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WHA58.4
Appropriation resolution for the financial period 2006-2007
The Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly 1. RESOLVES to appropriate for the financial period 2006-2007 an amount of US$ 995 315 000 under the regular budget as follows: Appropriation section Purpose of appropriation Amount US$ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Essential health interventions Health policies, systems and products Determinants of health Enabling programme delivery WHO’s core presence in countries Other Effective working budget 7. Transfer to Tax Equalization Fund Total 2. 238 343 000 164 913 000 96 156 000 251 770 000 128 624 000 35 509 000 915 315 000 80 000 000 995 315 000
RESOLVES to finance the regular budget for the financial period 2006-2007 as follows: Amount US$
Source of financing
Estimated Miscellaneous Income Regular budget net assessments on Members1 Transfer to Tax Equalization Fund Total 3. FURTHER RESOLVES that:
22 200 000 893 115 000 80 000 000 995 315 000
(1) notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 4.3, the Director-General is authorized to make transfers between the appropriation sections of the effective working budget up to an amount not exceeding 10% of the amount appropriated for the section from which the transfer is made; all such transfers shall be reported in the financial report for the financial 1
See also paragraph 3(3).
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period 2006-2007; any other transfers required shall be made and reported in accordance with the provisions of Financial Regulation 4.3; (2) amounts not exceeding the appropriations voted under paragraph 1 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the financial period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007 in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulations; notwithstanding the provisions of the present paragraph, the Director-General shall limit the obligations to be incurred during the financial period 2006-2007 to appropriation sections 1 to 6; (3) the amount of the contribution to be paid by individual Members shall be reduced by the sum standing to their credit in the Tax Equalization Fund; that reduction shall be adjusted in the case of those Members that require staff members to pay income taxes on their WHO emoluments, taxes which the Organization reimburses to said staff members; the amount of such reimbursements is estimated at US$ 9 114 080, resulting in a total assessment on Members of US$ 902 229 080; 4. DECIDES: (1) that with reference to resolution WHA56.34 and notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 5.1, an amount of US$ 8 655 000 shall be financed directly by the Miscellaneous Income account to provide an adjustment mechanism for the benefit of those Member States that will experience an increase in the rate of assessment between that applicable for the 2000-2001 financial period and for the 2006-2007 financial period and notify the Organization that they wish to benefit from the adjustment mechanism; (2) that the amount required to meet payments under the financial incentive scheme for 2006 and for 2007 in accordance with Financial Regulation 6.5, estimated at US$ 1 000 000, shall be financed directly by the Miscellaneous Income account; (3) that the level of the Working Capital Fund shall remain at the level of US$ 31 000 000 as decided earlier under resolution WHA56.32; 5. NOTES that the expenditure in the programme budget for 2006-2007 to be financed by voluntary contributions is estimated at US$ 2 398 126 000, leading to a total effective budget under all sources of funds of US$ 3 313 441 000; 6. COMMENDS the further progress made by the Director-General in implementing a resultsbased management framework, and supports the systematic review of all WHO core managerial and administrative policies and processes with the aim of simplifying and changing the way in which WHO works in order to achieve greater impact while maintaining operations of lower cost; 7. REQUESTS the Director-General: (1) to provide, as from the 116th session of the Executive Board and bearing in mind Financial Regulation XV – Resolutions involving Expenditures – and Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, a report on the administrative and financial implications of any resolution proposed for adoption by the Executive Board or Health Assembly and to ensure that this report is provided before consideration of the resolution being introduced;
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(2) to continue to pursue rigorous financial discipline through transparency of resource allocations to headquarters, global activities, regions and countries, and elimination of any overlapping functions within the Organization; (3) to implement the planned efficiency projects described in the Programme budget 2006-2007, and to set clear and measurable efficiency targets for this, and future, budgets; (4) to ensure early implementation of the outstanding audit recommendations, and to propose to the Executive Board at its 117th session a tracking programme for external and internal audit recommendations which include timeframes for implementation; (5) to carry through his strong commitment to further strengthen the performance of the Organization, in particular at regional and country levels; (6) to provide guidance on WHO’s relative priorities when requesting voluntary contributions; (7) to report to the Sixtieth World Health Assembly, through the Executive Board, on progress made in implementation of this resolution. (Eighth plenary meeting, 23 May 2005 – Committee A, fourth report)