SIXTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
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First report of Committee B (Draft)
Committee B held its first and second meetings on 20 May 2009 under the chairmanship of Mr Stephen McKernan (New Zealand). It was decided to recommend to the Sixty-second World Health Assembly the adoption of the attached seven resolutions and one decision relating to the following agenda items: 14. Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan One resolution 17. Financial matters 17.1 Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for 2008 One resolution 17.3 Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution One resolution 17.5 Scale of assessments 2010–2011 One resolution 17.7 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules One resolution
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Staffing matters 18.3 Amendments to Staff Regulations and Staff Rules Two resolutions entitled: – – Amendments to Staff Regulations Salaries of staff in ungraded posts and of the Director-General
18.5 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee One decision
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Agenda item 14 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan The Sixty-second World Health Assembly, Mindful of the basic principle established in the Constitution of WHO, which affirms that the health of all peoples is fundamental to the attainment of peace and security; Recalling all its previous resolutions on health conditions in the occupied Arab territories; Recalling resolution EB124.R4, adopted by the Executive Board at its 124th session, on the grave health situation caused by Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip; Taking note of the report of the Director-General on the health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;1 Noting with deep concern the findings in the report of the Director-General on the specialized health mission to the Gaza Strip;2 Stressing the essential role of UNRWA in providing crucial health and education services in the occupied Palestinian territory particularly in addressing the emergency needs in the Gaza Strip; Expressing its concern at the deterioration of economic and health conditions as well as the humanitarian crisis resulting from the continued occupation and the severe restrictions imposed by Israel, the occupying power; Expressing its deep concern also at the health crisis and rising levels of food insecurity in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly in the Gaza Strip; Affirming the need for guaranteeing universal coverage of health services and for preserving the functions of the public health services in the occupied Palestinian territory; Recognizing that the acute shortage of financial and medical resources in the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which is responsible for running and financing public health services, jeopardizes the access of the Palestinian population to curative and preventive services; Affirming the right of Palestinian patients and medical staff to have access to the Palestinian health institutions in occupied east Jerusalem; Deploring the incidents involving lack of respect and protection for Palestinian ambulances and medical personnel by the Israeli army, which led to casualties among Palestinian medical personnel, as 1 2
Document A62/24. Document A62/24 Add.1.
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well as the restrictions on movement imposed on them by Israel, the occupying power, in violation of international humanitarian law; Expressing deep concern at the grave implication of the wall on the accessibility and quality of medical services received by the Palestinian population in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem; Expressing deep concern also at the serious implications for pregnant women and patients of Israeli restriction of movement imposed on Palestinian ambulances and medical personnel, 1. DEMANDS that Israel, the occupying power: (1) lift immediately the closure in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly the closure of the crossing points of the occupied Gaza Strip that are causing the serious shortage of medicines and medical supplies therein, and comply in this regard with the provisions of the Israeli Palestinian Agreement on Movement and Access of November 2005; (2) reverse its policies and measures that have led to the prevailing dire health conditions and severe food and fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip; (3) comply with the Advisory Opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the wall which, inter alia, has grave implications on the accessibility and quality of medical services received by the Palestinian population in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem; (4) facilitate the access of Palestinian patients and medical staff to the Palestinian health institutions in occupied east Jerusalem and abroad; (5) ensure unhindered and safe passage for Palestinian ambulances as well as respect and protection of medical personnel, in compliance with international humanitarian law; (6) improve the living and medical conditions of Palestinian detainees, particularly children, women and patients; (7) facilitate the transit and entry of medicine and medical equipment to the occupied Palestinian territory; (8) shoulder its responsibility towards the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people and their daily access to humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, in compliance with international humanitarian law; (9) halt immediately all its practices, policies and plans, including its policy of closure, that seriously affect the health conditions of civilians under occupation; (10) respect and facilitate the mandate and work of UNRWA and other international organizations, and ensure the free movement of their staff and aid provisions;
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URGES Member States and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations: (1) to help overcome the health crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory by providing assistance to the Palestinian people; (2) to help meet the urgent health and humanitarian needs, as well as the important health-related needs for the medium and long term, identified in the report of the DirectorGeneral on the specialized health mission to the Gaza Strip;1 (3) to help lift the restrictions and obstacles imposed on the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory; (4) to remind Israel, the occupying power, to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 1949; (5) to support and assist the Palestinian Ministry of Health in carrying out its duties, including running and financing public health services; (6) to provide financial and technical support to the Palestinian public health and veterinary services;
3. EXPRESSES its deep appreciation to the Director-General for the efforts to provide necessary assistance to the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and to the Syrian population in the occupied Syrian Golan; 4. REQUESTS the Director-General: (1) to provide support to the Palestinian health and veterinary services including capacity building; (2) to submit a fact-finding report on the health and economic situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan; (3) to support the establishment of medical facilities and provide health-related technical assistance for the Syrian population in the occupied Syrian Golan; (4) to continue providing necessary technical assistance in order to meet the health needs of the Palestinian people, including the handicapped and injured; (5) to provide also support to the Palestinian health and veterinary services in preparing for a potential pandemic of influenza A (H1N1); (6) to support the development of the health system in Palestine, including development of human resources; (7) to make available the detailed report prepared by the specialized health mission to the Gaza Strip; (8) 1
to report on implementation of this resolution to the Sixty-third World Health Assembly.
Document A62/24 Add.1.
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Agenda item 17.1 Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for 2008 The Sixty-Second World Health Assembly, Having examined the unaudited interim financial report for 2008;1 Having noted the third report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Sixty-second World Health Assembly;2 ACCEPTS the Director-General’s unaudited interim financial report for the year 2008.
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See documents A62/28 and A62/28 Corr.1. See document A62/44.
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Agenda item 17.3 Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution The Sixty-second World Health Assembly, Having considered the fifth report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Sixty-second World Health Assembly on Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution;1 Noting that, at the time of opening of the Sixty-second World Health Assembly, the voting rights of Argentina, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Solomon Islands, Somalia and Tajikistan were suspended, such suspension to continue until the arrears of the Member States concerned have been reduced, at the present or future Health Assemblies, to a level below the amount that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution; Noting that Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Marshall Islands, Palau and Zambia were in arrears at the time of the opening of the Sixty-second World Health Assembly to such an extent that it was necessary for the Health Assembly to consider, in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution, whether or not the voting privileges of those countries should be suspended at the opening of the Sixty-third World Health Assembly, DECIDES: (1) that in accordance with the statement of principles set out in resolution WHA41.7 if, by the time of the opening of the Sixty-third World Health Assembly, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Marshall Islands, Palau and Zambia are still in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution, their voting privileges shall be suspended as from the said opening; (2) that any suspension that takes effect as aforesaid shall continue at subsequent Health Assemblies, until the arrears of Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Marshall Islands, Palau and Zambia have been reduced to a level below the amount that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution; (3) that this decision shall be without prejudice to the right of any Member to request restoration of its voting privileges in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution.
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Agenda item 17.5 Scale of assessments 2010–2011 The Sixty-second World Health Assembly, Considering that the latest United Nations scale continues to be the same as that for the financial period 2008–2009; ADOPTS the scale of assessments for Members for the biennium 2010–2011 as set out below: Members and Associate Members Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile WHO scale for 2010–2011 % 0.0010 0.0060 0.0850 0.0080 0.0030 0.0020 0.3250 0.0020 1.7871 0.8871 0.0050 0.0160 0.0330 0.0100 0.0090 0.0200 1.1021 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0060 0.0060 0.0140 0.8761 0.0260 0.0200 0.0020 0.0010 0.0010 0.0090 2.9772 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.1610
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Members and Associate Members China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq
WHO scale for 2010–2011 % 2.6672 0.1050 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0320 0.0090 0.0500 0.0540 0.0440 0.2810 0.0070 0.0030 0.7391 0.0010 0.0010 0.0240 0.0210 0.0880 0.0200 0.0020 0.0010 0.0160 0.0030 0.0030 0.5640 6.3015 0.0080 0.0010 0.0030 8.5777 0.0040 0.5960 0.0010 0.0320 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0020 0.0050 0.2440 0.0370 0.4500 0.1610 0.1800 0.0150
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Members and Associate Members Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman
WHO scale for 2010–2011 % 0.4450 0.4190 5.0794 0.0100 16.6253 0.0120 0.0290 0.0100 0.0010 0.1820 0.0010 0.0010 0.0180 0.0340 0.0010 0.0010 0.0620 0.0310 0.0850 0.0020 0.0010 0.1900 0.0010 0.0010 0.0170 0.0010 0.0010 0.0110 2.2572 0.0010 0.0030 0.0010 0.0010 0.0420 0.0010 0.0050 0.0060 0.0010 0.0030 1.8731 0.2560 0.0020 0.0010 0.0480 0.0010 0.7821 0.0730
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Members and Associate Members Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo
WHO scale for 2010–2011 % 0.0590 0.0010 0.0230 0.0020 0.0050 0.0780 0.0780 0.5010 0.5270 0.0010 0.0850 2.1732 0.0010 0.0700 1.2001 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0030 0.0010 0.7481 0.0040 0.0210 0.0020 0.0010 0.3470 0.0630 0.0960 0.0010 0.0010 0.2900 2.9682 0.0160 0.0100 0.0010 0.0020 1.0711 1.2161 0.0160 0.0010 0.1860 0.0050 0.0010 0.0010
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Members and Associate Members Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Total
WHO scale for 2010–2011 % 0.0010 0.0010 0.0270 0.0310 0.3810 0.0060 0.0010 0.0030 0.0450 0.3020 6.6425 0.0060 22.0000 0.0270 0.0080 0.0010 0.2000 0.0240 0.0070 0.0010 0.0080 100.0000
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Agenda item 17.7
Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules The Sixty-second World Health Assembly, Having considered the report on amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules, Recalling resolution WHA60.9 on amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules: introduction of International Public Sector Accounting Standards, 1. ADOPTS the changes to the Financial Regulations as shown in Annex 1, of the report on amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules,1 to be effective as from 1 January 2010; 2. NOTES that the changes to the Financial Rules as confirmed by the Executive Board at its 124th session shall be effective at the same time as the amendments to the Financial Regulations adopted in paragraph 1; 3. AUTHORIZES the Director-General to number the revised Financial Regulations and Financial Rules appropriately.
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Document EB124/2009/REC/1, Annex 2, Appendix 1.
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Agenda item 18.3
Amendments to Staff Regulations The Sixty-second World Health Assembly, Noting the recommendations of the Executive Board with regard to the reassignment of staff, including those not involving promotion:1 ADOPTS the proposed amendment to Staff Regulation 4.2; ADOPTS the proposed amendment to Staff Regulation 4.3; DECIDES that both amendments shall take effect on 1 June 2009.
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Document EB124/2009/REC/1, Annex 6, Appendix 2.
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Agenda item 18.3
Salaries of staff in ungraded posts and of the Director-General The Sixty-second World Health Assembly, Noting the recommendations of the Executive Board with regard to remuneration of staff in ungraded posts and of the Director-General, 1. ESTABLISHES the salaries of Assistant Directors-General and Regional Directors at US$ 177 032 per annum before staff assessment, resulting in a modified net salary of US$ 128 071 (dependency rate) or US$ 115 973 (single rate); 2. ESTABLISHES the salary of the Deputy Director-General at US$ 194 820 per annum before staff assessment, resulting in a modified net salary of US$ 139 633 (dependency rate) or US$ 125 663 (single rate); 3. ESTABLISHES the salary of the Director-General at US$ 239 632 gross per annum before staff assessment, resulting in a modified net salary of US$ 168 761 (dependency rate) or US$ 150 079 (single rate); 4. DECIDES that those adjustments in remuneration shall take effect on 1 January 2009.
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Agenda item 18.5
Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee The Health Assembly nominated Dr A.J. Mohammad of the delegation of Oman as a member, and Dr H. Siem of the delegation of Norway as an alternate member, of the WHO Staff Pension Committee for a three-year term until May 2012.
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