WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
REGIONAL COMMITTEE Fifty-fourth session Manila, Philippines 8-12 September 2003
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4 August 2003 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Provisional agenda item 18
DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDA 113TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, the provisional
agenda of each session shall be drawn up by the Director-General in consultation with the Chairman. It shall be dispatched with the notice of convocation six weeks before the commencement of a session. The attached draft provisional agenda for the 113th session of the Executive Board will be the subject of further consultation between the Director-General and the Chairman. It includes items requested by the Health Assembly or the Board at a previous session,
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proposed by members of the Board, and proposed by the Director-General. It is submitted to the regional committees for information. In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, the Board shall
prepare the provisional agenda of each regular session of the Health Assembly after consideration of proposals submitted by the Director-General.
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. , ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE EXECUTIVE BOARD 113th session Geneva, 19-24 January 2004 EB113/1(draft) 26 June 2003
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DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDA
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Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda Report by the Director-General • Discussion on issues raised
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Technical and health matters 3.1 Revision of the International Health Regulations Resolution WHA56.28: EB113 to agree on date ofintergovemrnental working group HNIAIDS Resolution WHA56.30 on the global health sector strategy, and other matters Eradication and treatment of tsetse and trypanosomiasis Resolution WHA56.7: progress on eradication. Document to contain a resolution on treatment, as requested by Belgium and Mali at WHA56 Cancer control Requested by Canada at EBI12 Health promotion (I) and healthy lifestyles (2) (I) Deferred from EBIII (see document EBIII/2003/REC/2, summary record of the ninth meeting) (2) Requested by Iceland at EBI12 Disability, including treatment and rehabilitation Requested by Iceland at EBI12 Family health in the context of the tenth aIUliversary of the International Year of the Family Requested by United States of America at EB 112 Quality and safety of medicines, including blood products Requested by Spain at EB 112 Health systems, including primary health care Requested by Cuba, Czech Republic and Ecuador at EB 112
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Influence of poverty on health Requested by Cuba at EBl12. Macroeconomics and Health
Follow-up to report of the Commission on
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Genomics and world health: report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research Deferred from EB112. See EB112/SRiI Human organ and tissue transplantation Report of expert group. Document to contain two resolutions, as requested by Spain at EBl12 Proposal for a ".health" Internet domain Report on broader policy issue. See EB 112/SRi2
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Programme and budget matters Financial matters 5.1 5.2 Status of collection of assessed contributions Amendments to Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]
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Staffing matters 6.1 Human resources • • Annual report Recruitment strategy integrating gender and geographical balance Resolution WHA56.1 7 Report by the International Civil Service Commission Amendments to the Staff Rules
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Statement by the representative of the WHO statT associations
Other management matters 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Appointment of the Regional Director for South-East Asia Appointment of the Regional DIrector for the Western Pacific Reports of the Executive Board Committees, including awards Policy for relations with nongovernmental organizations Decision WHA56( 10) Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit Governing body matters • Governing body sessions: timing and duration Resolution EBl12.R1
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Executive Board: working methods and committee system Resolution EBI12.RI Provisional agenda of the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly and date and place of the 114th session of the Executive Board
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Matters for information 8.1 8.2 Expert committees and study groups Declaration of Alma-Ata: twenty-fifth anniversary Resolution WHA56.6: progress on convening stakeholder meeting Reducing global measles mortality Resolution WHA56.20: progress report Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Resolution WHA56.29: progress report Smallpox eradication: destruction of Variola virus stocks Resolution WHA55.15: progress report Eradication of poliomyelitis mtegrated prevention of noncommunicable diseases Resolution WHA55.23: progress report Quality of care: patient safety Resolution WHA55.18: progress report mfant and young child nutrition and progress in implementing the mtemational Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes Resolution EB97.R13: biennial report
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Closure of the session
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