Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 88th General Session of the World Assembly of OIE Delegates in 2020 was cancelled. Thus the annual meeting of the Regional Commission usually held on Monday afternoon during the General Session was also cancelled this year.
This virtual meeting was therefore proposed by the Regional Core Group of the Regional Commission to provide an opportunity to all regional Delegates with updates of some institutional issues of the OIE as well as some technical issues relevant to this region.