FIFTY-SIXTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Agenda item 12.1
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Appropriation resolution for the financial period 2004-2005 The Fifty-sixth World Health Assembly, 1. RESOLVES to appropriate for the financial period 2004-2005 an amount of US$ 960 111 000 under the regular budget as follows: Appropriation Section Purpose of appropriation Amount US$ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Communicable diseases Noncommunicable diseases and mental health Family and community health Sustainable development and healthy environments Health technology and pharmaceuticals Evidence and information for health External relations and governing bodies General management Director-General, Regional Directors and independent functions WHO’s presence in countries Miscellaneous Effective working budget 12. Transfer to Tax Equalization Fund Total 93 025 000 69 616 000 60 340 000 81 802 000 49 728 000 175 451 000 44 055 000 139 294 000 21 670 000 111 130 000 34 000 000 880 111 000 80 000 000 960 111 000
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RESOLVES to finance the regular budget for the financial period 2004-2005 as follows: Amount US$
Source of financing
Miscellaneous Income Regular budget net assessments on Members (see also paragraph 3(3) below) Net transfer to the Tax Equalization Fund Total 3. FURTHER RESOLVES that:
21 636 000 863 100 890 75 374 110 960 111 000
(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 period 2004-2005; 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 approved under paragraph 3 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the financial period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2005 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 2004-2005 to sections 1 to 11; (3) in establishing the amounts of contributions to be paid by individual Members, their assessments shall be reduced further by the amount standing to their credit in the Tax Equalization Fund, except that the credits of those Members that require staff members of WHO to pay taxes on their emoluments shall be reduced by the estimated amounts of such tax reimbursements to be made by the Organization; the total amount of such tax reimbursements is estimated at US$ 4 625 890; 4. DECIDES: (1) that notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 5.1, an amount of US$ 12 364 000 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 financial period 2000-2001 and for the financial period 2004-2005 and notify the Organization that they wish to benefit from the adjustment mechanism;1 (2) that the amount required to meet payments under the financial incentive scheme for 2004 and for 2005 in accordance with Financial Regulation 6.5, estimated at US$ 1 000 000, shall be financed directly by the Miscellaneous Income account; 1
See resolution WHA56.34.
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(3) that the level of the Working Capital Fund shall remain at US$ 31 000 000 as decided previously under resolution WHA52.20; 5. REQUESTS the Director-General to provide budget information on staffing and categories of expenditure resulting from the operational planning for 2004-2005 to the Executive Board at its 113th session; 6. NOTES that the expenditure in the programme budget for 2004-2005 to be financed from sources other than the regular budget is estimated at US$ 1 824 500 000, leading to a total effective budget under all sources of funds of US$ 2 704 611 000.
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