WCRLD HEAL'IH ORG\NIZA TION REGIONAL COMMITTEE Fifth Session Manila lo-16 September 1954 Agenda Item 12.5
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE vlESTERN PACIFIC WP/RC$/10 19 July 1954 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
LOCAL COSTS IN RESPEX}T OF INTERNATIONAL PROJECT PERSONNEL UNDER THE REGUlAR BUDGET The Seventh World Health Assembly, in.consideration of a resolution of the Executive Board at its 13th Session,l passed the following resolution whi'lh is reproduced herewith for the information of the Regional Committee:
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HThe Seventh World Health Assembly, "Having considered the recommeooation of the Executive Board concerning local costs in respect of international project personnel under the regular budget, ''Noting the recommendation of the Fifth world Health Assembly that the Technical Assistaooe of the Economic and Social Council •consider the possibility of removing the requirement for governments to provide lodgi.ng and travel JBr diem in the country' to experts assigned to projects financed under the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for Economic Development (resolution WHA5.59); "Recognizing that the contributions made by governments, in local currencies towards the over-all costs of projects in their respective countries exceed, in most cases, the amounts provided by the World Health Organization for such projects; 1. AGREES that the requirement for governments to provide lodging and other subsistence allONances (including travel per diem within the country) to experts assigned to field projects financed under tre regular budget should be removed and that this should be effected by the adoption of a transitional arrangement; /2. AUTHORIZES the Director-
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WP/RC5/lO Page 2 2. AUTHORIZES the Director-General in respect of the regular programme
(i) to defer the starting of the implementation of all new regular projects planned to be started in 1955 for a further period of approximately two months, as may be necessary, to ensure the availability in 1955 of funds to enable the Organization to provide lodging and other subsistence allowances to international staff assigned to such new projects; (ii) to discontinue the requirement that the government concerned should provide lodging and other subsistence allowances (including travel per diem within tOO country) to experts assigned to new projects plann:~d to start in 1955;
3. REQUESTS the Director-Gen3ral to make such provision as mq be appropriate to cover these costs in respect of all regular projects in the programme and bud~t estimates for 1956 and fUture years; and, further,
4. REQUESTS the Director-General, in respect of the Expanded Programme of Tecnnical Assistance, to infonn the Technical Assistance Committee an:i the Technical Assistance Board · of this decision, with a view to harmonizing this procedure and making it unifcrm. 11
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