Annual meetings: Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2025
May 26, 2025
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Annual meetings of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific took place in May 2026, first as an online meeting just over a week before the Organisation’s 93rd General Session, and the 2nd as an in-person meeting during the General Session.
The first meeting took place on Tuesday, 5 May 2026 at 7:00 am Paris time (12:00 pm Bangkok time / 2:00 pm Japan time), and the second took place on Monday, 18 May 2026 at 10:00 AM Paris time. Participation is by invitation only.
Agenda (1st meeting)
(7:00 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. Paris time)
6:45 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. Zoom check-in and connecting
7:00 a.m. – 7:05 a.m. Adoption of the agenda (Dr Baoxu Huang, President of the Regional Commission and Delegate of China, PR)
7:05 a.m. – 7:15 a.m. Outcomes of the 34th Conference of the Regional Commission held in Indonesia, from 22 to 26 September 2025 (Dr Hendra Wibawa, Alternate Delegate of Indonesia)
7:15 a.m. – 7:25 a.m. Confirmation of the venue of the 35th Conference of the Regional Commission (Dr Beth Cookson, Delegate of Australia)
7:25 a.m. – 7:35 a.m. Selection of the Technical Item I (with questionnaire) to be included in the agenda of the 35th Conference of the Regional Commission (Dr Masatsugu Okita, Council member and Delegate of Japan)
7:35 a.m. – 7:55 a.m. Selection of three strategic topics of global interest to be addressed by WOAH through various means (Scientific Review, Newsletter, scientific paper, technical item or during a specific activity/meeting) (Dr Mary van Andel, Council member and Delegate of New Zealand)
7:55 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. WOAH’s 8th Strategic Plan (Ms Camilla Wuensch, Acting Head of the Performance Management Unit)
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Governance Review Committee (GRC), report and recommendations proposed for adoption by the General Assembly (Dr Beth Cookson, regional member of the GRC and Delegate of Australia)
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Application to designate the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, APQA (under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, MAFRA) in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea (Rep.of) as a new WOAH Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Terrestrial Animals (Dr Dongsik Lee, Delegate of Korea (Rep. of)
9:15 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. Discussion on regional positions for WOAH General Session (Dr Beth Cookson, Delegate of Australia)
9:35 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. WOAH Announcements
CLOSED SESSION FOR DELEGATES ONLY
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Partial elections: selection of two Members of the Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific to join the Bureau of the Regional Commission as Vice Presidents (Dr Baoxu Huang)
10:00 a.m. Closing (Dr Baoxu Huang)
Agenda (2nd meeting)
(10:00 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Paris time)
10:00 – 10:05 a.m. Adoption of the agenda (Dr Baoxu Huang, President of the Regional Commission and Delegate of P. R. China)
10:05 – 10:25 a.m. Summary of the main points discussed and agreed during the virtual meeting (Dr Baoxu Huang)
10:25 – 10:50 a.m. RAWS Advisory Group updates (ToR revision, membership, new chair) (Dr Carolyn Guy, Chair of RAWS Advisory Group)
10:50 – 11:10 a.m. GF-TADs: Review of regional experiences and way forward (Dr Masatsugu Okita, Council member and Delegate of Japan)
11:10 – 11:20 a.m. Information on the future procedure for the election of Members of Specialist Commissions (Dr Montserrat Arroyo Kuribreña, Deputy Director General, International Standards and Science, WOAH)
11:20 – 11: 45 a.m. Governance Review Committee (GRC):
11:45 – 12:00 p.m. Revision plan for the regional work plan framework in line with the 8th Strategic Plan (Dr Masatsugu Okita, Council member and Delegate of Japan)
12:00 – 12:15 p.m. Regional initiative and collaboration to control AMR (Dr Pondpan Suwanthada, Regional AMR Project Officer, WOAH RRAP)
12:15 – 12:30 p.m. Discussion on regional positions for WOAH General Session (Dr Mary van Andel, Council member and Delegate of New Zealand)
12:30 – 12:40 p.m. Regional Core Group membership (Dr Tomoko Ishibashi, Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, WOAH RRAP)
12:40 p.m. Closing (Dr Baoxu Huang)
