WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Thirty-ninth session Manila 12-16 September 1988
Provisional agenda item 18.2
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ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
Regional Office for the Western Pacific Bureau regional du Pacifique occidental
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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CORRELATION OF THE WORK OF THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
AND THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Consideration of the agenda of the eighty-third session of the Executive Board
The Regional Committee may wish to comment on the draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of the Executive Board and on the efforts made to correlate the work of the Regional Committee, the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly.
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in tiie present document, the draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of the ExecUtive .Boatd (JanUary 1989) is used as tiie basis for a direct comparison of the work of the RegiotHti b:Jtrimittee for the Western Pacific, the Executive Board and the World Health ASsemt:Hy (see Annex 1 ). . The draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of the Exetiitite Boatd is aHathed as Annex 2 and the draft provisional agenda of the Forty-second Wotid :Heaith ASsembly (May i989) is attached as Annex 3.
The main items to be discussed by the governing bodies are the review of the second thbtlitdting bf strategies for health fot all by tlie year 2000, the proposed programme budget for 1990-i99i, a:rid strategies tot the prevention and control of AIDS. It is hoped that the following items dn tiie ptbvisional agenda of the Regional Committee may lead to debate at the global letel: vaccine develbptnerit atld control of communicable diseases by immunization, and adolescent health.
CORRELATION OF THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
Title of item on the provisional agenda of the thirty-ninth session of the
Regional Committee, September 1988
Report of the Regional Director
Annual report on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Proposed programme budget 1990-1991
(Other than statutory items)
Title of item on the draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of the
Executive Board, January 1989
Reports of the Regional Directors on significant regional developments, including regional committee matters
Global strategy for the the prevention and control of AI OS (Report by the Director-General)
Proposed programme budget for the financial period 1990-1991
General policy review
A G E N D A I T E M N U M B E R
Provisional agenda of the thirty-ninth session of the
Regional Committee, September 1988
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10.2
10.2
Draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of
the Executive Board, January 1989
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6.1
Draft provisional agenda of the Forty-second World
Health Assembly, May 1989
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18 Committee A
18.1
"The item on the provisional agenda of the Regional Committee consists of the Regional Director's report on the work of WHO in the Western Pacific Region for the period 1 July 1987-30 June 1988, and the item on the draft provisional agenda of the World Health Assembly consists of the Director-General's report on the work of WHO, 1988.
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CORRELATION OF THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
Title of item on the provisional agenda of the thirty-ninth session of the
Regional Committee, September 1988
Prevention of mental , neurological and psychosocial disorders
Report of the Sub-Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation, Part I
"Strategies for health for all by the year 2000" - Monitoring of implementation of national strategies: Report of the Sub-Committee, Part II
Title of item on the draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of the
Executive Board, January 1989
Programme review*
Financial review
Global strategy for health for all by the year 2000 (monitoring and evaluation)**
(Other than statutory items)
A G E N D A I T E M N U M B E R
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Regional Committee, September 1988
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10.2
11.1
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Draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of
the Executive Board, January 1989
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6.3
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Draft provisional agenda of the Forty-second World
Health Assembly, May 1989
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18.3 Committee A
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*The following reports by the Director-General will be included under this sub-item : progress report on the role of nursing/midwifery personnel in the strategy for health for all (resolution WHA36.11) ; the prevention of mental, neurological and psychosocial disorders (resolution WHA39.25) ; action in respect of international conventions on narcotic and psychotropic substances (if any); progress in the elimination of dracunculiasis (resolution WHA39.21) ; the Action Programme on tobacco or health (resolution WHA41.25) ; the role of epidemiology in attaining health for all (resolution WHA41.27) ; strengthening primary health care (resolution WHA41.34); WHO's contribution to the international efforts towards sustainable development (progress report) (resolution WHA41 .15) and the Global Advisory Committee on Health Research (progress report).
**Second monitoring, resolution WHA39.7; interim progress report on the implementation of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, resolution WHA39.20; and progress and evaluation report on the Expanded Programme on Immunization, including global eradicc:tion of poliomyelitis, resolution WHA41.28.
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CORRELATION OF THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
Title of item on the provisional agenda of the thirty-ninth session of the
Regional Committee, September 1988
Reorientation of health personnel : Progress. problems and future action
National maternal and child health policies and strategies
Vaccine development and control of communicable diseases by immunization
Adolescent health
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Title of item on the draft provisional agenda of the eighty-third session of the
Executive Board, January 1989
Management of WHO's resources (Report by the Programme Committee)
{Other than statutory items)
A G E N D A I T E M N U M B E R
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
Eighty-third session
Geneva, 9 January 1989
TENTATIVE PROVISIONAL AGENDA
(modified on 16 June 1988)
1. Opening of the session
2. Adoption of the agenda
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3. Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for the financial period 1988-1989 (if any)
4. Supplementary budget for 1988-1989 (if any)
5. Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000 (monitoring and evaluation)
(Second monitoring, resolution WHA39.7: interim progress report on the implementation of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. resolution WHA39.20; and progress and evaluation report on the Expanded Programme of Immunization, including global eradication or poliomyelitis, resolution WHA41.28.)
6. Proposed programme budget for the financial period 1990-1991
6.1 General policy review
6.2 Programme review 1·
6.3 Financial review
7. Reports of the Regional Directors on significant regional developments, including regional committee matters
1The following reports by the Director-General will be included under this sub-item: progress report on the role of nursing/midwifery personnel in the strategy for health for all (resolution WI-!A36.11 ): the prevention or mentaL neurological and psychosocial disorders (resolution WHA39.25): action in respec t of international conventions c>n narcotic <HHJ psychotropic substances (if any); progress in the elimination of dracunculiasis (resolution WHA39. 21): the Action Programme on tobacco or health (resolution WHA41.25); the role of epidemiology in attaining health for all (resolution \VH:\-11.27); strc:ngthening primary health care (resolution WHA41.34); WHo·s contribution to the international efforts towards sustainable development (progress renorn (resolution WHA41 .1 '))and the (ilob~l Advisorv Committee on Health Research loro~ress rcnort) .
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Annex 2
8. Management of WHO's resources (report by the Programme Committee)
9. Selection and appointment of the Director-General and Regional Directors (report by the Programme Committee)
10. Appointment of the Regional Director for the Western Pacific
11. Global strategy for the prevention and control of AIDS (report by the Director-General)
resolutions WHA40.26 and WHA41.24
12. Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees
13. Meetings of expert committees and study groups (report by the Director-General) and role of the Executive Board in the follow-up of reports of expert committees and study groups (report by"the Programme Committee)
14. Payment of assessed contributions
14.1 Status of collection of assessed contributions and status of advances to the Working Capital Fund
14.2 Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution (if any)
resolution WHA41.20
15. Review of the Working Capital Fund (if warranted)
16. Statement by the representative of the WHO Staff Associations
17. Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules (if any)
18. Recruitment of international staff in WHO: biennial report resolutions WHA40.9 (participation of women) and WHA40.10 (geographical representativeness of the start)
19. Real Estate Fund
20. Special Account for Headquarters extension and repayment of the Swiss loan
21. Collaboration within the United Nations system
21.1 General matters
21.2 Report(s) of the Joint Inspection Unit
21.3 Report of the International Civil Service Commission
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21.4 Agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
22. Collaboration with nongovernmental organizations
22.1 Application of nongovernmental organizations for admission into official relations with WHO
22.2 Review of nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO
23 . Awards
23.1 Leon Bernard Foundation Prize (report of the Leon Bernard Foundation Committee)
23.2 Dr AT. Shousha Foundation Prize (report of the Dr AT. Shousha Foundation Committee)
23.3 Child Health Foundation Prize and Fellowship (report of the Child Health Foundation Committee)
23.4 Sasakawa Health Prize (report of the Sasakawa Health Prize Committee)
24. Appointment of the Committee of the Executive Board to consider certain financial matters prior to the Health A<>sembly
25. Provisional agenda for and duration of the Forty-second World Health Assembly
26. Date and place of the eighty-fourth session of the Executive Board
27. Closure of the session
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Geneva, Switzerland
May 1989
DRAn' PROVISIONAL AGENDA
(as amended on 16 June 1988)
PLENARY MEETINGS
1. Opening of the session
2. Appointment of the Committee on Credentials (Rule 23)
3. Election of the Committee on Nominations (Rule 24)
4. Election of the President and the five Vice-Presidents (Rule 26)
5. Election of the Chairman of Committee A (Rule 34)
6. Election of the Chairman of Committee B (Rule 34)
7. Establishment of the General Committee (Rule 31)
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8. Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees (Rules 33 and 34)
9. Admission of new Members and Associate Members (if any) (Article 6 and Rule 115)
10. Review and approval of the reports of the Executive Board on its eighty-second and eighty-third sessions
11. Review of the report of the Director-General on the work of WHO in 1988
12. Election of Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board (Articles 18(b), 24 and 25, and Rules 100-103 inclusive)
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13. Awards
13.1 Presentation of the Leon Bernard Foundation Prize
13.2 Presentation of the Dr AT. Shousha Foundation Prize
13.3 Presentation of the Jacques Parisot Foundation Medal
13.4 Presentation of the Child Health Foundation Prize
13.5 Presentation of the Sasakawa Health Prize
14. Approval of reports of main committees
15. Closure of the Forty-second Word Health A<>Sembly
COMMITTEE A
16. Election of Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur (Rule 36)
17. Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000 (monitoring and evaluation)
(second monitoring. resolution WHA39.7; interim progress report on the implementation of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, resolution WHA39.20; and progress and evaluation report on the Expanded Programme on Immunization, including global eradication of poliomyelitis, resolution WHA41.28)
18. Proposed programme budget for the financial period 1990-1991 (Articles l8(1) and 55)
18.1 General policy matters
18.2 Programme policy riu1tters 1
18.3 Financial policy matters
1The following reports by the Director-General will be included under this sub-ite m: progress report on the role of nursing/midwifery personnel in the strategy for health for all (resolution WHA36.11); the prevention of mental, neurological and psychosocial disorders (resolution WHA39.25); action in respect of international conventions on narcotic and psychotropic substances (if any): progress in the elimination of dracunculiasis (resolution WHA39.21): the Action Programme on tobacco or hea lth (resolutior. WHA41.25); the role of epidemiology in attaining health for all (resolution WHA41.27): strengthening primary health care (resolution WHA41.34): WHO's contribution to the international efforts towards sustainable development (progress report) (resolutio n WHA4!.15) and the Global Advisory Committee on Health Research (progress report).
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Annex 3
19. Global strategy for the prevention and control of AIDS (report by the Director-General)
20. Management of WHO's resources (report by the Executive Board)
COMMITTEEB
21. Election of Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur (Rule 36)
22. Review of the financial position of the Organization
22.1 Interim financial report on the accounts o f WHO for 1988 and comments thereon of the Committee of the Executive Board to Consider Ce rtain Financial Matters prior to the Health Ac;sembly (Article 18(f); Financial Regulations 11.3 and 12.9)
22.2 Status of collection of assessed contributions and status of advances to the Working Capital Fund
22.3 Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution (if any)
23. Supplementary budget for 1988-1989 (if any)
24. Scale of assessments
24.1 A<>sessmcnt of new Members and Associate Members (if any)
24.2 Scale of assessment for the financial period 1990-1991
25. Working Capital Fund
25.1 Advances made to meet unforeseen or extraordinarye xpenses as authorized by resolution WHA38.8, part C., para. 1(2) (if any)
25.2 Advances made for the provision of emergency supplies to Members and Associate Members as authorized by resolution WHA38.8, part C. para. 1(3) (if any)
25.3 Review of the Working Capital Fund (if warranted)
26. Real Estate Fund
27. Special Account for Headquarters extension and repayment of the Swiss loan
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28. Recruitment of international staff in WHO: biennial report resolutions WHA40.9 and WHA40.10
29. Health conditions of the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine
resolution WHA41.8
30. Collaboration within the United Nations system
30.1 General matters
30.2 Agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
30.3 Health and medical assistance to Lebanon
resolution WHA41.21
30.4 Health assistance to refugees and displaced persons in Cyprus
resolution WHA41.22
30.5 Liberation struggle in Southern Africa: Assistance to the front-line states. Lesotho and Swaziland
resolution WHA41.23
31. United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
31.1 Annual report of the United Nat ions Joint Staff Pension Board for 1987
31.2 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee.