REGIONAL COMMITTEE Sixtieth session Thimpu, Bhutan 31 August – 3 September 2007 SEA/RC60/29 21 September 2007
DECISIONS AND LIST OF RESOLUTIONS I. DECISIONS SEA/RC60(1) Technical Discussions: Selection of a subject for the Technical Discussions to be held prior to the Sixty-first session of the Regional Committee
The Committee decided on “Revitalizing Primary Health Care” as the subject for Technical Discussions to be held prior to the Sixty-first session of the Regional Committee in 2008. SEA/RC60(2) Nomination of a Member State to the Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
The Committee nominated Bhutan as a member of the JCB for a period of three years effective 1 January 2008 and requested the Regional Director to inform WHO headquarters accordingly. SEA/RC60(3) Nomination of a Member State to the Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) of the WHO Special Programme for Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction
The Committee nominated Indonesia as a member of the PCC for a period of three years effective 1 January 2008 and requested the Regional Director to inform WHO headquarters accordingly. SEA/RC60(4) Time and place of future sessions of the Regional Committee
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The Committee decided to hold its Sixty-first session in the Regional Office, New Delhi during the week beginning 8 September 2008. The specific timing within that week will be confirmed later.
II. RESOLUTIONS SEA/RC60/R1 SEA/RC60/R2 SEA/RC60/R3 SEA/RC60/R4 in SEA/RC60/R5 SEA/RC60/R6 SEA/RC60/R7 SEA/RC60/R8 SEA/RC60/R9 SEA/RC60/R10 Board Resolution of thanks Matters relating to programme development and management Nutrition and food safety in the South-East Asia Region Scaling up prevention and control of chronic noncommunicable diseases the South-East Asia Region The New Stop TB Strategy and its implementation Revised Malaria Control Strategy: Focusing on a new paradigm South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund Challenges in polio eradication International migration of health personnel: A challenge for health systems in developing countries Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the Executive