Joint United Nations programme on AIDS (Resolution)

-WORlD HEALTH ORGANIZATION • ORGANISAnoN MONDfALE DE LA SANTE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC RESOLUTION OJ,; : JOINT UNITED NA nONS PROGRAMME ON AIDS The Regional Committee, . COMITE REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL WPRlRC46.R6 14 September 1995 Having considered the report on significant developments of the new Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS); I Noting that the United Nations Programme on AIDS will officially commence 9IJerations on I January 1996; Recognizing the programme's objectives and management structure; Noting also that, from the W~stern Pacific Region, Australia, China and Japan have been selected as members of the Programme Coordinating Board which is the governing body of the new programme; . Anticipating that the Region can, in coordination with the new programme, continue its work to strcngthennatiQnal5e?'-uaUy transmitted disease programmes, mv and AIDS surveillance, training of special population groups, including health care workers, and integrating WHO activities into the new programme's intercountry and country activities; ... I IDocunIeM WPRlRC46/8. WPRlRC46.R6 page 2 I. URGES Member States: (I) to strengthen their national programmes on prevention and control of mY/AIDS; (2) to give their full support to the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS towards the achievement of its goals; (3) to participate actively in the Programme Coordinating Board; (4) to recommend future directions for collaboration with the new programme; (5) to coordinate closely with the new programme's focal point in each country to ensure effective integration with the multisectoral national AIDS prevention and control efforts; 2. REQUESTS the Regional Director: (I) to ensure the active collaboration of the Regional Office in the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS; (2) to develop an appropriate technical and support role for the WHO country offices within the framework of the new programme; (3) to report in 1996 on significant developments relating to the new programme. Seventh Meeting, 14 September 1995 WPRlRC46/SRl7 - -