The WHO European Regional Consultation on the Revision of the International Health Regulations took place in Copenhagen, 9-11 June 2004.
The meeting, which was part of a process started in 1995 to revise the International Health Regulations (IHR), was intended to provide the member states in the WHO European Region with the opportunity to become familiar with the draft revision of the new IHR document and to identify problems and discuss solutions.
A briefing note prepared by the EPHA Secretariat on the revised IHR and consultation can be downloaded below.
After the regional consultations, the comments of the member states will be used by WHO in the redrafting of the IHR. It is anticipated that this will be presented to the Member States in late September for further review and comment. It is hoped that the final draft will be endorsed at the Intergovernmental Working Group in Geneva on November 9-12 and presented to the World Health Assembly for adoption in May 2005.
