The
Conference 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 Conference of the Parties. According to Rule 21 of
the Rules of Procedure of the Conference 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 Conference of the Parties, including for any intervening
extraordinary session.
The
current Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, elected by the Conference at
its Tenth Session on 5-10 February 2024 in Panama City, Panama, can be found
below. The order of the Vice-Presidents was drawn by lot at COP10.
According to the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties, the regional coordinators shall be allowed to observe the Meetings of the Bureau and perform the following functions: