The following nominations for office proposed by the Committee of Nominations were adopted by the Fifty-third World Health Assembly on 15 May 2000

:

President of the Assembly: Dr Libertina Amathila (Namibia)

Vice-Presidents of the Assembly: Prof. F. Nazirov (Uzbekistan)

Mr N.T. Shanmugam (India)

Prof. R. Smallwood (Australia)

Dr M.A. Al-Jarallah (Kuwait)

Dr M. Amédée-Gédéon (Haiti)

Committee A-Chairman: Prof. S.M. Ali (Bangladesh)

Vice-Chairmen: Mrs M. McCoy Sanchez (Nigaracua)

Dr R.Busuttil (Malta)

Rapporteur: Dr J. Rasamizanaka (Madagascar)

Committee B-Chairman: Dr K. Karam (Lebanon)

Vice-Chairmen: Miss F.-Z. Chaib (Algeria)

Mr L. Rokovada (Fiji)

Rapporteur: Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert (Thailand)

The Committee of Nominations also decided to nominate the delegates from the following countries to serve in the General Committee:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Ghana, Lesotho, Oman, Palau, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Uruguay.