EXECUTIVE BOARD

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

No. 181

EXECUTIVE BOARD

FORTY -FIFTH SESSION

GENEVA, 20 - 29 JANUARY 1970

PART I

RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

GENEVA

March 1970

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UNICEF UNIDO UNRWA WFUNA WMO

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Administrative Committee on Co- ordination

Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences Economic Commission for Africa

Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Economic Commission for Europe

Economic Commission for Latin America

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency

International Civil Aviation Organization International Labour Organisation (Office)

Inter -Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization International Telecommunication Union

Pan American Health Organization Pan American Sanitary Bureau

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Development Programme, Special Fund component United Nations Development Programme, Technical Assistance component United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Children's Fund

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East World Federation of United Nations Associations

World Meteorological Organization

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its forty -fifth session, which was convened in accordance with resolution EB44.R16, adopted by the Board at its forty-fourth session.

In accordance with the instructions of the Board, the summary records of the Board have been sent to Member governments.

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in the table of contents under the subject headings of the Handbook. There has also been added, beneath each resolution, a reference to the section of the Handbook containing previous resolutions on the same subject. The tenth edition of the Handbook -which is indexed both by subject and by resolution symbol -contains most of the resolutions adopted up to and including the Twenty -first World Health Assembly and the forty -third session of the Executive Board.

The following reference list of sessions of the Health Assembly and Executive Board shows the resolution symbol applicable to each session and the Official Records volume in which the resolutions were originally published.

First World Health Assembly Executive Board, First Session Executive Board, Second Session Executive Board, Third Session

Held

24 June - 24 July 1948 16 -28 July 1948

25 October - 11 November 1948 21 February - 9 March 1949

Resolution symbol

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Official Records No.

13 14 14 17

Second World Health Assembly 13 June - 2 July 1949 WHA2.- 21

Executive Board, Fourth Session 8 -19 July 1949

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Executive Board, Fifth Session 16 January - 2 February 1950

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Third World Health Assembly 8 -27 May 1950 WHA3.- 28

Executive Board, Sixth Session 1 -9 June 1950 EB6.R- 29

Executive Board, Seventh Session 22 January - 5 February 1951 EB7.R- 32

Fourth World Health Assembly 7 -25 May 1951 WHA4.- 35

Executive Board, Eighth Session 1 -8 June 1951 EB8.R- 36

Executive Board, Ninth Session 21 January - 4 February 1952 EB9R.- 40

Fifth World Health Assembly 5 -22 May 1952 WHA5.- 42

Executive Board, Tenth Session 29 May - 3 June 1952 EB1O.R- ₄₃

Executive Board, Eleventh Session 12 January - 4 February 1953 EB11.R- 46

Sixth World Health Assembly 5 -22 May 1953 WHA6.- 48

Executive Board, Twelfth Session 28 -30 May 1953 EB12.R- 49

Executive Board, Thirteenth Session 12 January - 2 February 1954 EB13.R- 52

Seventh World Health Assembly 4 -21 May 1954 WHA7.- 55

Executive Board, Fourteenth Session 27 -28 May 1954 EB14.R- 57

Executive Board, Fifteenth Session 18 January - 4 February 1955 EB15.R- 60

Eighth World Health Assembly 10 -27 May 1955 WHA8.- 63

Executive Board, Sixteenth Session 30 May 1955 EB16.R- 65

Executive Board, Seventeenth Session 17 January - 2 February 1956 EB17.R- 68

Ninth World Health Assembly 8 -25 May 1956 WHA9.- 71

Executive Board, Eighteenth Session 28 -30 May 1956 EB18.R- 73

Executive Board, Nineteenth Session 15 -30 January 1957 EB19.R- 76

Tenth World Health Assembly 7 -24 May 1957 WHA10.- 79

Executive Board, Twentieth Session 27 -28 May 1957 EB20.R- 80

Executive Board, Twenty -first Session 14 -28 January 1958 EB21.R- 83

Eleventh World Health Assembly 28 May - 13 June 1958 WHA11.- 87

Executive Board, Twenty- second Session 16-17 June 1958 EB22.R- 88

Executive Board, Twenty -third Session 20 January - 3 February 1959 EB23.R- 91

Twelfth World Health Assembly 12 -29 May 1959 WHAl2.- 95

Executive Board, Twenty- fourth Session 1 -2 June 1959 EB24.R- 96

Executive Board, Twenty -fifth Session 19 January - 1 February 1960 EB25.R- 99

Thirteenth World Health Assembly 3 -20 May 1960 WHA13.- 102

Executive Board, Twenty -sixth Session 25 October - 4 November 1960 EB26.R- 106 Executive Board, Twenty -seventh Session 30 January - 2 February 1961 EB27.R- 108

Fourteenth World Health Assembly 7 -24 February 1961 WHA14.- 110

Executive Board, Twenty- eighth Session 29 May - 1 June 1961 EB28.R- 112

Executive Board, Twenty -ninth Session 15 -26 January 1962 EB29.R- 115

Fifteenth World Health Assembly 8 -25 May 1962 WHA15.- 118

Executive Board, Thirtieth Session 29 -30 May 1962 EB30.R- 120

Executive Board, Thirty-first Session 15 -28 January 1963 EB31.R- 124

Sixteenth World Health Assembly 7 -23 May 1963 WHA16.- 127

Executive Board, Thirty -second Session 27 -28 May 1963 EB32.R- 129

Executive Board, Thirty -third Session 14-24 January 1964 EB33.R- 132

Seventeenth World Health Assembly 3 -20 March 1964 WHA17.- 135

Executive Board, Thirty -fourth Session 26-29 May 1964 EB34.R- 137

Executive Board, Thirty -fifth Session 19 -28 January 1965 EB35.R- 140

Eighteenth World Health Assembly 4-21 May 1965 WHA18.- 143

Executive Board, Thirty-sixth Session 24-25 May 1965 EB36.R- 145

Executive Board, Thirty- seventh Session 18 -28 January 1966 EB37.R- 148

Nineteenth World Health Assembly 3 -20 May 1966 WHA19.- 151

Executive Board, Thirty- eighth Session 23 -24 May 1966 EB38.R- 153

Executive Board, Thirty -ninth Session 17 -27 January 1967 EB39.R- 157

Twentieth World Health Assembly 8 -26 May 1967 WHA20.- 160

Executive Board, Fortieth Session 29 -30 May 1967 EB40.R- 162

Executive Board, Forty -first Session 23 January - 1 February 1968 EB41.R- 165

Twenty -first World Health Assembly 6 -24 May 1968 WHA21.- 168

Executive Board, Forty -second Session 27 -28 May 1968 EB42.R- 170

Executive Board, Forty-third Session 18 -28 February 1969 EB43.R- 173

Twenty -second World Health Assembly 8 -25 July 1969 WHA22.- 176

Executive Board, Forty- fourth Session 28 -29 July 1969 EB44.R- 178

Executive Board, Forty -fifth Session 20 -29 January 1970 EB45.R- 181

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Drug Dependence

EB45.R2 Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs 5 EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS AND COMMITTEES

EB45.R1 Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees 5

EB45.R3 Report on Expert Committee Meetings ⁵

Resolutions on Programme and Budget

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES For 1971

EB45.R27 Proposed Effective Working Budget Level for 1971 18

EB45.R21 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion 14

Report on Allotments Issued and Obligations Incurred

EB45.R6 Allotments Issued and Obligations Incurred 7

Resolutions concerning the World Health Assembly and Executive Board

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY EB45.R44

Method of Work EB45. R28 Rules of Procedure

EB45. R30 EXECUTIVE BOARD

Provisional Agenda for the Twenty -third World Health Assembly 27

Method of Work of the Health Assembly 18

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly: Facili- tation of Health Assembly Sessions

Membership of the Board

21

EB45.R31 Period of Office of Officers of the Executive Board 21

Sessions of the Board

EB45.R39 Date and Place of the Forty -sixth Session of the Executive Board 25

Representation of the Board at the Health Assembly

EB45.R38 Appointment of Representatives of the Executive Board at the Twenty -third World

Health Assembly 25

Resolutions on Regional Matters

INDIVIDUAL REGIONS EB45.R8

Africa EB45.R7

Reports of Regional Committees 7

Appointment of the Regional Director for Africa 7

Eastern Mediterranean

EB45.R10 Implementation of Resolution WHA7.33 EB45.R11

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Report on the 1969 Session of Sub -Committee A of the Regional Committee for the

Eastern Mediterranean 8

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Resolutions on Constitutional and Legal Matters

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS

EB45.R40 Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique ^. 25

Resolutions on Financial and Administrative Matters

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Assessments and Contributions

EB45.R24 Assessment of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen 16

EB45.R23 Status of Collection of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the Working

Capital Fund 15

EB45.R25 Members in Arrears in the Payment of their Contributions to an Extent which may invoke the Provisions of Article 7 of the Constitution 16

Working Capital Fund

EB45.R18 Review of the Working Capital Fund 11

Revolving Funds

EB45.R19 Real Estate Fund 12

Trust Funds and Special Accounts established under Financial Regulation 6.6

EB45.R22 Special Account for Servicing Costs 15

Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion

EB45.R32 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion 22

Accounts and External Audit

EB45.R43 Appointment of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Executive Board to consider, prior to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly, the Report of the External Auditor on the Accounts of the Organization for the Year 1969 26 EB45.R14 Consideration of the Desirability and Feasibility of the Establishment of a Group of

Representatives of Member States to Consult with the External Auditor on his Examination of the Financial and Administrative Procedures of WHO ^. ^. 9 STAFF MATTERS

Staff Rules

EB45.R12 Confirmation of Amendments to the Staff Rules 8

ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES

EB45. R34 Review of the Organizational Study on Co- ordination with the United Nations and

the Specialized Agencies 22

EB45.R16 Future Organizational Study by the Executive Board 10

Resolutions on Co- ordination and External Relations UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED AGENCIES

General

EB45. R37 Co- ordination with the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International

Atomic Energy Agency on Programme Matters 24

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EB45. R33 EB45. R35 EB45. R36

Co- ordination with the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the Internatio- nal Atomic Energy Agency on Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Matters 22

Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit 23

Second Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies: Progress Report on Imple-

mentation 24

NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Principles governing Relationship

EB45.R41 Review of the Working Principles Governing the Admission of Non -governmental

Organizations into Official Relations with WHO 25

Applications for Admission to Official Relations

EB45.R42 Relations with Non -governmental Organizations 26

Resolutions on Miscellaneous Matters

MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS; HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS

EB45.R17 Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons 10

ANNEXES

1. List of Members and Other Participants 31

2. Report of the Standing Committee on Non- governmental Organizations 36 3. Report of the Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International

d'Hygiène Publique 38

4. Review of the Organizational Study on Co- ordination with the United Nations and the Specialized

Agencies 39

5. Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs 158

6. Confirmation of Amendments to the Staff Rules 158

7. General Programme of Work for a Specific Period 160

8. Implementation of Resolution WHA7.33 161

9. Long -term Financial Indicators 162

10. Consideration of the Desirability and Feasibility of the Establishment of a Group of Representa- tives of Member States to Consult with the External Auditor on his Examination of the Finan-

cial and Administrative Procedures of WHO 163

11. Review of the Working Capital Fund 166

12. Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations 184

13. Method of Work of the Health Assembly 189

14. Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion 198

Index to Resolutions 203

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[EB45 /1 Rev. 1 - 20 Jan. 1970]

1.1 Opening of the session

1.2 Adoption of the agenda

PROGRAMME

2.1 Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees 2.2 Report on expert committee meetings

2.3 [Deleted]

2.4 Smallpox eradication programme

2.5 Socio- economic consequences of the zoonoses

2.6 International monitoring of adverse reactions to drugs

2.7 Long -term planning in the field of health, biennial programming, and improvement of the evaluation process -term financial indicators)

2.8 General programme of work covering a specific period 2.9 Organizational study by the Executive Board:

2.9.1 Review of the organizational study on co- ordination with the United Nations and the specialized agencies

2.9.2 Selection of a subject for the future organizational study 2.10 Programme review: immunology

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 3.1 Allotments issued and obligations incurred as at 30 September 1969 3.2 * Review of the proposed programme and budget estimates for 1971

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BOARD

4.1 Consideration of the provisional agenda for the Twenty -third World Health Assembly 4.2 Method of work of the Health Assembly

1 Adopted by the Executive Board at its first meeting, 20 January 1970.

* Item referred by the Executive Board to its Standing Committee on Administration and Finance (resolution EB16.R12, part 1).

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4.3 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly

4.4 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization 4.5 Appointment of representatives of the Executive Board at the Twenty -third World Health Assembly 4.6 Date and place of the forty -sixth session of the Executive Board

REGIONAL MATTERS 5.1 Africa

5.1.1 Report on the nineteenth session of the Regional Committee 5.1.2 Appointment of the Regional Director

5.2 Americas

5.2.1 Report on the twenty -first session of the Regional Committee /XIX Meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization

5.3 South -East Asia

5.3.1 Report on the twenty- second session of the Regional Committee 5.4 Europe

5.4.1 Report on the nineteenth session of the Regional Committee

5.5 Eastern Mediterranean

5.5.1 Implementation of resolution WHA7.33 5.6 Western Pacific

5.6.1 Report on the twentieth session of the Regional Committee

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 6.1 Review of the Working Capital Fund

6.2 * Collection of contributions:

6.2.1 Status of collection of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund

6.2.2 Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which may invoke the provisions of Article 7 of the Constitution

6.3 Consideration of the desirability and feasibility of the establishment of a group of representatives of Member States to consult with the External Auditor on his examination of the financial and administrative procedures of WHO

6.4 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion

* Item referred by the Executive Board to its Standing Committee on Administration and Finance (resolùtion EB16.R12, part I, para. 2(4)).

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6.5 Arrears of contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique

6.6 Appointment of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Executive Board to consider, prior to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly, the report of the External Auditor on the accounts of the Organization for the year 1969

6.7 Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules

6.8 Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations

6.9 Assessment of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen

CO- ORDINATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

7.1 The United Nations, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency:

7.1.1 Programme matters

7.1.2 Administrative, budgetary and financial matters

7.1.3 Second Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies -General Assembly resolutions 2150 (XXI) and 2360 (XXII): progress report on implementation

7.1.4 ^[Deleted]

7.1.5 Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit 7.2 Non -governmental organizations:

7.2.1 Review of the working principles governing the admission of non -governmental organizations into official relations with WHO

7.2.2 Consideration of applications of non -governmental organizations for admission into official relations

8. Closure of the session

SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM 1. Action in respect of international conventions on narcotic drugs

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The forty -fifth session of the Executive Board was held at WHO headquarters, Geneva, from 20 to 29 January 1970, under the chairmanship of Sir William Refshauge, with Dr I. S. Kadama and Professor I. Moraru as Vice -Chairmen. The Rapporteurs were Dr H. M. El -Kadi and Dr M. El Kamal. The list of members and other participants, and the composition of the committees, will be found in Annex 1. The Board adopted the forty -four resolutions contained in this volume.

The Standing Committee on Administration and Finance, in the course of ten meetings beginning on 12 January, considered the items falling within its terms of reference as laid down by resolution EB16.R12. In addition to the Standing Committee's own members, a number of other members of the Board and their alternates and advisers attended its meetings in accordance with resolution EB44.R16. The Board's report on the proposed programme and budget estimates for 1971 and related matters is issued separately as Official Records No. 182.

RESOLUTIONS

EB45.R1 Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees The Executive Board

NOTESthe report of the Director -General on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.15 First meeting, 20 January 1970

EB45.R2 Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs The Executive Board

NOTESthe action taken by the Director -General,' in compliance with resolutions WHA7.6 and WHA18.46, with regard to a notification (concerning amphetamine, dexamphetamine, methamphetamine, methyl - phenidate, phenmetrazine and pipradrol) forwarded to the Secretary -General of the United Nations.

Handb. Res. 10th ed., 1.10.2.3 First meeting, 20 January 1970

EB45.R3 Report on Expert Committee Meetings The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the following committee meetings:

(1) Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on African Trypanosomiasis (1968); ²

(2) Expert Committee on Insecticides (Insecticide Resistance and Vector Control), seventeenth report (1968);

' See Annex 5.

2 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1969, 434.

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(3) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, seventeenth report (1969); 1

(4) Expert Committee on the WHO Immunology Research and Training Programme (1968);

(5) Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, twenty- second report (1969);

(6) Expert Committee on National Environmental Health Programmes: Their Planning, Organization and Administration (1969); 2

1. NOTES the report; and

2. THANKS those members of expert advisory panels who have taken part in these meetings for their valuable contribution to the study of matters of great importance for WHO.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.15.2 First meeting, 20 January 1970

EB45.R4 Socio- economic Consequences of the Zoonoses The Executive Board,

Having examined the report by the Director -General on proposed joint action with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in preparing methodology and criteria to be used in carrying out surveillance of zoonoses and evaluation of control programmes, requested in resolution WHA22.35 of the Twenty- second World Health Assembly,

1. NOTES that a small group of consultants will plan pilot studies to be carried out in selected areas; and

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to continue the proposed action in collaboration with FAO and to report to a future session of the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.3.8 First meeting, 20 January 1970

EB45.R5 General Programme of Work for a Specific Period The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the general programme of work for a specific period,3

RECOMMENDS to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:

The Twenty -third World Health Assembly,

Having considered the implications, for the preparation of the 1972 annual programme of the Organization, of the transition from the fourth to a fifth general programme of work,

1. DECIDES to extend by one year the fourth general programme of work to include 1972; and

2. REQUESTS the Executive Board to proceed with the preparation of the fifth general programme of work and to submit to the Twenty- fourth World Health Assembly a proposed fifth general programme of work for the period 1973 -1977.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.1.1 Second meeting, 20 January 1970

3 See Annex 7.

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EB45.R6 Allotments Issued and Obligations Incurred The Executive Board

NOTES the report by the Director -General on the allotments issued and obligations incurred under the regular budget, as at 30 September 1969, submitted in accordance with resolution EB44.R14 of the forty - fourth session of the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 2.1.8 Second meeting, 20 January 1970

EB45.R7 Appointment of the Regional Director for Africa The Executive Board,

Considering the provisions of Article 52 of the WHO Constitution and Staff Regulation 4.5; and Considering the nomination and recommendation made by the Regional Committee for Africa at its nineteenth session,

1. REAPPOINTS Dr Alfred A. Quenum as Regional Director for Africa as from 1 February 1970; and 2. AUTHORIZES the Director -General to extend the appointment of Dr Alfred A. Quenum as Regional Director for Africa for a period of five years from 1 February 1970, subject to the provisions of the Staff

Regulations and Staff Rules.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 5.2.1.4 Third meeting, 21 January 1970

EB45.R8 Reports of Regional Committees The Executive Board

NOTES the reports on the 1969 sessions of the following regional committees:

(1) Regional Committee for Africa, nineteenth session;

(2) Regional Committee for the Americas, twenty -first session /XIX Meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization;

(3) Regional Committee for South -East Asia, twenty- second session;

(4) Regional Committee for Europe, nineteenth session;

(5) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, twentieth session.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 5 Third meeting, 21 January 1970

EB45.R9 Limitation of Smoking The Executive Board,

Welcoming the resolutions on the control of cigarette -smoking passed by the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization /Regional Committee for the Americas and the Regional Committee for Europe at their sessions held in 1969;

Recognizing that the individual must decide for himself whether he will risk endangering his health by smoking cigarettes, but should also have regard to the influence on others of his example; and

Believing that no organization devoted to the promotion of^health can be neutral in this matter,

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1. REQUESTS those attending its meetings to refrain from smoking in the room where such meetings are held; and

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to report to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly on measures which might be taken to affirm the Organization's view of the hazards of smoking and to demonstrate this by example at WHO meetings as well as to ensure that the Organization is able to assist Member States and interested health organizations to obtain information on these hazards.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.7 Third meeting, 21 January 1970

EB45.R10 Implementation of Resolution WHA7.33 The Executive Board,

Recalling the provisions of resolutions WHA7.33 and WHA22.28,

1. NOTES the report 1 of the Director -General on the implementation of resolution WHA7.33 of the Seventh World Health Assembly; and

2. TRANSMITS this report to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly for such action as it may deem advisable.

EB45.R11 Report of the 1969 Session of Sub -Committee A of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Medi- terranean

The Executive Board

NOTES the report of the 1969 session of Sub -Committee A of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean.

EB45. R 12 Confirmation of Amendments to the Staff Rules The Executive Board

CONFIRMS, in accordance with Staff Regulation 12.2, the amendments to the Staff Rules, as reported by the Director- General.2

EB45.R13 Long -term Financial Indicators The Executive Board,

Recalling that the Twenty- second World Health Assembly (in resolution WHA22.53) requested " the Director -General to explore further the feasibility of providing appropriate long -term financial indicators and report thereon to the forty -fifth session of the Executive Board ";

1 See Annex 8.

2 See Annex 6.

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Having considered the report of the Director- General;1 and

Noting that this complex subject requires more detailed study, including consultations with recipient governments, which will be carried out through the regional offices and the results considered by the regional committees,

AWAITS with interest the further progress report which the Director -General intends to submit to the Board at its forty- seventh session.

EB45.R14 Consideration of the Desirability and Feasibility of the Establishment of a Group of Representatives of Member States to Consult with the External Auditor on his Examination of the Financial and Administrative Procedures of WHO

The Executive Board,

Noting resolutions WHA22.4 and EB44.R20;

Having examined the report of the Director -General on the consideration of the desirability and feasibility of the establishment of a group of representatives of Member States to consult with the External Auditor on his examination of the financial and administrative procedures of WHO;2 and

Having considered the communication from the External Auditor on the same subject,3

1. CONSIDERS that the suggested arrangement is not compatible with the professional requirements of the External Auditor and the maintenance of independence in his responsibility solely to the World Health Assembly;

2. EXPRESSES its satisfaction with the present established system of examination by the External Auditor; and

3. RECOMMENDS to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:

Having considered resolution EB45.R14, adopted by the Executive Board following its consideration of the desirability and feasibility of the establishment of a group of representatives of Member States to consult with the External Auditor on his examination of the financial and administrative procedures of WHO,

CONCURS in the recommendations and conclusions of the Executive Board.

Handb. Res. 10th ed., 7.1.10 Fourth meeting, 21 January 1970

EB45.R15 Programme Review : Immunology The Executive Board,

Having examined the report of the Director -General and reviewed the programme of the Organization in the field of immunology,'

1. NOTES with appreciation the development of the activities of the Organization as set out in the report, and in particular the high scientific level of the research programme;

2. BELIEVES that much knowledge derived from the study of immunological factors in diseases prevalent in tropical countries is of great assistance to progress in other areas in the world;

1 See Annex 9.

2 See Annex 10, part 1.

3 See Annex 10, part 2.

4 See Of Rec. Wld Hlth Org., 182, Appendix 12.

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3. RECOGNIZES that the rapid development of the field of immunology requires appropriate emphasis in medical education an&provision for the use of modern immunological techniques in health services;

4. CONSIDERS that the development of the immunology research and training centres has helped to meet these requirements; and

5. REQUESTS the Director -General to continue to develop the Organization's programme in immunology, within the resources available, on the lines set out in the report.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.9.1 Fourth meeting, 21 January 1970

EB45.R16 Future Organizational Study by the Executive Board The Executive Board,

Having examined the report of the Director -General relating to the future organizational study to be undertaken by the Executive Board, and bearing in mind the discussions which took place during its forty - fifth session,

Having considered the recommendation of the Executive Board on the subject of the next organizational study,1

1. DECIDES that the next subject of the study shall be " Medical literature services. to Members "; and

2. REQUESTS the Executive Board to report to the Twenty- fourth World Health Assembly on the progress of the study.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 7.4 Fifth meeting, 22 January 1970

EB45.R17 Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons The Executive Board,

Bearing in mind the continuing concern of WHO with the problem of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and the possibility of their use, as expressed in resolutions WHA20.54 and WHA22.58 of the World Health Assembly;

Taking cognizance of resolutions 2603 A and B (XXIV), adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations at its twenty- fourth session in 1969 after consideration of the report of the United Nations Group of Consultant Experts on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons, in the preparation of which WHO co- operated at the request of the Secretary -General of the United Nations;

Having considered the report2 of the Director -General and a WHO group of consultants on the health effects of possible use of chemical and biological weapons which was supplied to the Secretary -General of the United Nations in pursuance of paragraph 2 of resolution WHA22.58 adopted by the Twenty -second World Health Assembly; and

Noting the implications for the World Health Organization and its Members and Associate Members contained in the report of the WHO group of consultants,

1. THANKS the Director -General and the group of consultants for their work; and

2. REQUESTS the Director- General to continue to co- operate with the Secretary -General of the United Nations in his endeavours to eliminate chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 9.2; 8.1.1 Sixth meeting, 22 January 1970

1 Resolution EB45.R16.

2 World Health Organization (1970) Health aspects of chemical and biological weapons, Geneva.

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EB45.R18 Review of the Working Capital Fund The Executive Board,

Recalling the provisions of resolution WHA18.14;

Having studied the report by the Director -General on the Working Capital Fund;l

Recalling that the Executive Board in its resolution EB41.R40 considered that the recommendations numbered 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies, dealing with matters relating to the Working Capital Fund, were already in operation in WHO;

Recalling further that the Board in the same resolution decided " because it could lessen the control exercised by the Health Assembly and the Executive Board on the obligations incurred by the Organization, not to introduce a separate appropriation section for contingencies ";

Having considered recommendation 21 of the Ad Hoc Committee to the effect that " the practice whereby some organizations credit all or part of their miscellaneous income to their Working Capital Fund should be discontinued; miscellaneous income should be paid into the general fund ".2

Conscious of the need to follow as far as may be practicable the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Com- mittee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies; and

Believing that prudent financial management requires that the size of the Working Capital Fund be considered in relation to the level of the annual effective working budget of the Organization,

1. CONSIDERS that it is in the best interest of the Organization to continue to finance a part of the Working Capital Fund from casual income available to the Organization, rather than by additional assessments on Members;

2. AGREES that the amount which may be advanced, with the prior concurrence of the Executive Board, from the Working Capital Fund to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses should be increased to US $2 000 000;

3. CONSIDERS that the Working Capital Fund should be reviewed annually by the Board and the Health Assembly; and

Having considered the recommendations of the Executive Board on the Working Capital Fund, A

1. DECIDES that:

(1) Part I of the Working Capital Fund, composed of advances assessed on Members, shall remain established in the amount of US $5 000 000, to which shall be added the assessments of any Members joining the Organization after 30 April 1965;

(2) the advances to the Working Capital Fund shall be assessed on the basis of the 1971 scale of assessment, adjusted to the nearest US $100; the assessment for Part I shall be reviewed at five -year intervals;

(3) the additional advances shall be due and payable prior to 31 December 1971; and

(4) the credits due to Members shall be refunded on 1 January 1971 by applying these credits to any contributions outstanding on that date, or to the 1971 assessments;

2. REQUESTS the Member States concerned to provide in their national budgets for payment of additional advances before 31 December 1971;

1 See Annex II.

2 Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org., 165, 59.

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B

1. DECIDES that Part II of the Working Capital Fund shall for the year 1971 be established at US $6 000 000;

2. DECIDES also that Part II of the Working Capital Fund shall thereafter be financed by appropriations . by the Health Assembly from casual income as recommended by the Executive Board after considering the report of the Director -General; these appropriations shall be voted separately from the appropriation for the relevant budget year;

C

1. AUTHORIZES the Director- General to advance from the Working Capital Fund:

(1) such funds as may be necessary to finance the annual appropriations pending receipt of contributions from Members; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed to the Working Capital Fund as contributions become available;

(2) such sums as may be necessary to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses and to increase the relevant appropriation sections accordingly, provided that not more than US $250 000 is used for such purposes, except that with the prior concurrence of the Executive Board a. total of US $2 000 000 may be used; and

(3) such sums as may be necessary for the provision of emergency supplies to Member States on a reimbursable basis; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed to the Working Capital Fund when payments are received from the Member States; provided that the total amount so withdrawn shall not exceed US $100 000 at any one time, and provided further that the credit extended to any one Member shall not exceed US $25 000 at any one time; and

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to report annually to the Health Assembly:

(1) all advances made under the authority vested in him to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses and the circumstances relating thereto, and to make provision in the estimates for the reimbursement of the Working Capital Fund except when such advances are recoverable from other sources; and

(2) all advances made under the authority of paragraph C 1 (3) for the provision of emergency supplies to Member States, together with the status of reimbursement by Members;

D

REQUESTS the Executive Board to review the Working Capital Fund at its first session in 1971 and to submit a report to the Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 7.1.3.2; 8.1.1.4 Seventh meeting, 23 January 1970

EB45.R19 Real Estate Fund The Executive Board,

Recalling the provisions of part II of resolution WHA15.15, authorizing the Executive Board to approve on behalf of the Health Assembly the establishment of a Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations;

Recalling also its resolution EB35.R4, adopted at its thirty -fifth session, establishing such a fund, and its resolution EB44.R18, adopted at its forty- fourth session, extending the scope of the Fund; and

Having considered the report of the Director -General proposing the establishment of a Real Estate Fund and the disestablishment of the existing Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations,'

' See Annex 12.

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1. ENDORSES the establishment of the Real Estate Fund recommended in the report of the Director -General;' and

Recalling the provisions of part II of resolution WHA15.15;

Having considered the report of the Director- General concerning the establishment of a Real Estate Fund and its financing and the disestablishment of the existing Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations; and

Having considered the recommendations of the Executive Board,

1. DECIDES that:

(i) a new Real Estate Fund be established and the Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations be disestablished;

(ii) the assets and liabilities of the disestablished Revolving Fund for Real Estate Operations be transferred to the Real Estate Fund;

(iii) the Real Estate Fund be credited with receipts of rentals relating to real estate operations and that additional credits in the Fund be built up gradually by the use of available casual income;

(iv) interest earned on the investments of the Fund be credited to the Fund;

(v) the Fund may be used to meet the costs of:

(a) the maintenance, repairs of and alterations to houses for staff;

(b) major repairs of and alterations to the Organization's existing office buildings;

(c) the construction of buildings or extensions to existing buildings; and (d) the acquisition of land which may be required;

2. DECIDES that replenishments of, or increases in, the Fund shall be made by appropriations by the Health Assembly from casual income; these appropriations shall be voted separately from the appropriation for the relevant budget year;

3. AUTHORIZES further the Director -General to use the Fund to finance:

(i) the maintenance, repairs of and alterations to houses for staff;

(ii) major repairs of and alterations to the Organization's existing office buildings, provided that such use of the Fund is reported to the session of the Executive Board following the transactions;

and

(iii) the acquisition of land and construction of buildings or building extensions, provided that, unless the Health Assembly has previously indicated its wishes, specific authorization from the World Health Assembly is obtained before contracts for these purposes are entered into;

4. REQUESTS the Executive Board to review the Fund at three -year intervals, the first review to be undertaken at its first session in 1973.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 7.1.6.2 Eighth meeting, 23 January 1970

EB45.R20 Smallpox Eradication Programme The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the smallpox eradication programme;

Having noted that significant progress is being made in the eradication effort in most parts of the world and, particularly, in countries of western and central Africa which have virtually succeeded in interrupting smallpox transmission after only three years;

' See Annex 12.

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Believing that the progress in the programme to date calls for renewed efforts on the part of all countries and that the programme should continue to be one of the principal objectives of the Organization;

Viewing with concern that a few endemic countries have still not initiated programmes and that not all are yet using freeze -dried vaccine conforming to recommended standards; and

Noting the importance of surveillance in present programmes and the desirability, at this time, of placing a much greater emphasis on the detection, investigation and containment of all cases and outbreaks in all countries,

1. REQUESTS

(1) all countries to take appropriate steps to improve further case -reporting and to adopt as an objective the immediate investigation and containment of all reported cases and outbreaks of smallpox from

1970 onwards; and

(2) all countries to provide continued support to the programme, including vaccine and other assistance;

and

2. REITERATES the importance of using in the eradication programme only freeze -dried vaccine which meets the requirements established by WHO;

3. REQUESTS the Director -General:

(1) to contact those endemic countries that are not yet conducting eradication programmes to determine what assistance might be required to permit them to undertake such efforts;

(2) to continue to take all necessary steps to assure the maximum co- ordination of national and international efforts; and

(3) to report further on the progress of the smallpox eradication programme to the World Health Assembly and to the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.3.6 Eighth meeting, 23 January 1970

EB45.R21 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion T1he Executive Board,

Having considered the programmes planned to be financed in 1971 from the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion, as shown in Annex 3 to Official Records No. 179, and

Noting that these programmes are complementary to the programmes included in the regular budget of the Organization,

Having considered the programmes planned to be financed in 1971 from the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion, as shown in Annex 3 to Official Records No. 179,

1. NOTES that the programmes are complementary to the programmes included in the regular budget of the Organization;

2. NOTES further that the programmes conform to the general programme of work for the period 1967 -1971 1 and that the research programmes are in accordance with advice received by the Director - General from the Advisory Committee on Medical Research; and

3. REQUESTS the Director -General to implement the programmes planned for 1971 to the extent to which funds become available.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 2.1 Tenth meeting, 26 January 1970

1 Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org., 143, Annex 3.

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EB45.R22 . Special Account for Servicing Costs The Executive Board,

Having considered the estimates for personnel and other services included in Annex 4 to Official Records No. 179 to be financed from the Special Account for Servicing Costs,

RECOMMENDS to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Twenty -third World Health Assembly,

Having considered the estimates included in Official Records No. 179, Annex 4, for personnel and other services to be financed from the Special Account for Servicing Costs, and the report of the Executive Board thereon; and

Recalling resolution EB37.R26 noting the establishment of the Special Account for Servicing Costs and its uses in accordance with the report submitted to the Board at its thirty- seventh session,' which enables the Director -General, as needs arise, to use the funds at his discretion,

1. NOTES that the provision for the support services required for programmes to be carried out from sources other than the regular budget and the Technical Assistance component of the United Nations Development Programme will need to be adjusted to take account of the nature and scope of such programmes; and

2. RECOGNIZES that the Director -General is responsible for providing the support services to be financed from the Special Account for Servicing Costs essential for the effective implementation of the programmes to be carried out from sources other than the regular budget and the Technical Assistance component of the United Nations Development Programme.

Handb. Res. 10th ed., 7.1.7 Tenth meeting, 26 January 1970

EB45.R23 Status of Collection of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the Working Capital Fund The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the status of collection of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund; and

Having noted that twenty -five Members are in arrears in the payment of their 1969 contributions, while fourteen Members are in arrears for a part of their 1969 contributions,

1. NOTES the status, as at 31 December 1969, of the collection of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund, as reported by the Director -General;

2. CALLS THE ATTENTION of Members to the importance of paying their contributions as early as possible in the Organization's financial year;

3. REQUESTS Members that have not yet done so to provide in their national budgets for the payment to the World Health Organization of their annual contributions when due, in accordance with Financial Regu- lation 5.4, which provides that:

Contributions and advances shall be considered as due and payable in full within thirty days of the receipt of the communication of the Director -General referred to in Regulation 5.3 above, or as of the first day of the financial year to which they relate, whichever is the later. As of 1 January of the following financial year, the unpaid balance of such contributions and advances shall be considered to be one year in arrears.

4. URGES Members that are in arrears to liquidate the arrears before the Twenty -third World Health Assembly convened for 5 May 1970;

Off Rec. WU Hlth Org., 148, Annex 13.

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5. REQUESTS the Director -General to draw to the attention of those Members in arrears the contents of this resolution; and, further,

6. REQUESTS the Director -General to submit to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly a report on the status of collection of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 7.1.2.4 Tenth meeting, 26 January 1970

EB45.R24 Assessment of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen The Executive. Board,

Having considered a request from the Government of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen for a reduction of its contribution for the year 1970;

Recalling that the World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA22.6, reduced the contribution of Southern Yemen for 1968, its first year of membership, and, in resolutions WHA21.11 and WHA22.7, established its contribution at 0.04 per cent. for 1969 and 1970;

Recalling also that, in accordance with resolution WHA8.5, " the World Health Assembly in its previous sessions has expressed the opinion that the United Nations scale should be used as a basis of determining the scale of assessment to be used by WHO, taking accóunt of (a) the difference in membership; and (b) the establishment of minima and maxima, including the provision that no country shall be required to pay more per capita than the per capita contribution of the highest contributor "; and

Considering further that the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 2190 A (XXI), recommended that the specialized agencies which apply methods of assessment similar to those of the United Nations and whose scales of contributions still differ appreciably from the United Nations scale take steps to bring their scales into harmony with the United Nations scale as soon as possible,

1. DECIDES that the request of the Government of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen must be dealt with by the Health Assembly;

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to invite the Government of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen to submit any additional information it wishes to be brought before the Health Assembly and to submit to the Health Assembly such information together with the summary record of the discussion of this matter in the Executive Board and the document which the Board had before it when it considered the request; and

3. SUBMITS the request to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly for its consideration.

EB45.R25 Members in Arrears in the Payment of their Contributions to an Extent which may invoke the Provisions of Article 7 of the Constitution

The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which may invoke Article 7 of the Constitution;

Noting that, unless payments are received before the Twenty -third World Health Assembly, convened for 5 May 1970, from Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, Sudan

and Uruguay, it will be necessary for the Assembly to consider, in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitu- tion and the provisions of paragraph 2 of resolution WHA8.13, whether or not their right to vote should be suspended at the Twenty -third World Health Assembly;

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Noting also that the Associate Member Southern Rhodesia is also in arrears for more than two years;

Recalling that resolution WHA16.20 requests the Executive Board " to make specific recommendations, with the reasons therefor, to the Health Assembly with regard to any Members in arrears in the payment of contributions to the Organization to an extent which would invoke the provisions of Article 7 of the Constitution ";

Noting that Bolivia and Haiti have not fulfilled the conditions accepted by the World Health Assembly;

that partial payments have been made by Ecuador and Uruguay; and

Expressing the hope that Members in arrears will arrange for payment of their arrears before the Twenty - third World Health Assembly, so that the provisions of Article 7 of the Constitution need not be invoked by the Health Assembly,

1. URGES all the Members concerned to arrange payment of their arrears before the Twenty -third World Health Assembly convened for 5 May 1970;

2. URGES Bolivia and Haiti to fulfil the conditions previously accepted by the World Health Assembly for the settlement of their arrears;

3. REQUESTS the Director- General to communicate this resolution to those Members and to continue his efforts to obtain payment of their outstanding arrears;

4. REQUESTS the Director -General to submit a report on the status of contributions from those Members .to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Executive Board which is to meet prior to the discussion on arrears in

contributions by the Twenty -third World Health Assembly; and

5. REQUESTS the Ad Hoc Committee to consider all the circumstances involving those Members which, at the time of its meeting, remain in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which may invoke Article 7 of the Constitution, and to submit to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly on behalf of the Board such recommendations as it deems desirable.

EB45.R26 International Monitoring of Adverse Reactions to Drugs The Executive Board,

Having examined the progress report of the Director -General on the WHO pilot research project for international drug monitoring;

Mindful of the importance of monitoring adverse reactions to drugs and, in particular, of developing an international system for that purpose; and

Recalling resolutions WHA18.42, WHA19.35, WHA20.51 and EB43.R17,

1. NOTES with satisfaction the positive results attained by the pilot project;

2. RECOMMENDS to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly that the activities^.of the project be developed into a primary operational phase, as a further step towards a fully operational system of monitoring adverse reactions to drugs and as an integral part of the programme of the Organization;

3. EXPRESSES the hope that, pending a decision on the subject by the World Health Assembly, ways and means will be found to finance the activities of the project in 1970, after the funds available from the grant under which it operates have been exhausted;

4. CALLS the attention of the Twenty -third World Health Assembly to the need for ensuring the further financing of the activities in question as from 1971, should it be decided that they would be pursued as proposed under paragraph 2 of this resolution;

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5. REQUESTS the Director -General to report to the World Health Assembly on any possibility he can identify of making savings within the budget estimates for 1971 to meet this cost, after having examined the possibility of reducing the estimated cost of the project;

6. NOTES with appreciation the effective co- operation of the national centres of the ten participating countries; and

7. EXPRESSES its deep gratification to the Government of the United States of America whose invaluable assistance made it possible to develop the pilot phase of the project.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 1.10.1 Tenth meeting, 26 January 1970

EB45.R27 Proposed Effective Working Budget Level for 1971 The Executive Board,

Having examined in detail the proposed programme and budget estimates for 1971 submitted by the Director -General in accordance with the provisions of Article 55 of the Constitution, and

Considering the comments and recommendations on the proposals made by the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance,

1. TRANSMITS to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly the programme and budget estimates as proposed by the Director -General for 1971,' together with its comments and recommendations;a and

2. RECOMMENDS to the Health Assembly that it approve an effective working budget for 1971 of $73 230 000.

Handb. Res., 10th ed., 2.1 Tenth meeting, 26 January 1970

EB45.R28 Method of Work of the Health Assembly The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the method of work of the Health Assembly;3 Recalling resolutions EB16.R3, WHA10.33, WHA20.2 and EB43.R45; and

Considering that it might be appropriate to establish two main committees, identified as Committee A and Committee B- Committee A dealing preponderantly with programme and budget matters, and the other preponderantly with administration, finance and legal matters, but with allocation of agenda items to each in such a way that the workload would be equitably distributed -and that, in consequence, the arrangements contained in resolution WHA20.3 should be revised,

RECOMMENDS to the Twenty -third World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution, to be put immediately into effect on an experimental basis:

Having considered the recommendation of the Executive Board concerning the method of work of the Health Assembly,

1 Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org., 179.

2 Off Rec. Wld Hlth Org., 182.

3 See Annex 13.

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1. DECIDES that:

(1) the terms of reference of Committee A shall be to:

(a) hear the comments and recommendations of the Executive Board as presented by its representative concerning:

(i) whether the budget estimates are adequate to enable the World Health Organization to carry out its constitutional functions, in the light of the current stage of its development;

(íi) whether the annual programme follows the general programme of work approved by the Health Assembly;

(iii) whether the programme envisaged can be carried out during the budget year; and (iv) the broad financial implications of the budget estimates, with a general statement of the information on which any such considerations are based;

(b) hear the comments and recommendations of the Director -General;

(c) recommend the amount of the effective working budget;

(d) examine in detail the operating programme;

(e) recommend the Appropriation Resolution, after inserting the amounts in the sections for the operating programme in the text of the resolution as reported by Committee B;

(f) after the World Health Assembly has approved the Appropriation Resolution for the ensuing year, and after hearing the reviews of the Director -General, recommend the general order of magnitude for the budget for the second ensuing year, for the orientation of the Director -General in the preparation of his proposed programme and budget for that year; and (g) study such other items as are referred to it by the Health Assembly;

(2) the terms of reference of Committee B shall be to:

(a) review the financial position of the Organization, including:

(i) the Financial Report and the Report of the External Auditor for the previous financial year;

(ii) the status of contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund;

(iii) the status of the Assembly Suspense Account and any other funds that have a bearing on the financial position of the Organization;

(b) recommend the scale of assessment;

(c) recommend the Working Capital Fund resolution, when necessary, including the amount in which the Fund shall be established;

(d) review the parts of the budget dealing with the estimates other than for the operating programme and report thereon to Committee A;

(e) consider the text of the Appropriation Resolution, insert the amount for appropriation sections other than the operating programme and report thereon to Committee A; and (f) study such other items as are referred to it by the Health Assembly;

(3) when items (a), (b), (c) and (f) under paragraph (1) are being considered in Committee A, there shall not be a meeting of Committee B, and when item (d) under paragraph (2) is being considered in Committee B, there shall not be a meeting of Committee A;

(4) items (b) and (c) under paragraph (1) shall not be considered by Committee A until Committee B has completed the work on items (a) and (b) of paragraph (2); and finally,

(5) if, exceptionally, the physical facilities at a session of the Health Assembly do not permit the debate on the Annual Report of the Director -General to take place in plenary meeting, the review of the Annual Report (excluding the annual Financial Report) shall take place in Committee A and shall be added to the terms of reference of that committee;

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

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No. 181

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