Principal Risks

Overview

Principal Risks are risks that:

• may affect the achievement of WHO’s objectives (including GPW 14 implementation); and
• require alignment and coordination in their response and mitigation across the three levels of the Organization.

The annual identification of Principal Risks in 2026 is based on the “bottom-up” risk identification captured in WHO’s Risk Management Tool and the “top-down” review conducted by the Global Risk Management Committee following a robust process involving three level consultation, benchmarking and analysis of risk and internal oversight reports.