The Regional Committee,
Having considered document WPR/RC46/11, WHO Response to Global Change, which addresses the regional implications and progress of the ongoing reform process within WHO;
Noting the recommendation of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation to the Regional Committee at its forty-fifth session that the Regional Committee and its secretariat should always be searching for more effective ways of operating;
Reflecting the discussion at its forty-sixth session of the need to seek further gains in efficiency and effectiveness through changes in work methods;
Noting also the will to explore, on an experimental basis, alternative methods to the present Technical Discussions for conveying appropriate information to Member States during the session of the Committee;
- REAFFIRMS its commitment to continuing to review its own methods of work in the light of changing circumstances and the health needs in the Region;
- URGES Member States to provide recommendations to future sessions of the Regional Committee on changes in work methods;
- REQUESTS the Regional Director:
- (1) to continue to facilitate the process of ongoing review of the method of work of the Regional Committee;
- (2) to undertake a review and analysis of the value and effectiveness of the work of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation for presentation to the Regional Committee in 1996;
- (3) to arrange technical briefings on appropriate subjects, in lieu of the Technical Discussions, in close coordination with the host countries for the Regional Committee at its forty-seventh and forty-eighth sessions.