103rd Session Supplementary agenda item
EB103.R19 1 February 1999
Reform of the Health Assembly The Executive Board, Having considered the report by the Secretariat on reform of the Health Assembly, concerning participation of high-level policy-makers in its work,1 Recalling resolution WHA50.18 concerning arrangements for the conduct of the discussion in plenary meetings on the annual report of the Director-General; Noting that the current arrangements do not serve fully to engage high-level policy-makers in the work of the Health Assembly; Noting further that some organizations in the United Nations system have established mechanisms to facilitate the interaction of high-level policy-makers at their governing bodies, 1. ENDORSES, as an interim arrangement, the proposal of the Director-General to incorporate in the provisional agenda and the preliminary daily timetable for the Fifty-second World Health Assembly ministerial roundtables on lessons learned in world health in order to enhance the involvement of ministers of health in policy discussions; 2. RECOMMENDS that the Health Assembly evaluate the interim arrangement with a view to revising the arrangements for the conduct of its proceedings at subsequent Assemblies, including measures to promote the interaction and participation of ministers; 3. REQUESTS the Director-General to report to the 105th session of the Executive Board on experience gained.
Eleventh meeting, 1 February 1999 EB103/SR/11
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