Sixth general programme of work covering a specific period : principal and detailed objectives (Resolution)

40 REGIONAL COMMITIEE:' 'IWENTY..sEvENTH SESSION 4. ACCEP'IS the kind offer of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, noting th~ft it will be confirmed formally in the near future. Fifth meeting, 10 September 1976 WPR/RC27.R14 SIXTH GENERAL PROGRAMME OF WORK COVERING A SPECIFIC PERIOD: PRINCIPAL AND DETAIIED OBJECTIVES The Regional Committee, Having noted resolution WHA29.20 adopted by the Twenty-ninth World Health Assembly; Recalling resolution WPR/RC26.R12, which indicated an order of priority for the·regional programme to the principal and detaHed. objectives of the draft of the Sixth General programme of Work covering a specific period (1978-1983 inclusive); 1. NOTES that, with the exception of four detailed objectives which are new, the principal and detailed objectives of the Sixth General Programme of Work approved by the World Health Assembly remain essentially th~ same as those contained in the draft, despite some rewording. amplification and rearrangement; 2. REAFFIRMS that the priorities indicated in resolution WPR/RC26.R12 remain valid; 3. ACCORDS the following priorities for the regional programme to the four new objectives: Section A. 3.1 To reduce maternal. perinatal. infant and childhood mortality and morbidity. and to promote reproductive health and the physical and psycho-social development of the child and adolescent wi thin the family context; 3.2 To collaborate with countries in the development and strengthening of the family health component of health services, including family planning and welfare; Priority A Priority A REPORT OF THE REGIONAL COMMIT'lEE 41 7.1 To prOJllote closer cooperation between all services concerned with health promotion and to integrate them into a single system where appropriate; Priority B Section B. 1.6 To develop and apply chemical, biological, genetic and other means of control, of disease vectors, intermediate hosts and reservoirs of pathogenic agents, with due regard to safety for man and the environment. Priority B Fifth meeting, 10 September 1976 WPR/Rc27.Rl5 PREPARATION OF A REGIONAL PROGRAMME OF WORK 'lbeRegi.onal Committee, Having considered the information provided by the Regional Director regarding the necessity or otherwise to prepare a Fifth Regional Programme of Work covering a Specific Period (1978-1983 inclusive);l Having, by its resolutions WPR/RC26.R12 and WPR/Rc27.R14, accorded regional priorities to the principal and detailed objectives of the Sixth General Programme of Work covering a Specific Period (1978-1983 inclusi ve); CONSIDERS that the elaboration of a separate programme of work for the Western Pacific Region "ill serve no useful purpose, since the Sixth General Programme of Work covering a Specific Period (1978-1983 inclusive) constitutes a sufficient guide for the delivery of the WHO programme in the Region. Fifth meeting, 10 September 1976 1 Document WPR/RC27/10.