EXECUTIVE BOARD 135th session
EB135/DIV./2 23 June 2014
Decisions and list of resolutions I. DECISIONS EB135(1) Working Group on Strategic Budget Space Allocation
The Executive Board, having considered the recommendation of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee that the membership of the Working Group on Strategic Budget Space Allocation remain unchanged in order to facilitate the continuation of its work, 1 (1) decided on an exceptional basis to maintain the current membership of the Working Group on Strategic Budget Space Allocation, namely, Belgium, Cameroon, Egypt, Malaysia, Maldives and Mexico; (2) requested that the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee report to the Executive Board at its 136th session, including on the outcome of the deliberations of the Working Group on Strategic Budget Space Allocation. (First meeting, 26 May 2014)
EB135(2)
Membership of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee
The Executive Board appointed as members of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee Mr Mukengeshayi Kupa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mr Omar Sey (Gambia), Dr Zelibeth Valverde (Panama), Dr Praveen Mishra (Nepal), Dame Sally Davies (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Dr Ziad Ahmed Memish (Saudi Arabia) and Dr Ren Minghui (China) for a two-year period or until expiry of their membership on the Board, whichever is first, in addition to Mr Tomás Augusto Pippo Briant (Argentina), Mr Kim Chang Min (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Dr Vilius Jonas Grabauskas (Lithuania), Professor Adel Al-Adawy (Egypt), and Dr Shigeru Omi (Japan), who were already members of the Committee. Dr Mariyam Shakeela (Maldives), Chairman of the Board, and Dr Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior (Brazil), Vice-Chairman of the Board, were appointed members ex officio. It was understood that, if any Committee member was unable to attend, except the two ex-officio members, his or her successor, or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, would participate in the work of the Committee. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014)
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See document A67/9, paragraph 11.
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EB135(3)
Membership of the Executive Board’s Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations
The Executive Board appointed Dr Gazmend Bejtja (Albania) as a member of its Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board. It was understood that if any Committee member was unable to attend, his or her successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, would participate in the work of the Committee. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014)
EB135(4)
Membership of the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion Foundation Selection Panel
The Executive Board, in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion, appointed Professor Adel Al-Adawy (Egypt) as a member of the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion Foundation Selection Panel for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to the Chairman of the Board, member ex officio. It was understood that if Professor Adel Al-dawy was unable to attend, his successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, would participate in the work of the Foundation Selection Panel. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014)
EB135(5)
Membership of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize Selection Panel
The Executive Board, in accordance with the Statutes of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health, appointed Professor Jane Halton (Australia) as a member of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize Selection Panel for the duration of her term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to the Chairman of the Board, member ex officio. It was understood that if Professor Halton was unable to attend, her successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned would participate in the work of the Prize Selection Panel, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014)
EB135(6)
Appointment of representatives of the Executive Board at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly
The Executive Board, in accordance with paragraph 1 of resolution EB59.R7, appointed its Chairman, Dr Mariyam Shakeela (Maldives), and its first three Vice-Chairmen, Dr Dirk Cuypers (Belgium), Dr Walid Ammar (Lebanon) and Dr Yankalbe Paboung Matchock Mahouri (Chad), to represent the Executive Board at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly. It was understood that if any of those members were not available for the Health Assembly, the other Vice-Chairman, Dr Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior (Brazil), and the Rapporteur, Mr Jeon Man-bok (Republic of Korea), could be asked to represent the Board. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014) 2
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EB135(7)
Place, date and duration of the 136th session of the Executive Board and the twenty-first meeting of the Programme Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board
The Executive Board decided that its 136th session should be convened on Monday, 26 January 2015, at WHO headquarters, Geneva, and should close no later than Tuesday, 3 February 2015. The Board further decided that the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board should hold its twenty-first meeting from Wednesday to Friday, 21–23 January 2015, at WHO headquarters. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014)
EB135(8)
Place, date and duration of the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly and the twenty-second meeting of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board
The Executive Board decided that the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly should be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, opening on Monday, 18 May 2015, and close no later than Tuesday, 26 May 2015. The Board further decided that the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board should hold its twenty-second meeting from Wednesday to Friday, 13–15 May 2015, at WHO headquarters, Geneva. (Second meeting, 26 May 2014)
II. RESOLUTIONS
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Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules
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