WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE BUREAU REGIONAL DE L’AFRIQUE
ORGANIZAÇÃO MUNDIAL DE SAÚDE ESCRITÓRIO REGIONAL AFRICANO
REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA
AFR/RC51/16
23 April 2001 Fifty-first session Brazzaville, Congo, 27 August - 1 September 2001 Provisional agenda item 16 DATES AND PLACES OF THE FIFTY- SECOND AND FIFTY-THIRD SESSIONS OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE 1. In accordance with Article 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Regional Committee and Procedural Decision No. 10 of the fiftieth session of the Committee, it was agreed that the venue for the fifty-second session of the Regional Committee would be the Regional Office. The venue for the fifty-third session will be determined at the fifty-second session of the Regional Committee in 2002. 2. As regards Member States’ requests to host the Regional Committee, it should be noted that the cost of holding the session outside the Regional Office is high. Furthermore, by virtue of resolution AFR/RC41/R13, the additional costs of hosting the Regional Committee in a country other than that of the Regional Office shall be fully borne by the host country. 3. Should a Member State wish to host a Regional Committee, an agreement is drawn up between the host country’s Government and the Organization, covering the following items which are required for the Regional Committee meeting: (a) premises, furniture and equipment, including interpretation equipment required for the Regional Committee’s work; (b) lighting equipment, including maintenance, electric power supply and ventilation of the premises; (c) staff for maintenance, cleaning and surveillance of the premises, installations, equipment and supplies; (d) postal and telephone service, together with radio and television coverage essential for the efficient and proper coverage of the Regional Committee’s proceedings; (e) accommodation and travel expenses for persons authorized to attend the meeting; (f) vehicles for transporting Member States’ representatives, members of the WHO secretariat, equipment, supplies and documents; ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
(g) national currency at the best rate of exchange and in the amount needed to meet the Organization’s expenses in the host country. 4. The Regional Director deems it expedient to draw the attention of Member States to the need to give full consideration to these commitments, especially given the present financial difficulties.