Evaluation of the country visits: report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation, part II (Resolution)

REPORT OF TIfE REGIONAL COMMITTEE 27 (5) to develop and disseminate to Member States best practices, including guidelines and indicators, for Healthy Cities and Healthy Islands projects. WPRlRC49.R7 Seventh Meeting, 17 September 1998 WPRlRC49/SRl7 REVIEW OF TIfE WHO CONSTITUTION, INCLUDING REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION, PART IV The Regional Committee, Having considered the report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation, Part IV, on the review of the WHO Constitution, including regional arrangements; 1 Appreciating the value of the work of the Sub-Committee to Member States and the Regional Committee; Noting the need for Article 2 of the WHO Constitution to reflect current realities and for it to be able to accommodate additional functions in future; Noting further the need to keep the criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for the nomination of the Regional Director under review; 1. REQUESTS the Regional Director to convey to the Director-General its approval of the revision of the text of Article 2, and to transmit for further consideration the Sub-Committee's two proposals for further changes and the addition of a new section 5(a) to read "accessibility to health care", with subsequent sections to be renumbered; 2. DECIDES that the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation should re-examine the criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for the nomination of the Regional Director and make recommendations to the Regional Committee during its fiftieth session. WPRlRC49.R8 Eighth Meeting, 17 September 1998 WPRlRC49/SRl8 EVALUATION OF THE COUNTRY VISITS: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION, PART II The Regional Committee, Having considered the report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation, Part II, on the evaluation of country visits;2 'Document WPRlRC49/11. 'Document WPRlRC49/9. 28 REGIONAL COMMITTEE: FORTY-NINTH SESSION Noting that all the Member States who replied to the questionnaire felt that the country visits should be continued and that all the WHO progranune managers who replied indicated that they used the results of the country visits to re-orient their progranunes; Concerned that evaluation of the country visits should be continued; I. ENDORSES the Sub-Committee's proposals that, first, instead of meeting every year as at present, the Sub-Committee should meet only when it is required to perform a specific task and, second, that country visits should be continued, but only when the Sub-Committee is specifically requested to do so; 2. REQUESTS the Regional Director: ( I ) to inform the Regional Committee at its annual session of items that the Sub-Committee could be asked to review before the next session of the Regional Committee, in order that the Regional Committee can decide whether or not to convene the Sub-Committee; (2) to continuously evaluate the country visits, bearing in mind the recommendations contained in the Sub-Committee's report; 3. DECIDES that the next meeting of the Sub-Committee will be convened during the fiftieth session of the Regional Committee with specific terms of reference as decided by Resolution WPRlRC491R7 and that there will be no country visit in conjunction with this meeting. Eighth Meeting, 17 September 1998 WPRlRC491SRl8 WPRlRC49.R9 RENEWING THE STRATEGY FOR HEALTH FOR ALL: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION, PART III The Regional Committee, Having considered the report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Progranunes and Technical Cooperation, Part III, on renewing the strategy for health for all and the global document Health for All in the Twenty-first Century; J Appreciating the value of the work of the Sub-Committee to Member States and the Regional Comrruttee; I. ENDORSES the report of the Sub-Committee; 2. REQUESTS the Regional Director: (1) to improve WHO's policy development capacity at the regional level; (2) to strengthen dialogue with international partners in the Region; (3) to support national capacity assessment and capacity building in order to facilitate implementation of Health for All in the Twenty-first Century; IOocument WPRlRC49!lO Rev.l. REPORT OF TIfE REGIONAL COMMITTEE 27 (5) to develop and disseminate to Member States best practices, including guidelines and indicators, for Healthy Cities and Healthy Islands projects. WPRlRC49.R7 Seventh Meeting, 17 September 1998 WPRlRC49/SRl7 REVIEW OF TIfE WHO CONSTITUTION, INCLUDING REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION, PART IV The Regional Committee, Having considered the report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation, Part IV, on the review of the WHO Constitution, including regional arrangements; 1 Appreciating the value of the work of the Sub-Committee to Member States and the Regional Committee; Noting the need for Article 2 of the WHO Constitution to reflect current realities and for it to be able to accommodate additional functions in future; Noting further the need to keep the criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for the nomination of the Regional Director under review; 1. REQUESTS the Regional Director to convey to the Director-General its approval of the revision of the text of Article 2, and to transmit for further consideration the Sub-Committee's two proposals for further changes and the addition of a new section 5(a) to read "accessibility to health care", with subsequent sections to be renumbered; 2. DECIDES that the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation should re-examine the criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for the nomination of the Regional Director and make recommendations to the Regional Committee during its fiftieth session. WPRlRC49.R8 Eighth Meeting, 17 September 1998 WPRlRC49/SRl8 EVALUATION OF THE COUNTRY VISITS: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION, PART II The Regional Committee, Having considered the report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation, Part II, on the evaluation of country visits;2 'Document WPRlRC49/11. 'Document WPRlRC49/9.