Sixty-third Regional Committee for Europe: Çeşme Izmir, 16–19 September 2013: resolution: review of the status of resolutions adopted by the Regional Committee at previous sessions and recommendations for sunsetting and reporting requirements

W ORL D H E A LT H O RG A N I Z AT IO N R EG I ON A L O F F I C E FO R EU R O P E UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Telephone: +45 45 33 70 00 Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: governance@euro.who.int Web: http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/governance Regional Committee for Europe EUR/RC63/R8 Sixty-third session Çeşme Izmir, Turkey, 16–19 September 2013 18 September 2013 132220 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Resolution Review of the status of resolutions adopted by the Regional Committee at previous sessions and recommendations for sunsetting and reporting requirements The Regional Committee, Having reviewed document EUR/RC63/17 Rev.1 on the status of resolutions adopted by the Regional Committee during the past ten years (2003–2012) and recommendations for sunsetting and reporting requirements; Recalling Regional Committee resolution EUR/RC58/R5 on the review of the process of reporting back to the Regional Committee on resolutions adopted at previous sessions; Noting that a number of resolutions have an open-ended requirement for reporting back to the Regional Committee; 1. ENDORSES the recommendations made in document EUR/RC63/17 Rev.1 for sunsetting and reporting, that is to establish a practice of time-limited reporting, discontinue open-ended reporting, and to sunset the resolutions that have been superseded in their entirety by subsequent resolutions; 2. REQUESTS the Regional Director to continue the practice of defining the requirements for reporting on the implementation of resolutions, with a specific end date for reporting back to the Regional Committee.