The Regional Committee,

         Having considered the report of the Sub-Committee of the Regional Committee on Programmes and technical Cooperation, Part III, on renewing the strategy for health for all and the global document Health for All in the Twenty-first Century, *

         Appreciating the value of the work of the Sub-Committee to Member States and the Regional Committee;

1. ENDORSES the report of the Sub-Committee;
2. REQUESTS the Regional Director:

   (1) to improve WHO's policy development capacity at the regional level;

   (2) to strengthen dialogue with international partners in the Region;

   (3) to support national capacity assessment and capacity building in order to facilitate implementation of Health for All in the Twenty-first Century;

   (4) to clarify the meaning of health-for-all values and define their operational implications at all levels of WHO's collaboration with Member States of the Region, in particular:

   - Equity, with a special emphasis on reduction of poverty;

   - Gender equity;

   - Quality, particularly as it relates to public health programmes;

   (5) to work with Member States to strengthen information systems at country level and to revise the current evaluation system;

   (6) to submit the report of the Sub-Committee to the Director-General as a summary of Member States' concerns with regard to the implementation of the document Health for All in the Twenty-first Century in the Region.

* WPR/RC49/10 Rev.1

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