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At least 45 participants consisting of communities, civil society and government reps from 10 countries in AP:

THAILAND – official host country (partnership between Thai government and Thai community and CS partners) with APCASO, French MoFA, Expertise France and L’ Initiative

– joined by by NHSO/MoH and MoFA

CAMBODIA (govt travel ban)

INDONESIA – joined by various reps from MoH

JAPAN – joned by Director of Global Health Strategy Division, MoFA

LAO PDR – joined by Chief of PHC Division, MoH

MONGOLIA - joined by Head of International Cooperation, MoFA

NEPAL, PAKISTAN, THAILND, VIETNAM – joined by NTP heads

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Roundtable Dialogue Objectives:

  1. To share key information and updates with partner governments in the region to support their strategic engagement in the 2023 UHC, PPPR and TB HLMs and Outcome Document (OD) drafting processes

  • To facilitate collective agreement and amplification of regional positions to influence the outcomes of the 2023 UHC, PPPR and TB HLMs

  • To strengthen partnerships between government, community and civil society around and for the 2023 HLMs

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S7. �WHAT CAN WE DO AND SHOULD DO AS A REGION?Champions (AP) Rising Roundtable Dialogue, BKK

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WHAT HAVE WE?TB HLM PD – Approaching silence procedure stage/All our countries currently under G77+C ��PPPR HLM PD – Open negotiation still ongoing*/no G77+C�3rd reading – this week�Final reading – July 24-25�Start of silence procedure – July 26��UHC HLM PD – Open negotiation still ongoing*/no G77+C�3rd reading – this week�Final reading – July 26-28�Start of silence procedure – July 31

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Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Viet Nam, Thailand [Philippines, Japan]* for the TB Pol Dec >> consensus to support/defend strong language on agreed regional priorities��>> Government x stepping up to lead the emerged bloc of like-minded countries from the region��>> other countries committing to work together and support

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What Can We Do? (1)�UHC and PPPR, nego period��> Individual interventions based on country priorities (govt and CS)�> Asking some of our governments to please remove conservative positions��> Forming a bloc of our countries and negotiating as a bloc� > need chair for UHC� > need chair for PPPR�� > supporting blocs and country positions aligning with ours (we can if we want to � connect with EU, Mexico, Brazil, CANZ)� > working with missions for language proposals (APCASO volunteers to � support if needed)� > commitment to follow through until the text is ready for September

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What Can We Do? (2)�UHC, PPPR, TB after silence procedure��> work to embed our messages in country intervention statements�> country delegations to include CS?��At the HLM��> Coordination and solidarity�> APCASO and partners’ (including AP country Missions) side event ��Post-HLM��> Analysis of PD�> Country advocacies� > Converting promises to action

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