Bureau of the MOP

The Meeting of the Parties elects at each regular session its President as well as five Vice-Presidents. These officers, each representing a WHO region, constitute the Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties. According to Rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure of the Meeting of the Parties, they shall commence their term of office at the closure of the session and shall serve until the closure of the following regular session of the Meeting of the Parties, including for any intervening extraordinary session.

The current Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties, elected by the Meeting at its Third Session on 12-15 February 2024 in Panama city, Panama, can be found below. The order of the Vice-Presidents was drawn by lot at MOP3.

• Gabon for the African region
• Paraguay for the region of the Americas
• Islamic Republic of Iran for the Eastern Mediterranean region
• Greece for the European region
• India for the Southeast Asia Region
• Samoa for the Western Pacific Region

According to the Rules of Procedure of the Meeting of the Parties, the regional coordinators shall be allowed to observe the meetings of the Bureau and perform the following functions:

liaise with the officer of the Bureau representing the region and facilitate consultations with the Parties in the region between the sessions of the Meeting of the Parties with a view to informing the work of the Bureau and keeping Parties informed of the Bureau’s work;

receive working documents or proposals of the Bureau and ensure that they are circulated to the Parties in the region;

collect and send comments on such documents or proposals to the officer of the Bureau; and

act as a channel for the exchange of information, including a copy of invitations to the meetings for the implementation of the Protocol, and coordination of activities with other regional coordinators.