SIXTY-FOURTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
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Second report of Committee B (Draft)
Committee B held its second meeting on 19 May 2011 under the chairmanship of Dr Maria Teresa Valenzuela (Chile). It was decided to recommend to the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly the adoption of the attached six resolutions relating to the following agenda items: 17. Financial matters 17.1 Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for the year 2010 One resolution 17.3 Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution One resolution, as amended 17.4 Special arrangements for settlement of arrears: Ukraine One resolution 17.5 Scale of assessments for 2012–2013 One resolution 17.7 Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules One resolution entitled: – Amendments to the Financial Regulations 17.8 Appointment of the External Auditor One resolution
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Agenda item 17.1
Unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for the year 2010 The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Having examined the unaudited interim financial report on the accounts of WHO for the year 2010;1 Having noted the second report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly,2 ACCEPTS the Director-General’s unaudited interim financial report for the year 2010.
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See documents A64/29 and A64/29 Add.1. See document A64/49.
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Agenda item 17.3
Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Having considered the fifth report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly on the Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution;1 Noting that, at the time of opening of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, the voting rights of Central African Republic, Comoros, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia and Tajikistan were suspended, and such suspension was to continue until the arrears of the Member States concerned had been reduced, at the present or future Health Assemblies, to a level below the amount that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution; Noting that Grenada, Guinea and Kyrgyzstan were in arrears at the time of the opening of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly to such an extent that it was necessary for the Health Assembly to consider, in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution, whether or not the voting privileges of those countries should be suspended; for Kyrgyzstan at the opening of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, and for the remaining two Member States at the opening of the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly, DECIDES: (1) that in accordance with the statement of principles set out in resolution WHA41.7 if, by the time of the opening of the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly, Grenada and Guinea were still to be in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution, their voting privileges shall be suspended as from the said opening; and in accordance with resolution WHA61.8 if, by the time of the opening of the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Kyrgyzstan were still to be in arrears in the payment of its rescheduled assessments, its voting privileges shall be suspended automatically; (2) that any suspension that takes effect as set out in paragraph (1) above shall continue at the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly and subsequent Health Assemblies, until the arrears of Grenada, Guinea and Kyrgyzstan have been reduced to a level below the amount that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution; (3) that this decision shall be without prejudice to the right of any Member to request restoration of its voting privileges in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution.
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See document A64/31.
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Agenda item 17.4 Special arrangements for settlement of arrears The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Having considered the report by the Secretariat on the Status of collection of assessed contributions,1 noting that Ukraine has outstanding contributions, and considering the request of Ukraine to reschedule the remaining balance of arrears under the special arrangements for settlement of arrears, 1. DECIDES to allow Ukraine to keep its voting privileges at the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly on the following conditions: Ukraine shall pay its outstanding arrears of assessed contributions, totalling US$ 26 395 036, over ten (10) years from 2013 to 2022, as set out below, in addition to payment of its annual assessment for the current year; US$ 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 504 2 639 500 26 395 036
2. DECIDES that, in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution, voting privileges shall be automatically suspended if Ukraine does not meet the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 above; 3. REQUESTS the Director-General to report to the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly on the prevailing situation; 4. REQUESTS the Director-General to communicate this resolution to the Government of Ukraine.
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See document A64/31.
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Agenda item 17.5
Scale of assessments for 2012–2013 The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Having considered the report on the scale of assessments for 2012–2013, ADOPTS the scale of assessments of Members and Associate Members for the biennium 2012–2013 as set out below: Members and Associate Members WHO scale for 2012–2013 %
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad
0.0040 0.0100 0.1280 0.0070 0.0100 0.0020 0.2870 0.0050 1.9331 0.8511 0.0150 0.0180 0.0390 0.0100 0.0080 0.0420 1.0751 0.0010 0.0030 0.0010 0.0070 0.0140 0.0180 1.6111 0.0280 0.0380 0.0030 0.0010 0.0030 0.0110 3.2072 0.0010 0.0010 0.0020
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Members and Associate Members
WHO scale for 2012–2013 %
Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq
0.2360 3.1892 0.1440 0.0010 0.0030 0.0010 0.0340 0.0100 0.0970 0.0710 0.0460 0.3490 0.0070 0.0030 0.7361 0.0010 0.0010 0.0420 0.0400 0.0940 0.0190 0.0080 0.0010 0.0400 0.0080 0.0040 0.5660 6.1234 0.0140 0.0010 0.0060 8.0186 0.0060 0.6910 0.0010 0.0280 0.0020 0.0010 0.0010 0.0030 0.0080 0.2910 0.0420 0.5340 0.2380 0.2330 0.0200
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Members and Associate Members
WHO scale for 2012–2013 %
Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan
0.4980 0.3840 4.9994 0.0140 12.5309 0.0140 0.0760 0.0120 0.0010 0.2630 0.0010 0.0010 0.0380 0.0330 0.0010 0.0010 0.1290 0.0650 0.0900 0.0030 0.0010 0.2530 0.0010 0.0030 0.0170 0.0010 0.0010 0.0110 2.3562 0.0010 0.0030 0.0020 0.0040 0.0580 0.0030 0.0060 0.0080 0.0010 0.0060 1.8551 0.2730 0.0030 0.0020 0.0780 0.0010 0.8711 0.0860 0.0820
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Members and Associate Members
WHO scale for 2012–2013 %
Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga
0.0010 0.0220 0.0020 0.0070 0.0900 0.0900 0.8281 0.5110 0.0010 0.1350 2.2602 0.0020 0.1770 1.6021 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0030 0.0010 0.8301 0.0060 0.0370 0.0020 0.0010 0.3350 0.1420 0.1030 0.0010 0.0010 0.3850 3.1772 0.0190 0.0100 0.0030 0.0030 1.0641 1.1301 0.0250 0.0020 0.2090 0.0070 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010
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Members and Associate Members
WHO scale for 2012–2013 %
Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
0.0440 0.0300 0.6170 0.0260 0.0010 0.0060 0.0870 0.3910 6.6045 0.0080 22.0000 0.0270 0.0100 0.0010 0.3140 0.0330 0.0100 0.0040 0.0030 100.0000
Total
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Agenda item 17.7
Amendments to the Financial Regulations The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Having considered the report on amendments to the Financial Regulations; Recalling resolution WHA60.9 on amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules: introduction of International Public Sector Accounting Standards, ADOPTS the amendments to Financial Regulations 14.1, 14.8 and 14.9 to be effective as from 1 January 2012.
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Agenda item 17.8
Appointment of the External Auditor The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, 1. RESOLVES that the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit of the Philippines be appointed External Auditor of the accounts of the World Health Organization as well as the non-consolidated affiliated entities and partnerships for the period 2012–2015, and that the Chairperson audits in accordance with the principles incorporated in Regulation XIV of the Financial Regulations and the Appendix to the Financial Regulations, provided that, should the necessity arise, the Chairperson may designate a representative to act in the Chairperson’s absence; 2. EXPRESSES its thanks to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India for the work performed for the Organization in the audit of the accounts for the financial periods 2008–2009 and 2010–2011; 3. FURTHER REQUESTS the Director-General to establish contractual terms and conditions between the Organization and the appointed External Auditor to cover the modalities of the External Auditor’s work in fulfilling its mandate, with particular reference to the additional requirements posed by the introduction of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards as of 2012.
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