SIXTY-SIXTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Provisional agenda item 12.3
A66/7 Add.1 14 May 2013
Draft resolution: Programme budget 2014–2015 The Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly, 1. APPROVES the programme of work, as outlined in WHO’s programme budget 2014–2015;1
2. APPROVES the budget for the financial period 2014–2015, [under all sources of funds, namely, assessed and voluntary contributions] of US$ 3977 million; 3. ALLOCATES the budget for the financial period 2014–2015 among the following six categories: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Communicable diseases US$ 841 million Noncommunicable diseases US$ 318 million Promoting health through the life course US$ 388 million Health systems US$ 531 million Preparedness, surveillance and response US$ 287 million
(6) Enabling functions/corporate services US$ 684 million as well as the emergencies component of the budget US$ 928 million; 4. RESOLVES that the budget will be financed as follows: (1) by net assessments on Member States adjusted for estimated Member State non-assessed income for a total of US$ 929 million; (2) from voluntary contributions for a total of US$ 3048 million;
5. FURTHER RESOLVES that the gross amount of the assessed contribution for each Member State shall be reduced by the sum standing to their credit in the Tax Equalization Fund; that reduction shall be adjusted in the case of those Members that require staff members to pay income taxes on their WHO emoluments, taxes which the Organization reimburses to said staff members; the amount of such tax reimbursements is estimated at US$ 29.6 million, resulting in a total assessment on Members of US$ 958.6 million;
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6. DECIDES that the Working Capital Fund shall be maintained at its existing level of US$ 31 million; 7. AUTHORIZES the Director-General to use the assessed contributions together with the voluntary contributions, subject to the availability of resources, to finance the budget as allocated in paragraph 3, up to the amounts approved; 8. FURTHER AUTHORIZES the Director-General, where necessary, to make budget transfers between the six categories provided in paragraph 3 above, up to an amount not exceeding 5% of the amount allocated to the category from which the transfer is made; the expenditure resulting from any such transfers being reported in the financial report for the financial period 2014–2015; 9. FURTHER AUTHORIZES the Director-General, where necessary, to incur expenditures in the emergencies component of the budget beyond the amount allocated for this component, subject to availability of resources, and requests the Director-General to report to the governing bodies on availability of resources and expenditures in this segment; 10. REQUESTS the Director-General to submit regular reports on the financing and implementation of the budget through the Executive Board and its Programme, Budget and Administration Committee, to the World Health Assembly.
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