EXECUTIVE BOARD 128th Session
EB128/DIV/3 9 February 2011
Decisions and list of resolutions I. DECISIONS
EB128(1)
Review of nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO
The Executive Board, having considered and noted the report of its Standing Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations on the review of one third of the nongovernmental organizations in official relations with WHO,1 and following up resolution EB126.R17 and decision EB126(5), reached the decisions set out below. Noting with appreciation their collaboration with WHO and commending their continuing dedication to the work of WHO, the Board decided to maintain in official relations with WHO the nongovernmental organizations whose names are followed by an asterisk in the Annex to the report. Noting the reports concerning their relations with WHO, the Board decided to defer the review of relations with the International Council of Women, La Leche League International and the International Special Dietary Foods Industries until its 130th session. In addition, the Board decided to request, as appropriate, a clarification of the status of relations and reports on the outcome of efforts to agree plans for collaboration, for reporting to the Board at its 130th session. Noting the successful efforts to agree plans of collaboration, the Board decided to maintain in official relations with WHO the International Association of Hydatid Disease, the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, and the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth. Noting that exchanges continued with regard to agreement on a plan for collaboration, the Board decided to defer the review of relations with the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science for an additional year. The review of relations would be submitted to the Board at its 130th session. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
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EB128(2)
Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize Committee, awarded the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize for 2011 to Professor Amjad Daoud Niazi from Iraq for his significant contribution to public health in Iraq. The laureate will receive the equivalent of 2500 Swiss francs in United States dollars. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(3)
Award of the Sasakawa Health Prize
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Sasakawa Health Prize Selection Panel, awarded the Sasakawa Health Prize for 2011 to both Dr Eva Siracká of Slovakia, and the Fraternidad Pequeña Familia de María – Albergue de María, of Panama for their outstanding innovative work in health development. Dr Siracká, as an individual candidate, will receive US$ 30 000, and the laureate Fraternidad Pequeña Familia de María – Albergue de María, as an organization, will receive US$ 40 000. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(4)
Award of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Selection Panel, awarded the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize for 2011 to both Aged Care Maldives and the Association Tchadienne Communauté pour le Progrès for their outstanding contributions to health development. The laureates will each receive US$ 20 000. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(5)
Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the State of Kuwait Health Promotion Foundation Selection Panel, awarded the State of Kuwait Prize for Research in Health Promotion for 2011 to both Mr Wang Dechen of China and to the Association Tchadienne Communauté pour le Progrès for their outstanding contributions to research in health promotion. The laureates will each receive US$ 20 000. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
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EB128(6)
Award of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize Selection Panel, awarded the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for 2011 to the Clodomiro Picado Institute of Costa Rica for its outstanding contribution to the control of neglected tropical diseases. The laureate will receive US$ 85 000. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(7)
Amendments to the Statutes of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health
In accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of the Statutes of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health, the Executive Board approved the recommendation of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize Selection Panel that Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Statutes of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health be revised in order to: (i) take into account a change in the name of the Founder; (ii) increase the amount of the Prize from US$ 85 000 to US$ 100 000 and modify accordingly the annual endowment referred to in Article 3 of the Statutes; and (iii) broaden the scope of the purpose of the Prize by providing that it will reward an outstanding contribution made to public health. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(8)
Provisional agenda for, and duration of, the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly
The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Director-General on the provisional agenda for the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly,1 and recalling its earlier decision that the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly should be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, opening on Monday, 16 May 2011, and closing no later than Tuesday, 24 May 2011,2 approved the provisional agenda of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, as amended. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(9)
Appointment of representatives of the Executive Board at the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly
Further to decision EB127(7) of 22 May 2010, and in accordance with paragraph 1 of resolution EB59.R7, the Executive Board appointed its Chairman, Dr M. Kökény (Hungary), ex officio, and its first three Vice-Chairmen, Dr P.M. Buss (Brazil), Mr P.D.A. Yusof (Brunei Darussalam) and Dr A.J. Mohamed (Oman), to represent the Executive Board at the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly. It was understood that, if any of those members were not available for the 1 2
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Health Assembly, the other Vice-Chairman, Professor A.F.M.R. Haque (Bangladesh) and the Rapporteur, Dr A. Djibo (Niger), could be asked to represent the Board. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
EB128(10)
Date and place of the 129th session of the Executive Board
The Executive Board decided that its 129th session should be convened on Wednesday, 25 May 2011, in Geneva. (Twelfth meeting, 24 January 2011) EB128/SR/12
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II. LIST OF RESOLUTIONS
EB128.R1
WHO’s role in the follow-up to the high-level plenary meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly on the review of the Millennium Development Goals (September 2010) Scale of assessments for 2012–2013 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules Salaries of staff in ungraded posts and of the Director-General Eradication of dracunculiasis Cholera: mechanism for control and prevention Sustainable health financing structures and universal coverage Health workforce strengthening Strengthening national health emergency and disaster management capacities and resilience of health systems Strengthening nursing and midwifery Strengthening national policy dialogue to build more robust health policies, strategies and plans Malaria Election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization Child injury prevention Relations with nongovernmental organizations
EB128.R2 EB128.R3 EB128.R4 EB128.R5 EB128.R6 EB128.R7 EB128.R8 EB128.R9 EB128.R10
EB128.R11 EB128.R12
EB128.R13 EB128.R14 EB128.R15 EB128.R16
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