REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Provisional Agenda item 12.2
Fifty-fifth Session 11-13 September 2002
SEA/RC55/4
Date 3 July 2002
WHO SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN HUMAN REPRODUCTION: POLICY AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (PCC) – REPORT ON ATTENDANCE AT 2002 PCC AND NOMINATION OF A MEMBER IN PLACE OF BANGLADESH WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON 31 DECEMBER 2002
CONTENTS
Page 1. BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................... 1 2. COMPOSITION.................................................................................................................... 1 3. ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ............................................. 2 3.1 Report on PCC Session ............................................................................................... 2 3.2 Membership from the South-East Asia Region Under Categories 2 and 3................. 2
Annexes 1. Largest Financial Contributors in the Previous Biennium ................................................... 4 2. Countries Elected by the WHO Regional Committees/PCC .............................................. 5
1.
BACKGROUND
The Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction acts as a governing body of the Special Programme and is responsible for its overall policy and strategy. For the purpose of coordinating the interests and responsibilities of the parties cooperating in the Special Programme, it: • •
reviews and decides upon the planning and execution of the Special Programme; reviews and approves the plan of action and budget for the coming financial period prepared by the Executing Agency and reviewed by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) and the Standing Committee; reviews the proposals of the Standing Committee and approves arrangements for the financing of the Special Programme; reviews proposed longer-term plans of action and their financial implications; reviews the annual financial statements submitted by the Executing Agency, and the audit report thereon, submitted by the External Auditor of the Executing Agency; reviews periodic reports that will evaluate the progress of the Special Programme towards the achievement of its objectives; reviews and endorses the selection of members of STAG by the Executing Agency in consultation with the Standing Committee, and considers such other matters relating to the Special Programme as may be referred to it by any Cooperating Party.
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2.
COMPOSITION
The PCC consists of 32 members from among the Cooperating Parties as follows: (1) Largest financial contributors: Eleven government representatives from the countries which were the largest financial contributors to the Special Programme in the previous biennium (Annex 1). (2) Countries elected by WHO Regional Committees: Fourteen Member Countries elected by the WHO Regional Committees for three-year terms according to population distribution and regional needs. Three countries represent South-East Asia under this category (Annex 2). In their election, due account is taken of a country's financial and/or technical support to the Special Programme as well as its interest in the fields of family planning, research and development in human reproduction and fertility regulation as demonstrated by national policies and programmes.
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(3) Other interested Cooperating Parties: Two members elected by PCC for threeyear terms from the remaining Cooperating Parties (Annex 2). (4) Permanent members: The co-sponsors of the Special Programme viz., UNDP, UNFPA, WHO, the World Bank and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Members of PCC in categories (2) and (3) may be re-elected. (5) Observers: Other Cooperating Parties may be represented as observers upon approval of the Executing Agency, which is the World Health Organization, after consultation with the Standing Committee. Observers may attend sessions of PCC at their own expense.
3.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
3.1 Report on PCC Session The Regional Committee, at its earlier session, recommended that the PCC members elected by it should report to the Regional Committee giving a summary of the deliberations of the last PCC session attended by them. As such, the delegates from Bangladesh, India and Indonesia are expected to report on the deliberations of PCC held in June 2001 in Geneva.
3.2 Membership from the South-East Asia Region under Categories 2 and 3 The current membership of PCC from the South-East Asia Region is as follows: Paragraph of the Memorandum on the Administrative structure Under which elected 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2
Country
Period
Elected by
Bangladesh
1987-1989 1990-1992 2000-2002
Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee PCC PCC Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee Regional Committee
India
1988-1989 1990-1991 1993-1995 1996-1998 1999-2001 2002-2004
Indonesia
1992-1994 1995-1997 1998-2000 2001-2003
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Nepal
1989-1991 2000-2002
Regional Committee PCC
2.2.2 2.2.3
At present, the three Member Countries from the South-East Asia Region that are members of PCC are Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. Since the term of office of Bangladesh ends on 31 December 2002, the Regional Committee may consider electing, in this session, one of its Member States to serve on PCC for a three-year term of office from 1 January 2003. In this connection, it should be noted that India has already been elected under Category (2) to serve until December 2004 and Indonesia until December 2003. Nepal has been elected under Category 3 to serve from 1 January 2000 until 31 December 2002. With the exception, therefore, of India, Indonesia and Nepal, all the other countries in the Region may be considered for election. In selecting a Member Country, the Regional Committee may keep in view that due account should be taken of a country's financial and/or technical support to the Special Programme as well as its interest in the field of family planning, research and development in human reproduction and fertility regulation as demonstrated by the national policies and programmes.
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Annex 1 LARGEST FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS IN THE PREVIOUS BIENNIUM CATEGORY (1)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Australia Canada Finland Germany Japan Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland
(10) United Kingdom (11) United States of America
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Annex 2 COUNTRIES ELECTED BY WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEES/PCC
1.
Countries elected by WHO Regional Committees Category (2)
Region Africa
Country Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Costa Rica Jamaica Pakistan The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Bangladesh India Indonesia Malaysia Republic of Korea Singapore
Americas Eastern Mediterranean Europe South-East Asia
Western Pacific
2.
Countries elected by PCC Category (3) Region Eastern Mediterranean South-East Asia Country Egypt Nepal Period 1 Jan. 2000 - 31 Dec. 2002 1 Jan. 2000 - 31 Dec. 2002