OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION No. 219
EXECUTIVE BOARD
FIFTY -FOURTH SESSION
GENEVA, 27 -28 MAY 1974
RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
GENEVA
1974
The following abbreviations are used in volumes of the Official Records of the World Health Organization:
ACABQ - Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
ACA ST - Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development ACC Administrative Committee on Coordination
CIOMS Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
ECA Economic Commission for Africa
ECAFE - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
ILO - International Labour Organisation (Office)
IMCO - Inter -Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization ITU - International Telecommunication Union
OAU - Organization of African Unity PAHO - Pan American Health Organization PASB - Pan American Sanitary Bureau
SIDA - Swedish International Development Authority
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFDAC United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control
UNFPA - United Nations Fund for Population Activities
UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNSCEAR - United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
USAID - United States Agency for International Development WFP - World Food Programme
WHO - World Health Organization WMO - World Meteorological Organization
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This volume contains the resolutions (with relevant annexes) of the Executive Board at its fifty-fourth session, which was convened in accordance with resolution EB53.R54, adopted by the Board at its fifty -third session.
In accordance with the instructions of the Board, the summary records of the Board have been sent to Member governments.
In this volume the resolutions appear in the order in which they were adopted. To facilitate use of the volume along with the Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, Volume I, 1948 -1972, which contains most of the resolutions adopted up to and at the Twenty -fifth World Health Assembly and the fiftieth session of the Executive Board, they have been grouped by title in the table of contents under the subject headings of the Handbook; a reference to the relevant section of the Handbook also appears beneath each resolution. The resolution symbol applicable to each session and the Official Records volume in which the resolutions were originally published are shown below.
Resolution symbol'.
Official Records No.
and year of session
Resolution symbol
Official Records No.
and year of session
WHAl.- 13 (1948) EB28.R- 112 (1961)
EBI.R- 14 (1948) EB29.R- 115 (1962)
EB2.R- 14 (1948) WHA15.- 118 (1962)
EB3.R- 17 (1949) EB30.R- 120 (1962)
WHA2.- 21 (1949) EB31.R- 124 (1963)
EB4.R- 22 (1949) WHA16.- 127 (1963)
EB5.R- 25 (1950) EB32.R- 129 (1963)
WHA3.- 28 (1950) EB33.R- 132 (1964)
EB6.R- 29 (1950) WHA17.- 135 (1964)
EB7.R- 32 (1951) EB34.R- 137 (1964)
WHA4.- 35 (1951) EB35.R- 140 (1965)
EB8.R- 36 (1951) WHA18.- 143 (1965)
EB9.R- 40 (1952) EB36.R- 145 (1965)
WHA5.- 42 (1952) EB37.R- 148 (1966)
EB10.R- 43 (1952) WHA19.- 151 (1966)
EB11.R- 46 (1953) EB38.R- 153 (1966)
WHA6.- 48 (1953) EB39.R- 157 (1967)
EB12.R- 49 (1953) WHA20.- 160 (1967)
EB13.R- 52 (1954) EB40.R- 162 (1967)
WHA7.- 55 (1954) EB41.R- 165 (1968)
EB14.R- 57 (1954) WHA21.- 168 (1968)
EB15.R- 60 (1955) EB42.R- 170 (1968)
WHA8.- 63 (1955) EB43.R- 173 (1969)
EB16.R- 65 (1955) WHA22.- 176 (1969)
EB17.R- 68 (1956) EB44.R- 178 (1969)
WHA9.- 71 (1956) EB45.R- 181 (1970)
EB18.R- 73 (1956) WHA23.- 184 (1970)
EB19.R- 76 (1957) EB46.R- 186 (1970)
WHA10.- 79 (1957) EB47.R- 189 (1971)
EB20.R- 80 (1957) WHA24.- 193 (1971)
EB21.R- 83 (1958) EB48.R- 195 (1971)
WHA11.- 87 (1958) EB49.R- 198 (1972)
EB22.R- 88 (1958) WHA25.- 201 (1972)
EB23.R- 91. (1959) EB50.R- 203 (1972)
WHAl2.- 95 (1959) EB51.R- 206 (1973)
EB24.R- 96 (1959) WHA26.- 209 (1973)
EB25.R- 99 (1960) EB52.R- 211 (1973)
WHA13.- 102 (1960) EB53.R- 215 (1974)
EB26.R- 106 (1960) WHA27.- 217 (1974)
EB27.R- 108 (1961) EB54.R- 219 (1974)
WHA14.- 110 (1961)
1 The resolution symbols in italics were not used in the original Official Records volumes but were added later for convenience of reference in using the Handbook.
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Agenda Introduction
Index to resolutions : page 25
CONTENTS
RESOLUTIONS Resolutions on programme
Page
1
3
Expert advisory panels and committees
EB54.R2 Report on expert committee meetings 4
EB54.R3 Study group reports 4
EB54.R7 Appointments to expert advisory panels and committees 5
Health manpower development
EB54.R8 Report of joint ILO /WHO meeting on conditions of work and life of nursing personnel 6
Resolutions on programme and budget
Consideration and approvalofprogramme and budget estimates EB54.R9
EB54.R10
Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1974 6
Allotments issued and obligations incurred as at 30 April 1974 6
Resolutions concerning the World Health Assembly and Executive Board World Health Assembly
EB54.R4 EB54.R5 EB54.R6 EB54.R11 Executive Board
EB54.R1 EB54.R13 EB54.R19
Appointment of General Chairman of the Technical Discussions to be held at the
Twenty- eighth World Health Assembly 5
Subject for Technical Discussions at the Twenty -ninth World Health Assembly . . 5
Method of work of the World Health Assembly 5
Date and place of the Twenty- eighth World Health Assembly 7
Report of the representatives of the Executive Board at the Twenty -seventh World Health Assembly
Methods of work of the Executive Board
Date and place of the fifty -fifth session of the Executive Board
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Resolutions on financial and administrative matters
Page
Financial matters
EB54.R14 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion 8
Resolutions on coordination and external relations United Nations system
EB54.R12 Report of the Joint Inspection Unit 7
EB54.R16 Membership of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy 9
Nongovernmental organizations
EB54.R15 Membership of the Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations 8
Miscellaneous resolutions Awards
EB54.R17 Membership of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee 9
EB54.R18 Membership of the Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Committee 9
ANNEXES
1. Members and other participants, and composition of committees 13
2. Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1974 18
3. Methods of work of the Executive Board 20
Index to resolutions 25
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AGENDA
[EB54 /1 Rev. 1 - 27 May 1974]
1.1 Opening of the session
1.2 Adoption of the agenda
1.3 Election of Chairman, Vice -Chairmen and Rapporteurs
1.4 Report by the representatives of the Executive Board at the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly
COMMITTEES 2.1 Standing committees of the Executive Board
2.1.1 Standing Committee on Administration and Finance: filling of vacancies 2 2.1.2 Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations: filling of vacancy 2.2 UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy: filling of vacancies
PROGRAMME
3.1 Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees
3.2 Report on expert committee meetings 3.3 Study group reports
3.4 Expert committees, study groups, etc., and their reports
3.5 Report of joint ILO /WHO meeting on conditions of work and life of nursing personnel
3.6 [Deleted]
3.7 Technical Discussions
3.7.1 Appointment of the General Chairman of the Technical Discussions to be held at the Twenty - eighth World Health Assembly
3.7.2 Selection of a subject for the Technical Discussions at the Twenty -ninth World Health Assembly
3.8 Health assistance to refugees and displaced persons in the Middle East (report by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Executive Board)
PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 4.1 Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1974 4.2 Allotments issued and obligations incurred as at 30 April 1974
1 Adopted by the Executive Board at its first meeting, 27 May 1974.
2 Subsequently deleted by the Board at its third meeting, 28 May 1974.
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WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BOARD 5.1 Methods of work of the Executive Board
5.2 Date and place of the Twenty- eighth World Health Assembly 5.3 Date and place of the fifty -fifth session of the Executive Board
FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 6.1 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion
6.2 Report of the Joint Inspection Unit
7. Closure of the session
SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS 1. Léon Bernard Foundation Committee: filling of vacancy
2. Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Committee: filling of vacancy
INTRODUCTION
The fifty- fourth session of the Executive Board was held at WHO headquarters, Geneva, on 27 and 28 May 1974.
The election at the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly of eight Member States entitled to designate persons to serve on the Executive Board, in place of those whose terms of office had expired,' resulted in the following new composition of the Board.
Designating country
Afghanistan Argentina China Colombia
Democratic Yemen France
Germany, Federal Republic of Guatemala
Hungary Indonesia Iran Jordan
Malawi
Unexpired term of office at the time of closure of the
Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly
1 year 3 years 2 years 1 year 2 years 3 years 2 years 3 years 1 year 1 year 2 years 3 years 2 years
Unexpired term of office at the time of closure of the
Designating country Twenty- seventh World
Health Assembly
Mauritius 3 years
New Zealand 1 year
Niger 1 year
Poland 2 years
Sri Lanka 3 years
Switzerland 2 years
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 3 years United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland 1 year United States of America 2 years
Venezuela 3 years
Zaire 1 year
Dr C. N. D. Taylor was elected Chairman. The other officers elected were: Vice -Chairmen, Dr A.A. Garcia' and Professor J. Tigyi; Rapporteurs, Dr R. Lekie and Dr C. E. S. Weeratunge. The list of members and other participants, and the composition of the committees, will be found in Annex 1.
In the course of the session the Board adopted the 19 resolutions reproduced in this volume.
1 The retiring members were those designated by Denmark, Ecuador, Italy, Lesotho, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.
2 In accordance with Rule 15 of the Board's Rules of Procedure, it was determined by lot that, should the Chairman be unable to act in between sessions, the Vice- Chairman first requested to act in his place should be Dr A. A. García.
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RESOI,UTIONS
EB54.R1 Report of the representatives of the Executive Board at the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly The Executive Board
1. NOTES the report of the representatives of the Board at the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly; and
2. CONGRATULATES the representatives on the able manner in which they fulfilled their responsibilities.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 4.2.6 First meeting, 27 May 1974
EB54.R2 Report on expert committee meetings The Executive Board,
Having considered the report of the Director -General on the following expert committee meetings:
(1) Expert Committee on Housing and Health (Uses of Epidemiology in Housing Programmes and in Planning Human Settlements);'
(2) Expert Committee on Disposal of Community Wastewater ;2
(3) Expert Committee on the Planning of Medical Education Programmes ;3 (4) Expert Committee on Filariasis, third report;'
(5) Expert Committee on the Planning and Organization of Geriatric Services,'
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., Vol. I, 1.2.2 Second meeting, 27 May 1974
EB54.R3 Study group reports The Executive Board
1. NOTES the report of the study group on food -borne disease: methods of sampling and examination in surveillance programmes ;6
2. NOTES the work of the study group on public health aspects of community noise, on the subject of environmental health criteria for noise; and
3. THANKS the members of the study groups for their work.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 1.2 Second meeting, 27 May 1974
1 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1974, No. 544.
2 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1974, No. 541.
3 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1974, No. 547.
4 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1974, No. 542.
' Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1974, No. 548.
6 W.1d Hlth Org. techa. Rep. Ser., 1974, No. 543.
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RESOLUTIONS 5
EB54.R4 Appointment of General Chairman of the Technical Discussions to be held at the Twenty -eighth World Health Assembly
The Executive Board,
Considering resolution WHA10.33; and
Having received a communication from the President of the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly nominating Professor G. A. Canaperia as General Chairman of the Technical Discussions at the Twenty -
eighth World Health Assembly,
1. APPROVES this nomination; and
2. REQUESTS the Director- General to invite Professor G. A. Canaperia to accept this appointment.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 4.1.7 Second meeting, 27 May 1974
EB54.R5 Subject for Technical Discussions at the Twenty -ninth World Health Assembly The Executive Board,
Having considered the report of the Director -General on the question of the Technical Discussions at the Twenty -ninth World Health Assembly; and
Taking into account resolution WHA10.33, paragraph (3), of the Tenth World Health Assembly on Technical Discussions at future World Health Assemblies,
SELECTS "Health aspects of human settlements" as the subject for Technical Discussions to be held at the Twenty -ninth World Health Assembly.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 4.1.7 Second meeting, 27 May 1974
EB54.R6 Method of work of the World Health Assembly The Executive Board,
Recalling resolutions EB47.R38 and WHA24.3 whereby it was decided that the Executive Board keep under review the method of work of the Health Assembly,
REQUESTS the Director -General to prepare and submit to the Executive Board at its fifty -fifth session a report reviewing the present working of the World Health Assembly, including information about its costs, and suggesting possible alternative ways in which the work of future sessions of the World Health Assembly might be further rationalized without detriment to its efficiency or to its value both to Member States and to the World Health Organization as a whole.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 4.1.3 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R7 Appointments to expert advisory panels and committees The Executive Board,
Recognizing the need for an improvement in the operation of the procedures for the appointment, reappointment, termination and utilization of members of expert advisory panels,
1. NOTES the two reports of the Director- General on appointments to expert advisory panels and com- mittees; and
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2. LOOKS FORWARD to receiving the report he is to submit to the Executive Board at its fifty -fifth session, in accordance with resolution EB53.R2, paragraph 2.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 1.2 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R8 Report of joint ILO /WHO meeting on conditions of work and life of nursing personnel The Executive Board,
Having considered the report of the joint ILO /WHO meeting on conditions of work and life of nursing personnel,
1. NOTES the report;
2. WELCOMES the proposals to improve the conditions of work and life of nursing personnel, who are key members of the health team providing service to the community;
3. REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit the views and certain reservations expressed by members of the Board to the Director -General of ILO; and
4. AUTHORIZES the Director -General to undertake consultations with the Director -General of ILO on action which he considers appropriate as a consequence of the joint meeting and taking into account the discussions at the Executive Board.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 1.7.2.2 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R9 Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1974 The Executive Board,
Having considered the Director -General's report 1 on transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for the financial year 1974 (WHA26.41),
1. NOTES the transfers between the sections in paragraph A, Part II (Operating programme) of the Appro- priation Resolution for the financial year 1974, made by the Director -General in accordance with his authority as contained in paragraph C of that resolution; and
2. CONCURS in the transfer of a total amount of US $626 700 from various appropriation sections in Part II (Operating programme) of the Appropriation Resolution for the financial year 1974 to Appropriation Section 11 (Administrative services).
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 2.4 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R10 Allotments issued and obligations incurred as at 30 April 1974 The Executive Board
NOTES the report of the Director -General on the allotments issued and obligations incurred under the regular budget as at 30 April 1974.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 2.4.7 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
1 See Annex 2.
RESOLUTIONS
EB54.R11 Date and place of the Twenty- eighth World Health Assembly The Executive Board,
Having noted the decision of the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly on the place of the Twenty - eighth World Health Assembly; and
Considering the provisions of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution,
DECIDES
(1) that the Twenty- eighth World Health Assembly shall be held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland; and
(2) that, subject to consultation with the Secretary -General of the United Nations, this Assembly shall start on Tuesday, 6 May 1975.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 4.1.1.2 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R12 Report of the Joint Inspection Unit The Executive Board,
Having considered the Joint Inspection Unit's report on "The need for a revised concept on UNDP regional training programmes in the least developed countries: the East African case ", and the Director - General's report thereon,
1. THANKS the Inspectors for their report;
2. CONCURS with the comments and observations of the Director -General on this report;
3. REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit his report and this resolution to:
(i) the Secretary- General of the United Nations for transmission to the Economic and Social Council through the Committee for Programme and Coordination;
(ii) the External Auditor of the World Health Organization; and (iii) the Chairman of the Joint Inspection Unit.
Handb. Res., Vol. 1, 8.1.2.2 Third meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R13 Methods of work of the Executive Board The Executive Board,
Having noted resolution WHA27.20 of the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly on the methods of work of the Executive Board;
Having considered the report of the Director -General 1 on procedures for the examination of the proposed programme and budget estimates and of certain other related matters previously carried out by the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance; and
Desiring to find methods of work which will allow the Board to consider effectively the totality of the Organization's programme, including effective means of reviewing and evaluating the Director -General's programme and budget proposals,
1 See Annex 3.
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1. DECIDES to assume the functions of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance as outlined in resolution EB16.R12 and subsequent resolutions of the Executive Board;
2. CONCURS, for the fifty -fifth session of the Board, in the proposals contained in the Director -General's report 1 relating to the procedures for the review by the Board of the proposed programme and budget estimates and related matters, the Board's report thereon and the relevant summary records;
3. DECIDES, for the time being, to retain the desirable flexibility in the methods of work of the Board by the use as appropriate of working groups or other ad hoc arrangements to deal with specific questions identified by the Board; and
4. AGREES to consider further its methods of work at its fifty -fifth session.
Handb. Res., Vol. 1, 4.2.4.2 Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R14 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion The Executive Board,
Having considered the report of the Director -General on the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion,
1. APPRECIATES the contributions made to the Voluntary Fund, for which the Director -General has already expressed the thanks of the Organization to the donors;
2. NOTES the decisions of the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly:
(a) to approve the transformation of the Special Account for Accelerated Assistance to Newly Independent and Emerging States into the Special Account for Assistance to the Least Developed among Developing Countries; and
(b) to request the Director -General to establish a special account under the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion to be credited with the values of contributions for the expanded programme on immunization;
3. EXPRESSES the hope that contributions to these and the other special accounts of the Voluntary Fund will be forthcoming;
4. DECIDES to disestablish the special account for assistance to Zaire as a sub -account of the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion, since this sub -account is no longer warranted;
5. BELIEVES that the new presentation of the report of the Director -General on the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion and the comprehensive information given in it will contribute to make the Voluntary Fund and the purposes it serves better known; and
6. REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit this resolution, together with the report that he has sub- mitted to the Executive Board, to the Members of the Organization, calling particular attention to the Executive Board's expression of appreciation of the contributions made.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 7.1.10.3; 7.1.10.2 Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R15 Membership of the Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations The Executive Board
1. APPOINTS Dr D. D. Venediktov as member of the Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organi- zations for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Dr Chen Hai -feng,
' See Annex 3.
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Dr N. M. Chitimba, Professor L. von Manger- Koenig and Dr G. Restrepo Chavarriaga, already members of the Standing Committee; and
2. DECIDES that, if any member of this Committee is unable to attend, his successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, shall participate in the work of the Committee.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 8.2.3
EB54.R16 Membership of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy The Executive Board
Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
APPOINTS as members of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy Dr G. Restrepo Chavarriaga and Sir Harold Walter, and as alternates Dr N. M. Chitimba, Dr A. A. Garcia, Professor J. J. A. Reid and Dr R. Valladares, the WHO membership of the Committee being now as follows: Members - Dr S. P. Ehrlich, Jr, Professor J. Kostrzewski, Dr G. Restrepo Chavarriaga, Dr A. Sauter, Professor Julie Sulianti Saroso, Sir Harold Walter; Alternates -Dr T. Bana, Dr N. M. Chitimba, Dr A. A. García, Dr R. Lekie, Professor J. J. A. Reid, Dr R. Valladares.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 8.1.4.1 Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R17 Membership of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee The Executive Board,
In accordance with the Statutes of the Léon Bernard Foundation,
APPOINTS Professor E. J. Aujaleu as member of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Dr S. P. Ehrlich, Jr, already member of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 9.1.2.2 Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R18 Membership of the Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Committee The Executive Board,
In accordance with the Statutes of the Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation,
APPOINTS Dr A. A. Bukair as member of the Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Committee for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Professor A. Pouyan, already member of the Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Committee.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 9.1.3.2 Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
EB54.R19 Date and place of the fifty -fifth session of the Executive Board The Executive Board
DECIDES that its fifty -fifth session shall be convened on Monday, 20 January 1975, at the headquarters of the Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Handb. Res., Vol. I, 4.2.2 Fourth meeting, 28 May 1974
ANNEXES
Annex 1
MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS, AND COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES
1. MEMBERS, ALTERNATES AND ADVISERS
Designated by
Dr C. N. D. TAYLOR, Deputy Director -General of Health (Public Health), Wellington, New Zealand Chairman
Dr A. A. GARCÍA, President, Senate Commission of Social Welfare and Public Health, Argentina Buenos Aires, Vice - Chairman
Alternate :
Dr R. C. LEÓN, Director, International Health Relations, Secretariat of Public Health, Buenos Aires
Adviser :
Miss R. GUEVARA ACHAVAL, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Argentina to the United Nations Office and the Other International Organi- zations at Geneva
Professor J. TIGYI, Rector, University of Medical Sciences, Pécs, Vice- Chairman Hungary Dr R. LEKIE, Director, National Smallpox Eradication Campaign, Kinshasa, Rapporteur Zaire Dr C. E. S. WEERATUNGE, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Rapporteur Sri Lanka Professor E. J. AUJALEU, Honorary Director -General, National Institute of Health and France
Medical Research, Paris Alternate :
Mrs S. BALOUS, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Specialized Agencies in Switzerland
Professor M. I. AzIM, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Kabul Adviser :
Dr G. R. ROASHAN, Chief, Department of Foreign Relations, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul
Afghanistan
Dr T. BANA, Director -General of Public Health, Niamey Niger
Dr A. A. BUKAIR, Director of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Aden Democratic Yemen Dr N. M. CHITIMBA, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Community Malawi
Development, Blantyre
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Designated by
Dr A. DIBA, Ambassador; Health Adviser on WHO Affairs, Permanent Mission of Iran Iran to the United Nations Office and the Specialized Agencies at Geneva (Alternate to
Professor A. Pouyan) Advisers :
Dr M. ROUHANI, Director -General, Medical and Health Services, National Iranian Oil Company, Teheran
Mr A. N. AMIRAHMADI, Director -General, International Health Relations Depart- ment, Ministry of Health, Teheran
Dr S. P. EHRLICH, Jr, Director, Office of International Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C.
Alternate :
Dr B. D. BLOOD, International Health Attaché, United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations at Geneva Advisers :
Mr E. W. LAWRENCE, First Secretary, United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations at Geneva Miss R. BELMONT, Office of International Health, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare, Washington, D.C.
United States of America
Dr F. KILANI, Minister of Health, Amman Jordan
Alternate :
Dr T. KARADSHI, Director of Curative Medicine, Ministry of Health, Amman Adviser :
Dr A. NABILSI, Medical Adviser to the Ministry of Municipalities and Rural Affairs, Amman
Professor J. KOSTRZEWSKI, Secretary, Medical Sciences Section, Polish Academy of Poland Sciences; Chief, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Warsaw
Alternate :
Mr S. TOPA, Counsellor; Deputy Permanent Representative of the Polish People's Republic to the United Nations Office and the Other International Organiza- tions at Geneva
Professor L. VON MANGER -KOENIG, Special Consultant for International Health Affairs Federal Republic to the Federal Minister for Youth, Family Affairs and Health, Bonn -Bad Godesberg of Germany Adviser :
Dr S. ScHUMM, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations Office and to the Other International Organizations at Geneva
Professor J. J. A. REID, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security, London
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ANNEX 1 15
Designated by
Alternate :
Mr A. L. PARROrr, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security, London
Dr A. SAUTER, former Director, Federal Public Health Service, Berne Switzerland Dr O. P. gtEPIN, Chief, External Relations Board, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Union of Soviet
Moscow (Alternate to Dr D. D. Venediktov) Socialist
Republics Advisers :
Dr N. N. FETISOV, Deputy Chief, External Relations Board, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow
Dr N. V. NovlKOV, Deputy Chief, External Relations Board, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow
Dr E. V. GALAHOV, Head of Department, All -Union Institute for Research on Social Hygiene and Public Health Administration, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow
Dr V. M. LYKOV, Senior Specialist, External Relations Board, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow
Dr D. A. ORLOV, Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the USSR to the United Nations Office and the Other International Organizations at Geneva
Dr L. Ja. VASIL'EV, Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the USSR to the United Nations Office and the Other International Organizations at Geneva
Professor Julie SULIANTI SARoso, Director -General for Communicable Disease Control, Indonesia Department of Health, Jakarta
Dr Luz URIBE NARANJO, Chief, Health Planning Office, Ministry of Public Health, Bogotá Colombia (Alternate to Dr G. Restrepo Chavarriaga)
Dr R. VALLADARES, Chief, Office of International Public Health, Ministry of Health and Venezuela Social Welfare, Caracas
Sir Harold WALTER, Minister of Health, Port Louis Mauritius
Alternate :
Dr A. Y. WONG Shiu Leung, Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Port Louis
Mr WANG Chung -li, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the China United Nations Office at Geneva and the Other International Organizations in
Switzerland (Alternate to Dr Chen Hai-feng) Alternate:
Dr WANG Kuei -chen, "Bare- foot" doctor, Kiang chen People's Commune, Chuan Sha County, Shanghai
Adviser :
Dr TUNG Tsien -hua, Chief of Department, Tung Chi Men Hospital, Academy of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Peking
Dr R. ZECEÑA FLORES, Physician /Surgeon, University of San Carlos, Guatemala Guatemala
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United Nations
EXECUTIVE BOARD, FIFTY -FOURTH SESSION
2. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
Mr K. K. S. DADZIE, Director, External Relations and Inter -Agency Affairs
Dr S. MARTENS, Director, Division of Narcotic Drugs Mr N. KANDEMIR, Deputy Director, Division of
Narcotic Drugs
Mr A. NoLL, Legal Adviser, Division of Narcotic Drugs
Mr P. CASSON, Senior Coordination Officer, External Relations and Inter- Agency Affairs
Mr V.
LISSITSKY, Coordination Officer, External Relations and Inter -Agency AffairsUnited Nations Children's Fund
Mr S. BACIC, Deputy Director for Europe
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Dr M. SHARIF, Director of Health
United Nations Development Programme
Mr R. P. ETCHATS, Director of European Office United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Mr E. M. CHOSSUDOVSKY, Representative in Europe International Narcotics Control Board
Mr J. DITTERT, Secretary of the Board
Mr S. STEPCZYÑSKI, Deputy Secretary of the Board
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
Mr T. LUKE, Chief, Programming and Coordination Mr J. J. KACIREK, Inter -agency Coordination Officer International Atomic Energy Agency
Mrs M. S. OPELZ
3. REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
Dr C. SCHOU, Chief Medical Officer
International Committee of Military Medicine and Pharmacy Professor J. PATRNOGIC
World Intellectual Property Organization
Mr B. A. ARMSTRONG, Director, Administrative Division
4. REPRESENTATIVES OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH WHO
Christian Medical Commission Miss N. BARROW Dr J. H. HELLBERG
International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatries Dr A. MULLER
International Association of Microbiological Societies Professor R. -H. REGAMEY
International Astronautical Federation Professor H. A. BJURSTEDT International Committee of the Red Cross Mr A. D. MICIIELI
International Council on Jewish Social and Welfare Services Dr A. GoNIK
International Council of Nurses Miss A. HERWITZ
Miss M. P. TITO DE MoRAEs Miss M. RYCHTELSKA
International Council of Scientific Unions Dr R. MORF
International Council on Social Welfare Mrs M. ROCHAT
ANNEX 1 17
International Dental Federation Professor L. -J. BAUME Professor A. -J. HELD International Diabetes Federation Dr B. RILLIET
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Dr J.STASTNX
International Federation of Medical Student Associations Mr P. SCHATZER
International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies Dr A. DUBOIS-POULSEN
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Associations
Miss A. BÜCHEL
International Planned Parenthood Federation Miss H. SEYMOUR
International Society of Blood Transfusion Dr Z. S. HANTCHEF
International Society of Cardiology Professor P. MORET
Manufacturers
International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled Mr N. ACTON
International Union of Architects Mr A. RIVOIRE
International Union for Child Welfare Mrs I. C. KEMPE
Mrs E. UNDERHILL
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Miss M. BJ6RKLUND
International Union for Health Education Professor R. SENAULT
Mrs A. LE MEITOUR -KAPLUN
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Dr R. MORE
International Union of School and University Health and Medicine Professor V. BRUTO DA COSTA
Dr H. OUILLON Dr H. MERTENS
Joint Commission on International Aspects of Mental Retar- dation
Mrs Y. POSTERNAK League of Red Cross Societies Dr V. I. SEMUKHA Dr H. ZIELINSKI
Medical Women's International Association Dr Renée VOLUTER DE LORIOL World Council for the Welfare of the Blind Mr A. MERMOD
World Federation of Hemophilia Dr Lili FÜLoP- AszoDI Mr L. JEANRENAUD
World Federation for Medical Education Sir William REFSHAUGE
World Federation for Mental Health Professor H. SoLMs
Dr Anne AUDEOUD -NAVILLE Dr Maria PFISTER
World Federation of Public Health Associations Mr R. MORGAN
World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Professor M. GEMPERLE
World Medical Association Sir William REFSHAUGE
18 EXECUTIVE BOARD, FIFTY- FOURTH SESSION
5. COMMITTEES i AND WORKING GROUPS OF THE BOARD 1. Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organi-
zations
Dr Chen Hai -feng, Dr N. M. Chitimba, Professor L. von Manger- Koenig, Dr G. Restrepo Chavarriaga, Dr D. D. Venediktov.
2. Working Group on the Organizational Study on the Interrelationships between the Central Techni-
cal Services of WHO and Programmes of Direct Assistance to Member States (23, 27 and 28 May
1974)
Dr S. P. Ehrlich, Jr,
Chairman; Dr R. Lekie, Professor Julie Sulianti Saroso, Professor J. Tigyi,Dr C. N. D. Taylor (Chairman of the Executive
Board).
6. OTHER COMMITTEES 2 1. UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy
WHO members : Dr S. P. Ehrlich, Jr, Professor
J. Kostrzewski, Dr G. Restrepo Chavarriaga, Dr A. Sauter, Professor Julie Sulianti Saroso, Sir Harold Walter; Alternates: Dr T. Bana, Dr N. M. Chitimba, Dr A. A. García, Dr R. Lekie, Professor J. J. A. Reid, Dr R. Valladares.
2. Léon Bernard Foundation Committee
Professor E. J.
Aujaleu, Dr S.
P. Ehrlich, Jr, Dr A. A. García (Vice- Chairman of the ExecutiveBoard), Dr C. N. D. Taylor (Chairman of the Exec- utive Board), Professor J. Tigyi (Vice- Chairman of the Executive Board).
3. Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Committee
Dr A. A. Bukair, Dr A. A. García (Vice- Chairman
of the
Executive Board), Professor A. Pouyan,Dr C. N. D. Taylor (Chairman of the Executive
Board), Professor J. Tigyi (Vice- Chairman of the Executive Board).Annex 2
TRANSFERS BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION FOR 1974 3
REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR - GENERAL
1. Under the provisions of Financial Regulation 4.5
"the Director -General is authorized with the prior concurrence of the Executive Board or of any com- mittee to which it may delegate appropriate authority, to transfer credits between sections" of the Appro- priation Resolution.
2. The Appropriation Resolution for the financial year 1974 (WHA26.41) in paragraph C provides:
"Notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 4.5, the Director- General is authorized to make transfers between the sections in Part II (Operating Programme) up to an amount not exceed- ing 10% of the amount appropriated for the ap- propriation section from which the transfer is made.
Any such transfers required in excess of 10% may
be made in accordance with the provisions of
Financial Regulation 4.5. All transfers between sections shall be reported to the Executive Board at its next session."[EB54 /7 - 22 May 1974]
3. A number of transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1974 have become necessary as a result of changed programme require- ments and of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, and are summarized in the Appendix to this report.
4. The transfers
within Part II (Operating Pro-
gramme) of the Appropriation Resolution have been made within the authority given to the Director - General by the Twenty -sixth World Health Assembly in paragraph C of that resolution, cited in paragraph 2 above. They relate inter alia to the utilization of most of the funds previously earmarked in the ap-1 Committees established pursuant to the provisions of Rule 16 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board.
2 Committees established by the Executive Board upon the direction of the Health Assembly or on its own initiative, or on the proposal of the Director- General in accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the Constitution.
3 See resolution EB54.R9.
ANNEX 2 19
proved 1974 budget (under Appropriation Section 9
-Other activities)
for assistance to the People's Republic of China. As reported to the ExecutiveBoard at its
fifty -third session this assistance wasdeclined, and it was planned to use the funds in
question, with the concurrence of the Board, for the smallpox eradication programme (under Appropri- ation Section 4- Communicable diseases). In addition, certain transfers have been made to take account of other changed programme requirements.5. Following an analysis
of the approved pro-
gramme and budget estimates for 1974 it was found possible by means of certain forced economies ofoperations within various appropriation sections to meet the additional requirements resulting from recent adjustments of the operating rate of exchange, applied by all organizations in the United Nations system, between the US dollar and the Swiss franc.
Whereas the relevant rate of exchange used in the approved 1974 budget estimates was 3.23 Swiss
francs to one US dollar, the current operating rate is 2.93 Swiss francs to one US dollar. However, a
transfer of a total of US $626 700 from various
sections of the Appropriation Resolution to Appro- priation Section 11 (Administrative services) has become necessary, and for this the Director -General seeks the concurrence of the Executive Board in accordance with Financial Regulation 4.5.Appendix
AppropriationSection Purpose of Appropriation
PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS
Amounts 1 approved US$
Transfers:
increase (decrease)
US $
Revised appro- priations
US $
1. World Health Assembly 744050 744050
2. Executive Board and its committees 432 130 432130
3. Regional committees 147 300 147 300
Total
-
Part I 1323 480 1323 480PART II: OPERATING PROGRAMME
4. Communicable diseases 19 100 196 824 000 19924196
5. Environmental health 9576780 (186 200) 9390580
6. Strengthening of health services 27278760 (451500) 26 827260
7. Non -communicable diseases 4258 397 (50000) 4 208 397
8. Health manpower development 11 424001 7000 11 431 001
9. Other activities 17630 132 (700 000) 16930132
10. Regional offices 9227247 ( 70000) 9157247
Total
-
Part II 98495 513 (626 700) 97 868 813 PART III: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES11. Administrative services 8310607 626700 8937307
Total
-
Part III 8310607 626700 8937307 PART IV: OTHER PURPOSES12. Headquarters building: Repayment of loans 670200 670 200
Total
-
Part IV 670200 670 200Effective working budget (Parts I, II, III and IV) 108799800 108799800
1Including the amounts voted by the Twenty -sixth World Health Assembly (resolution WHA26.41), the transfers concurred in by the Executive Board (resolution EB53.R10) and the supplementary estimates approved by the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly (resolution WHA27.4).
20 EXECUTIVE BOARD, FIFTY- FOURTH SESSION
Annex 3
METHODS OF WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD I
REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL Introduction
1. The Executive Board at its fifty -third session considered the functions of its Standing Committee
on Administration and Finance, particularly with respect to the Committee's detailed analysis of the financial aspects
of the programme and budget
estimates. As the new form of presentation of the programme and budget estimates had made it difficult to examine separately the financial aspects of the programme proposals, and in order to avoid dupli-
cation of effort, the Executive Board decided to
recommend to the Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly (resolution EB53.R35) that the functionsof the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance be assumed by the Board as a whole.
2. The Twenty- seventh World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA27.20, inter alia expressed its agree- ment that the functions of the Standing Committee
on Administration and Finance of the Executive
Board should be assumed by the Board as a whole, thus obviating the need for a meeting of the Stand-ing Committee prior to a session of the Board
during which the programme and budget estimates are reviewed. The Health Assembly also requestedthe Board to consider further,
at its fifty- fourth session, by which methods and procedures, including the use of the Standing Committee as well as other committees or working parties, as appropriate, it could best undertake its review and analysis of the programme and budget estimates and other mattersof particular importance and complexity.
3. In order to assist the Board in its further con- sideration of this matter, the Director -General outlines below some possible approaches regarding the Board's review of the proposed programme and budget estimates and its report to the Health Assembly thereon, as well as its assumption of the functions of the Standing Committee on Administration and
Finance with respect to other matters.
Review of the proposed programme and budget estimates
4. In assuming the functions of the Standing Com- mittee on Administration and Finance, the Board could undertake its review and analysis of the Director - General's proposed programme and budget on the same basis and along the same general lines as was
[EB54/12 - 20 May 19741
previously done by the Standing Committee. Thus, in the first instance, the Board's review could include:
(i) consideration of the Director -General's intro- duction to the proposed programme and budget estimates, together with the summaries and tables contained in the relevant Official Records; and
(ii) examination of each global programme and sub -programme statement together with the related
budget estimates and, to the extent considered
necessary, review of regional and country pro- gramme statements.5. In order to assist the Board with its examination of the proposed programme and budget estimates a
number of working papers, amplifying and sup-
plementing the information contained in the relevant Official Records, would be submitted to it as here- tofore.6. Following the detailed examination of the pro- gramme and budget proposals, as outlined above, the Board might wish to address itself to the broad issues emerging from these proposals to which the particular attention of the Health Assembly should be drawn, and to the main comments and recom- mendations which the Board would wish to include in its report to the Assembly. In so doing the Board would also consider the following questions in ac- cordance with resolution WHA5.62:
(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;
(ii) whether the proposed 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 including
(a) status of collection of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund;
(b) Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which may invoke Article 7 of the Constitution;
1 See resolution EB54.R13.
(c) (d) (e)
(f)
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scale of assessment;
text of the Appropriation Resolution;
casual income; and
effective working budget level.
Following its consideration of these matters the Board could be specifically invited by its Chairman to discuss other important questions relating to the programme and budget proposals on which it might wish to advise the Health Assembly -for example, the future orientation of the programme, programme priorities, allocation of funds to specific fields of activity, and the availability and use of extrabudgetary funds.
7. If the Board should decide to review the proposed programme and budget estimates as outlined above, thus assuming the functions of the Standing Com- mittee on Administration and Finance, it would no longer be necessary to convene a meeting of this Committee one week prior to the January session of the Board. If, during the course of the review of the proposed programme and budget estimates, the Board
should consider it desirable to have one or more
particularly important or complex matters analysedin depth, the Standing Committee, or an ad hoc committee or working party, could of course be
constituted and convened at that time. The fact that the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance would not meet one week prior to the session of the Board would also afford members additional time to study the proposed programme and budget estimates and other relevant documentation.8. Although the total time that might be required for the review of the proposed programme and budget estimates,
as outlined above, cannot be precisely
determined in advance, the Director- General wouldnot consider it necessary to convene the January
session of the Board more than one day earlier than in previous years, that is, on a Monday, rather than on a Tuesday. Based on past experience, it would appear reasonable to expect that not more than four days would be required for the review of the pro-gramme and budget
estimates, including related subjects. However, if circumstances should so warrant, it would be possible to extend the Board's session by one or two days (i.e., into a third week). It should also be borne in mind that, in accordance with the biennial presentation of the programme and budget proposals, the Board at the January session of every even -numbered year (i.e., 1976 and every second year thereafter) will be reviewing the same Official Records volume containing the proposals as submittedat the previous year's session, together with any
revision document as appropriate. As a result theBoard might realize some savings in the time required on those occasions for the review of the programme and budget proposals for the odd -numbered years.
Report of the Executive Board on the proposed pro- gramme and budget estimates
9. In accordance with the Executive Board's earlier decisions, the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance has been required to submit to the Board a preliminary report on its examination and analysis of the proposed programme and budget estimates.
The format and contents of this preliminary report have been influenced by certain other decisions of the Board, notably those reflected in resolutions EB41.R5 and EB42.R14. In the former resolution the Executive Board approved a recommendation by the Standing Committee to dispense with the summary records of the Committee since all matters of substance were incorporated in its
detailed report to the Board.
In the latter resolution the Executive Board decided to merge the findings of the Standing Committee with the conclusions of the Board on each subject throughout the text of the report on the proposed programme and budget estimates.
10. As a result of the foregoing, and of a certain amount of unavoidable duplication of effort, the Board's report to the Health Assembly on the review and analysis of the proposed programme and budget estimates has tended to become rather voluminous and in some respects over detailed, reflecting as it does all aspects of the Standing Committee's dis-
cussions as well as
the Board's own subsequent discussion (also reported in the summary records of the Board) on the same and other subjects. In this connexion it should be noted that each Memberof the
Organization receives both the summary records and the Board's report on its review of the proposed programme and budget estimates prior to the May session of the Health Assembly. Consequently it may be that the Board's report to the Health Assem- bly on this subject could be made more useful and informative ifit were to concentrate on matters
considered by the Board to be of major importance, with the detailed discussion of the proposed pro- gramme and budget estimates being reflected in the summary records.If this were to be the case the
format and contents of the report could be developed in accordance with the general principle that, inaddition to certain factual information, primarily of a financial nature and basically emanating from various working papers submitted to the Board, it should comprise a synthesis of the matters of major importance, or broad issues, to which the Health
22 EXECUTIVE BOARD, FIFTY- FOURTH SESSION
Assembly's particular attention should be drawn.
The summary records, which fully reflect the dis- cussion in the Board during the detailed examination of the proposed programme and budget estimates, would be attached as an appendix to the report.
11. The Board's report to the Health Assembly on the proposed programme and budget estimates would thus consist essentially of two parts. The first part would deal with the Director -General's introduction to the programme and budget proposals and would include factual information derived from the working papers submitted to the Board. The same type of factual information might be included as appropriate for each programme and sub -programme. The discussion in the Board during the detailed examination of the items referred to in this part of its report would be fully reflected in summary records attached to the report as an appendix. The second part of the report would deal with the matters considered by the Board to be of major importance, as outlined in paragraph 6 above. This part of the report would comprise a synthesis of the Board's consideration of these matters and reflect the consensus of opinion on the issues raised. It might be considered that this particular section of the report, which would also be supported by appended summary records, would be the one to which the Health Assembly would primarily look for the Board's opinion and advice on broad issues and policy questions relating to the Organization's programme and budget. A report prepared along these lines would be more concise than similar reports of the Board in the past; it might also be more useful to the Assembly insofar as it would tend to focus the latter's attention on the really important programme, financial and policy questions
raised during the Board's review of the proposed programme and
budget estimates and on any recommendations which the Board might wish to make thereon.Consideration of other administrative and financial matters
12. In assuming the functions of the Standing Com- mittee on Administration and Finance, the Executive Board would also consider the following items which previously were reviewed in the first instance by the Standing Committee:
(i) transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for the current year (if any); and
(ii) supplementary estimates (if any).
Similarly the Board would examine any additional budgetary requirements relating to the proposed programme and budget estimates in conjunction with its review of the latter.
13. On the basis of past experience the Director-
General does not expect that the time required for future reviews of these items by the Board alone would materially differ from earlier years when this review followed upon an initial consideration of these items by the Standing Committee.
Conclusions
14. In the light of the above suggestions the points requiring decision by the Board may be summarized as follows:
(i) the discontinuation of the practice of convening a meeting of the Standing Committee on Adminis- tration and Finance one week prior to the January session of the Board, and of nominating in advance of that session those members of the Board who
are to serve as members of the Standing Committee;
(ii) the convening of the January session of the Board on a Monday rather than on a Tuesday;
(iii) the review by the Board of future proposed
programme and budget estimates on the same
general lines as was previously done by the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance as well as special consideration of those matters of major importance to which the Board would wish to draw the attention of the Health Assembly;
(iv) the preparation of the Board's report to the
Health Assembly on the proposed programme
and budget estimates in a format consisting essential- ly of one part containing brief, factual information, primarily of a financial nature, and another part comprising a synthesis of the matters of major im- portance to which the Health Assembly's particular attention would be drawn, the whole report being supported by appended summary records; and
(v) the discontinuation of the separate distribution to Members of the summary records of the Execu- tive Board.
INDEX TO RESOLUTIONS
