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WORLD H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N
R E F N A L OFFICE FOR THE
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MEDITERRANEANREGIOIGL CO?JIIITTEE FOR T I 3 WASTERN !'ED1 TERlUW4 F o u r t h S o s s i o n
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ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
BUREAU R~GIONAL. DE LA
R~4/b1/15 1 9 August 1954
LONGER TERM PLJINING OF UNICEF PROJECTS E x t r - c t from t h o R c p o r t of t h o UNICEF
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----*---*----I n UNICEF's f i r s t y o z r s , p r c z r m e s b o i n g a i d o d wore a l m c s t e x c l u s i v c l y of a s h o r t - t e r m r c l i c f n a t u r e . :$%en UNICEF s h i f t e d i t s cmphasis t o t h e noeds o f c h i l d r e n i n c c c n c m i c a l l y under-devalcpcd c o u n t r i c s t h o l o n p t o r m zpproach bcgan t o c v o l v c , s i n c e it was c l e a r t h a t t h o probloms 3f c h i l d necds
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t h c s o c o u n t r i e s c o u l d o n l y be s o l v e d by l o n p r torm p l a n s and p r o g r m c s .The Board b o l i c v c s t h c t tho t r e n d toward l o n g o r torm p l a n n i n g s h o u l d be cnccuraged. I t rcco,;nizes t h a t o f t c n a s z m a t t e r of imrnodiatc p r a c t i c a l a c t i o n t h o s c o p e of a p r o j e c t i s c s n f i n c d t o o n l y p a r t of a problem. L s u c c c s s i o n of p r o j c c t p h a s c s , howcvcr, may bo c n v i s a ~ c d c.s p a r t of a n o v c r a l l p l a n .
l i i t h i n t h o framcwork of i t s g c n o r a l ~ o l i c i c s , t h o UNICEF Bcard c o n s i d o r s c a c h p r o j e c t p r o p o s a l on i t s own m c r i t s . S i n c c t h c r c a r c no f c r m a l l i m i t s on t h o p e r i o d of t i m e f o r which UNICEF c a n u n d c r t n k c a f i n a n c i a l comnitncnt f o r a p r o j c c t i n a s i n g l o a c t i o n , t h o Board c o n s i d o r s t h a t no change i n p o l i c y i s n c c c s s a r y t o c n c c u r n e c l o n y o r r a n g e p r o j e c t s .
T ~ c r o a proposod UNICEF a l l c c n t i o n i s f o r o n l y onc s t a g o of a govcrnrilont p r c j c c t it would b e d c s i r a b l c t h a t t h o Board havc c n o p p c r t u n i t y t o c o n s i d c r t h o w h c l c p r o j c c t . If it a ? p r c v c s of tho p r o j e c t i n p r i n c i p l e , f u t u r c r c q u e s t s f ~ r c o n t i n u c d a i d would be r;ivcn t h o p r i o r i t y , which under e x i s t i n g Board p o l i c y
( ~ / 2 0 1 3 , p a r n ~ r s p h 30) i s a c c c r d c d " t o h e l p complctc o r p o r f c c t w r k a l r e a d y u n d c r t a k c n "
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Tho Board a l s o rccc,:nizcd t h a t f c r c. few p r o j c c t s a n a p p c r t i o m c n t f o r a 1cne;cr t e r m t h a n t h o u s u a l two or t h r e o y c a r s m i ~ h t bc cf c c n s i d c r c b l c id t o ,;ovornmcnts i n c n c o u r a s i n g
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t o m plannin,: and morc comprchcnsivc p r o j o c t s . I n c x c o p t i c m l circumstc.ncos tho Bbard, t h c r e f c r o , w i l l c o n s i d c r a l l o c n t i o n s f o r p e r i o d s up t o f i v c y e a r s , whcrc t h o ~ o v c r m c n t mnkos correspond in^ions-tom
c m i t m e n t s ; whcrc p a s t c x p c r i e n c o of t h o Fund would i n d i c a t e t h a t t h o r e i s n c o n s i d e r a b l c measure of p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t t h o p r o g r m e w i l l b e s u c c o s s ~ l ; and whcrc a l o n ~ e r t o m UNICEF ccmmitnont wculd s u b s t a n t i a l l y s t r c n ~ t h c n t h o prc&remmg..
Thcss l o n c c r torm conunitmcnts b y UNICEF wculd o r d i n a r i l y n c t bc made a t t h o b e g i n n i n g of a p r o j c c t b u t o n l y a f t o r i n i t i a l operations had c s t a b l i s h c d t h e scundncss of t h o p r c j c c t , and t h o c c u n t r y c s c r y , a n i z a t i o m l and f i n a n c i a l r c q u i r o - mcnts f o r t h o p r o c r m c havc boon a s o c r t n i n c d b y e x p c r i o n c c .
