Appointment of the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

140th session EB140.R1 Agenda item 15.1 24 January 2017 Appointment of the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean The Executive Board, Considering the provisions of Article 52 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization; Considering also the nomination made by the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean at its sixty-third session, 1. APPOINTS Dr Mahmoud Fikri as Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean as from 1 February 2017; 2. AUTHORIZES the Director-General to issue to Dr Mahmoud Fikri a contract for a period of five years from 1 February 2017, subject to the provisions of the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules; 3. AUTHORIZES the Director-General to amend the conditions of employment of Dr Fikri as follows: “You will not participate in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund but will instead receive as a monthly supplement the contribution that the Organization would have paid each month to the Pension Fund had you been a participant.” Third meeting, 24 January 2017 EB140/SR/3 = = =