SEA/RC55/R2 PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET 2004-2005 The Regional Committee, Having considered the draft Proposed Programme Budget 2004-2005, Part I (document Draft PPB 20042005) providing the strategic framework for the Organization for the next biennium, and the Regionspecific Part II thereof (document SEA/RC55/10), Noting with appreciation the Director-General’s proposal to limit to 1 percent per annum the reduction in the Regular Budget for 2004-2005 imposed on the South-East Asia Region through resolution WHA51.31, Welcoming the continuous focus on results-based budgeting in WHO which facilitates transparency and accountability of the Secretariat vis-a-vis Member States, Welcoming further the Directo r-General’s proposals to strengthen WHO’s country programmes, reflected in the draft Proposed Programme Budget 2004-2005, providing indicative estimates of extrabudgetary resources at this level for all areas of work, and Noting the report of the 39th Meeting of the Consultative Committee for Programme Development and Management (CCPDM) on the subject (document SEA/PDM/Meet.39/13), 1. ENDORSES the recommendations of the 39th meeting of the CCPDM, 2. URGES Member States: a. to ensure efficient and timely implementation of programmes to avoid surrendering unspent Regular Budget funds, and b. to actively consult between themselves and with countries in other regions similarly affected with a view to formulating a common position in the forthcoming in-depth evaluation of resolution WHA51.31, to be reported to the Fifty Seventh World Health Assembly in 2004; 4. THANKS the Director-General for her intention to propose an appropriate budget for the Democratic Republic of East Timor for 2004-2005, without impacting the allocation of other countries in the Region, and 5. REQUESTS the Regional Director to convey to the Director-General the need for increases in extrabudgetary resources for the South-East Asia Region in 2004-2005, in view of the Region’s high burden of disease and to take this need into consideration when finalizing the programme budget for submission to the World Health Assembly. Fifth Meeting, 13 September 2002