Dear Tamar,

In case this is of interest to the ministry…

Best regards,

Silviu

Dear WRs and hub coordinators,

UNDRR, Israel and WHO are organizing this member state dialogue for the 55 IHR State parties aligning perfectly with the UNDRR Sendai framework parties for this region.  

The event will see the participation of the IHR focal points, Sendai framework focal points and where the Ministry of health wishes the national counterparts may also participate

Haris (CCed) and I are the focal points for this meeting which has been pulled together in the last 2 weeks, and letters should be issued today The IHR focal points were sent an email highlighting this impending event

Please see attached the concept note and agenda reflecting the speakers– only finalized this a couple of hours ago-, also Dorit will present session 2 for WHO

This is a zoom event in English. At the moment it is not technically possible to have translation with the zoom platform.  Each member state can have up to 4 participants.

Keynote addresses are from

Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR

Welcome Remarks

Dr Hans Kluge, Regional Director, Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization (WHO)

Mr. Octavian Bivol, UNDRR Chief of Regional Office for Europe

Amb. Meirav Eilon Shahar, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Israel

As the letters are only going out today, please may I ask you to reach out to the national counterparts highlighting this event, if this is possible.

Haris and I are happy to discuss at any time.

With best regards

Gerry