title: Welcome speech.
authors.affiliation: World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France. b.vallat@oie.int
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vallat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D007391:International Cooperation; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D014480:United Nations