Procedure for nomination of the Regional Director (Resolution)

PROCEDURE FOR THE NOMINATION OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR The Regional Committee, Having considered the report by the Legal Counsel on the procedure for nomination of the Regional Director; Wishing to improve the fairness of the process for the nomination of the Regional Director; Having considered the practice followed within the World Health Organization for the nomination of other elected officials, 1. APPROVES the amendments to Rule 51 of the Rules of Procedure of the Regional Committee contained in Annex 3 to the report by the Legal Counsel (WPR/RC61/11), which will become effective at the end of the sixty-first session of the Committee; 2. DECIDES, with regard to the interviews of candidates for the post of Regional Director, that: (1) the order in which candidates will be interviewed shall be drawn by lot; …/ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ R E S O L U T I O N REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC COMITÉ RÉGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL WPR/RC61.R3 14 October 2010 WPR/RC61.R3 page 2 (2) the interviews shall be limited to 60 minutes, equally divided between (i) an oral presentation of the candidate's vision of the future priorities for the Region with an analysis of current problems facing it and suggestions as to how those should be addressed; and (ii) a question-and-answer period. Sixth meeting, 14 October 2010 WPR/RC61/SR/6