WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE BOARD 114th Session Provisional agenda item 6.2 EB114/11 8 April 2004
Committees of the Executive Board: membership Report by the Secretariat
1. In accordance with resolution EB61.R8, this report presents for both the Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations and the foundation committees, a table showing the members who will remain on the Executive Board after closure of the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly and the vacancies to be filled on each committee. It also deals with appointment of representatives of the Executive Board at the Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly. 2. According to the Board’s consistent practice, if any member of a committee or group is unable to participate in a meeting of the committee or group, his or her 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 Board, will participate in the work of the committee or group. 3. In view of the proposal1 before the Board at this session to merge the Programme Development Committee, the Administration, Budget and Finance Committee and the Audit Committee into a single committee, Board members may wish to consider the issue on such membership of those committees only in light of the outcome of the deliberations of the Board on the matter. Attached as an annex to this document is a table showing the current membership and vacancies in the three committees concerned.
STANDING COMMITTEE ON NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 4. The Standing Committee is composed of five members. Member Dr F. Huerta Montalvo (Ecuador) Dra. A.M. Pastor Julián (Spain) Dr A.B. Osman (Sudan) Vacant Vacant
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FOUNDATION COMMITTEES 5. The Director-General is the administrator of 14 foundation prizes and fellowships. The table below shows the committees or panels for which the Executive Board appoints members and the relevant vacancies. Award Darling Foundation Prize Léon Bernard Foundation Prize Committee/Selection Panel Chairman of Executive Board; Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Board; Chairman of Expert Committee on Malaria Chairman of Executive Board; Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Board; member of the Board from a Member State of the European Region Committee: Chairman of the Executive Board; Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Board; member of the Board Selection Panel: Chairman of the Executive Board; member of the Foundation Committee Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Fellowship and Prize The State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion Chairman of the Executive Board; a representative of the International Children’s Centre, Ankara; President of Bilkent University or his or her appointee State of Kuwait Health Promotion Foundation Selection Panel: Chairman of the Executive Board; member of the Board from a Member State of the Eastern Mediterranean Region; representative of the Founder Chairman of the Executive Board; member of the Executive Board; representative of the Founder Chairman of the Executive Board; member of the Executive Board from a Member State of the Eastern Mediterranean Region; representative of the Founder Vacancies -
Vacant
Jacques Parisot Foundation Fellowship
Vacant
Vacant -
Vacant
Sasakawa Health Prize
Vacant
United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize
Vacant
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APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT THE FIFTY-EIGHTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY 6. In resolution EB59.R7, the Executive Board decided that the representatives of the Board at the Health Assembly should be the Chairman and three other members of the Board. In resolution EB61.R8 the Executive Board reaffirmed that representatives at the Health Assembly should be selected on the basis of their personal competence and previous attendance at one or more Health Assemblies, and that at least one of the Board’s representatives should use a working language other than English or French. The Board may wish to consider appointing the Chairman and three of the four Vice-Chairmen1 to represent the Board at the Health Assembly.
1 By resolution EB112.R1 the amended Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board included a revised Rule 12 which increased the number of Vice-Chairmen to four (document EB112/2003/REC/1, Annex).
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ANNEX
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This annex shows the current status of the three committees and projected vacancies.
PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 2. The Programme Development Committee is composed of six Executive Board members, one from each of the WHO regions, plus the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman of the Board. The term of office of the members should not exceed two years.1 Member Dr M. Camara (Guinea) Vacant Dr H.N. Acharya (Nepal) Vacant Mr M.N. Khan (Pakistan) Vacant Dr M.A. Al-Jarallah (Kuwait) Selection criterion African Region Region of the Americas South-East Asia Region European Region Eastern Mediterranean Region Western Pacific Region Vice-Chairman of the Board
ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE 3. The Administration, Budget and Finance Committee is composed of six Executive Board members, one from each of the WHO regions, plus the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman of the Board. The term of office of the members should not exceed two years.1 The members of the Committee, with their alternates or advisers, should whenever possible have experience of administration, finance or of WHO’s procedures in such matters.
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Member Dr J.C. Sá Nogueira (Guinea-Bissau) Vacant Vacant Mr D.Á. Gunnarsson (Iceland) Dr A.B. Osman (Sudan) Vacant Vacant
Selection criterion African Region Region of the Americas South-East Asia Region European Region Eastern Mediterranean Region Western Pacific Region Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board
AUDIT COMMITTEE 4. The Audit Committee is composed of six members, selected from among Board members or their alternates, one from each of the WHO regions, plus the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman of the Board. Each candidature for the Audit Committee should be backed up by a standard curriculum vitae, highlighting the candidate’s background in financial, audit and managerial matters.1 Member Vacant Mr D. MacPhee (Canada) Vacant Professor B. Fišer (Czech Republic) Vacant Vacant Dr Yin Li (China) Selection criterion African Region Region of the Americas South-East Asia Region European Region Eastern Mediterranean Region Western Pacific Region Vice-Chairman of the Board
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Resolution EB106.R1.
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