EXECUTIVE BOARD 122nd Session
EB122/DIV/3 12 February 2008
Decisions and list of resolutions I. DECISIONS
EB122(1)
Review of nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO
The Executive Board, having considered and noted the report of its Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations concerning the review of one third of the nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO,1 and following up decision EB120(2), reached the decisions set out below. Noting with appreciation their collaboration with WHO and commending their continuing dedication to the work of WHO, the Board decided to maintain in official relations with WHO the nongovernmental organizations whose names are followed by an asterisk in the Annex to the report. Noting that reports had not been received or had been received too late, or that further information was required, the Board decided to defer until its 124th session the review of relations with the following nongovernmental organizations: Aga Khan Foundation, Alzheimer’s Disease International, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities, Family Health International, HelpAge International, Inclusion International, Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children, International Association for Adolescent Health, International Association for Suicide Prevention, International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, International Ergonomics Association, International Federation on Ageing, International League against Epilepsy, International Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco, International Pediatric Association, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, International Planned Parenthood Federation, International Union for Health Promotion and Education, International Union of Nutritional Sciences, International Union of Psychosocial Science, International Women’s Health Coalition, La Leche League International, Medical Women’s International Association, Rehabilitation International, The Population Council, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Confederation for Physical Therapy, World Federation for Mental Health, and the World Federation of the Deaf. Welcoming the agreements for collaboration between WHO and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism and the World Organization of the Scout Movement, the Board decided to maintain these nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO. 1
Document EB122/34.
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Noting the report from the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and taking into consideration the continuing interest of WHO in collaboration, the Board decided to defer the review of relations with the Society an additional year in order to enable the Society to submit a report on collaboration for review by the Board at its 124th session. Noting that reports of collaboration remained outstanding from the following nongovernmental organizations: the International Epidemiological Association, the International Society of Hematology, the International Union of Microbiological Societies, and the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, the Board decided to defer the review of relations with these nongovernmental organizations for a further year and requested that they should be informed that, if the reports were not received in time for consideration by the Executive Board at its 124th session, official relations would be discontinued. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(2)
Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Committee, awarded the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize for 2008 to Professor Sayed Adeeb ul Hassan Rizvi (Pakistan) for his significant contribution to public health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The laureate will receive the equivalent of 2500 Swiss francs in United States dollars. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(3)
Award of the Sasakawa Health Prize
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Sasakawa Health Prize Selection Panel, awarded the Sasakawa Health Prize for 2008 to the Movement for Reintegration of People Affected by Hansen’s Disease (MORHAN), Brazil, for its outstanding innovative work in health development. The laureate will receive US$ 40 000. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(4)
Award of the Francesco Pocchiari Fellowship
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Francesco Pocchiari Fellowship Committee, awarded the Francesco Pocchiari Fellowship for 2008 to Dr Uranchimeg Davaatseren (Mongolia) and Dr Intesar Alsaidi (Yemen). The laureates will each receive US$ 10 000. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
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EB122(5)
Award of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Selection Panel, awarded the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize for 2008 to the Children’s Cancer Hospital, Cairo (Egypt) for its outstanding contribution to health development. The laureate will receive US$ 40 000. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(6)
Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the State of Kuwait Health Promotion Foundation Selection Panel, awarded the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion in 2008 to Dr Zaza Metreveli (Georgia) and Dr Chuon Chantopheas (Cambodia) for their outstanding contribution to health development. The laureates will each receive US$ 20 000. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(7)
Establishment of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health
The Executive Board, having considered the proposal of the Republic of Korea to establish an award for research in the areas of HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases and neglected tropical diseases, approved in principle the establishment of an award entitled the “Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health”, for which the proposed statutes are to be elaborated in cooperation with the Republic of Korea and submitted for the approval of the Board at its 123rd session, together with recommendations for covering the administrative costs incurred with respect to such an award. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(8)
Dissolution of the Darling Foundation
The Executive Board, having considered the report by the Director-General on administration and award of the Darling Foundation Prize: proposed dissolution, agreed to dissolve the Darling Foundation as proposed by the Director-General, and requested the Director-General to take all necessary action to effect the dissolution subject to all approvals and action required under Swiss law. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
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EB122(9)
Provisional agenda for, and duration of, the Sixty-first World Health Assembly
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Director-General on the provisional agenda for the Sixty-first World Health Assembly,1 recalling its earlier decision that the Sixty-first World Health Assembly should be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, opening on Monday, 19 May 2008, and closing no later than Saturday, 24 May 2008,2 and recalling also the agreement made during discussion of item 4.14 of the present session on monitoring of health-related Millennium Development Goals, approved the provisional agenda of the Sixty-first World Health Assembly, as amended. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(10)
Date and place of the 123rd session of the Executive Board
The Executive Board decided that its 123rd session should be convened on Monday, 26 May 2008, at WHO headquarters, Geneva, and should close no later than Thursday, 29 May 2008. (Ninth meeting, 25 January 2008) EB122/SR/9
EB122(11)
Informal consultation on the draft global strategy on noncommunicable diseases
The Executive Board decided to invite submission to the Director-General of written comments on the draft global strategy on noncommunicable diseases, and further decided that an informal consultation on the draft strategy would be held in Geneva early in 2008, on a date to be agreed. Member States would be notified of the arrangements by note verbale. The conclusions would be submitted to the Sixty-first World Health Assembly. (Fourth meeting, 22 January 2008) EB122/SR/4
EB122(12)
Method of work of the Health Assembly
The Executive Board decided that the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee, at its eighth meeting, should consider ways in which the meetings of the General Committee at the Health Assembly could be made more efficient and less time-consuming. (Eighth meeting, 24 January 2008) EB122/SR/8
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Document EB122/22. See decision EB121(10).
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II. LIST OF RESOLUTIONS EB122.R1 EB122.R2 EB122.R3 EB122.R4 EB122.R5 EB122.R6 EB122.R7 EB122.R8 EB122.R9 EB122.R10 EB122.R11 EB122.R12 EB122.R13 Poliomyelitis: mechanism for management of potential risks to eradication Strategies to reduce the harmful use of alcohol Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) Climate change and health Health of migrants Appointment of the Regional Director for the Americas Global immunization strategy Method of work of the Health Assembly Multilingualism: implementation of action plan Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules Relations with nongovernmental organizations Female genital mutilation
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