infectious diseases: a key to global prosperity, G8: Tokyo, 20th July 2000
• XIII International AIDS Conference -- Outstanding issues in the international response to HIV/AIDS: The WHO Perspective, Durban, South Africa, 11 July 2000

June

• 47th Session of Codex Alimentarius Executive Committee, Geneva, 28 June 2000
• 23rd Session of the Joint Coordinating Board of the UNDP / World Bank / WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), Geneva, 26 June 2000
• Presentation of the World Health Report 2000, Foreign Press Association, London, 21 June 2000
• Opening Remarks, Meetings of Interested Parties, Geneva, 19 June 2000
• GAVI Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 13 June 2000
• Beijing+5 Conference, New York, 9 June 2000
• National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 7 June 2000
• Fifth Global Conference on Health Promotion, Mexico City, Mexico, 5 June 2000 [Français] [Espanol]

May

• Address at the opening of World No Tobacco Day, Sanam Luang, Bangkok
  31 May 2000
• UNAIDS - Programme Coordinating Board,Geneva, 25 May 2000
• FIFTY-THIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A53/3
  Agenda item 3
  Challenges and Opportunities for the Health Leaders of Today
  Statement by the Director-General to the Fifty-third World Health Assembly
  Geneva, Monday 15 May 2000
• Forty-first Session of the Governing Council, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 11 May 2000 [Français]
• WHO/Public Interest NGO Pharmaceuticals Roundtable, 3rd Meeting, Geneva, 1 May 2000

April

• Statement at the Summit on Roll Back Malaria in Africa, Abuja, Nigeria 25 April 2000
• Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals, First Meeting of Interested Partners, WHO Headquarters, 10 April 2000
• Opening remarks, Parliamentary Commission on Investigation of Medicines, Brasilia 4 April 2000 [Portugeuse]

March

• 24th Session of the Council of Arab Health Ministers: Health Systems Reform, Beirut, 30 March 2000
• BBC Reith Lectures 2000 : Population and Health, Geneva, 28 March 2000
• 2nd Meeting of the Working Group on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 27 March 2000 [Français]
• Launch of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO Headquarters, 27 March 2000
• Ministerial Conference on "TB and Sustainable Development", Concluding Session, Amsterdam, 24 March 2000
• Ministerial Conference on "TB and Sustainable Development", Welcoming Remarks, Opening Ceremony, Amsterdam, 22 March 2000
• Joint UNICEF - WHO Polio Eradication Strategy Meeting, Geneva, 15 March 2000
• Technical Consultation On Infant and Young Child Feeding, Geneva, 13-17 March 2000
• Committee of Ambassadors of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Brussels, 7 March 2000 [Français]

February

• Presentation to Dr Brundtland of Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 2 February 2000 [Français]
• 3rd Meeting of the Global Partnership to Roll Back Malaria, Geneva, 2-3 February

January

• International Life Sciences Institute Dinner, World Economic Forum, Davos, 29 January 2000
• Towards a strategic agenda for the WHO Secretariat, Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Board at its 105th session, Geneva, Monday, 24 January 2000 [Français] [Espanol] [Russian-PDF] [Arabic-PDF] [Chinese-PDF] 
• Scientific Group Meeting on the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases: The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010, Geneva, 13-15 January 2000
• Luncheon organized by Rotary International for Leaders of Indian Industry, New Delhi, India, 8 January 2000
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, 8 January 2000
• WHO’s International Conference on Global Tobacco Control Law: Towards a WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, New Delhi, India, 7 January 2000
• Final Push for Polio Eradication in Year 2000 - Every Child Counts, New Delhi, India, 6 January 2000

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