SEA/RC57/R2PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET 2006-2007 The Regional Committee, Having considered the Proposed Programme Budget 2006-2007, providing the strategic framework containing objectives, strategies, and Organization-wide expected results, and the Draft Regional Areas of Work Statements outlining the regional situation and contributions towards the achievement of Organization-wide Expected Results, Welcoming the strong emphasis and focus on results-based integrated budgeting and the proposals for addressing the global public health challenges and strengthening WHO's country programmes, Noting with appreciation the Director-General's proposal to increase the overall level of the budget by 12.8% as compared to the previous biennium, Acknowledging the projected increase in voluntary contributions as an integral part of the proposed budget, but remaining deeply concerned that the present share of the budget from such resources to the South-East Asia Region will not be commensurate with its needs and the burden of disease, Reaffirming its resolutions SEA/RC55/R2 and SEA/RC56/R4 with respect to implementation of World Health Assembly resolution WHA51.31, and acknowledging the decision WHA57(10), requesting the Director-General to draw up, in consultation with Member States and regions, guiding principles, based on objective criteria, to be applied in the allocation of funds from all sources, taking into account equity, efficiency and performance, and support to countries in greatest need, particularly the least developed countries, and Having considered the report and the recommendations of the 41st meeting of the Consultative Committee for Programme Development and Management (CCPDM) (document SEA/PDM Meet.41/11), 1. 2. ENDORSES the report of the 41st meeting of the CCPDM, including its recommendations; WELCOMES the Regional Director’s initiative to establish a Regional Working Group on Programme Budget Development, with the following terms of reference: a. to review options and approaches which could be adopted globally in the allocation of funds from all sources to countries and regions, as a successor arrangement to resolution WHA51.31; to propose guiding principles to be applied in the distribution of any additional funds to countries of the Region in 2006-2007 emanating from an increase in Assessed Contributions, and to recommend ways and means of replacing the existing ICP II mechanism, while, at the same time, protecting the ability of the Regional Office to discharge its normative functions and technical cooperation vis-à-vis Member States in the Region, and
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REQUESTS the Regional Director to convey the following to the Director-General for his consideration while finalizing the Proposed Programme Budget 2006-2007: a. to consider allocating a greater proportion of the Organization’s funds to the South-East Asia Region, based on the health needs of the countries of the Region, while developing new guidelines for allocation of funds to regions as a follow-up to resolution WHA51.31, and to consider ways and means, in consultation with international development partners, to increase voluntary contributions to the South-East Asia Region.
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FURTHER REQUESTS the Regional Director to convey to the Director-General, in the context of the consultation process foreseen in decisions WHA57(10), the recommendations of the Regional Working Group on Programme Budget Development, which shall be considered to represent the views of the Regional Committee as a whole.
Fifth Meeting, 9 September 2004