103rd Session Agenda item 7
EB103.R17 29 January 1999
WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health
Terms of reference
The Executive Board, Noting the report of the Director-General on the terms of reference of the WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health (CCH),1 1. APPROVES the terms of reference for CCH as proposed by the Director-General in consultation with the Executive Director of UNICEF, the Executive Director of UNFPA and as recommended by the First Meeting of CCH at WHO headquarters, 3 and 4 July 1998, and annexed to this resolution; 2. REQUESTS the Director-General to transmit this resolution to the Executive Boards of UNICEF and UNFPA.
Tenth meeting, 29 January 1999 EB103/SR/10
EB103.R17
ANNEX WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TERMS OF REFERENCE
The WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health (CCH) shall meet biennially, or in special session if required, normally in Geneva. The Committee shall be chaired in rotation by a member of the Executive Board of each organization; WHO, as the lead agency in international health, will chair the first session. 2. The role of the Committee will be: % to facilitate the coordination of health policies and programmes of the three organizations; % to review the overall needs for strategic, operational and technical coordination in the fields of maternal, child, adolescent and women’ s health, with a prioritized focus on disease and health ramifications based on WHO mortality and morbidity statistics, and reproductive health, including family planning and sexual health, to ensure regular exchange of information in these areas and to make recommendations to the respective Executive Boards for follow-up action by the secretariats, as appropriate, with due regard for the respective mandates of the organizations involved; % to promote consistency in implementation strategies and activities among the three organizations and with other partners, for the maximum benefit of Member States, especially at the country level within the context of the Resident Coordinator system and, in this context, to ensure that these are guided by the overall policy framework for health development as defined by the World Health Assembly; % to receive and review progress and assessment reports presented by the Director-General of WHO, the Executive Director of UNICEF or the Executive Director of UNFPA, on activities pertaining to the health of children, young people and women, with a prioritized focus on disease and health ramifications based on WHO mortality and morbidity statistics, including reproductive health, and to review any orientation of strategy that may be necessary to meet agreed objectives, with due regard for the respective mandates of the agencies involved; % to consider matters of common concern to WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA which the Executive Boards or the secretariats of the respective organizations may refer to this Committee; % to report to the WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA Executive Boards on the foregoing matters. 3. The WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health shall be composed of 16 members of the Executive Boards of the three organizations, such members being selected by their respective Boards on the basis of one from each region of the organization concerned. 4. WHO shall provide the Secretariat for the Committee and, in consultation with UNICEF and UNFPA, jointly convene intersecretariat meetings to prepare the agenda and supporting documentation for the sessions of the Committee.
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5. Further intersecretariat meetings may be convened in alternate years, where appropriate with other organizations active in health, to ensure a coordinated approach at country level.
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