Amendments to the Statutes of the Sasakawa Health Prize

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB144(12) 1144th session 1 February 2019 Agenda item 7.7 Amendments to the Statutes of the Sasakawa Health Prize The Executive Board, having considered the report of the Sasakawa Health Prize Selection Panel,1 decided to revise Articles 4 and 9 of the Statutes of the Sasakawa Health Prize to read as follows: Article 4 Prize The Sasakawa Health Prize shall consist of a statuette and a sum of money of the order of US$ 30 000 to be given to a person or persons, and/or of the order of US$ 40 000 to be given to an institution or institutions, or a nongovernmental organization or organizations having accomplished outstanding innovative work in health development, such as the promotion of given health programmes or notable advances in primary health care, in order to encourage the further development of such work. Current and former staff members of the World Health Organization, and current members of the Executive Board, shall be ineligible to receive the Prize. The sum of money, derived from the income and/or the undistributed reserves, shall be determined by the Prize Selection Panel. The Prize shall be presented during a meeting of the World Health Assembly to the recipient(s) or to a person(s) representing the recipient(s). Article 9 Revision of the Statutes On the motion of one of its members, the Prize Selection Panel may propose revision of the present Statutes. Any such motion, if endorsed by a majority of the members of the Selection Panel, shall be submitted to the Executive Board for its approval. Seventeenth meeting, 1 February 2019 EB144/SR/17 = = = 1 Document EB144/40, section 2(b).