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Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean
Description | Functions |
Rules of procedure
Description
Regional Committees are composed of representatives of the Member States and
Associate Members in the region concerned. Territories or groups of
territories within the region, which are not responsible for the conduct of
their international relations and which are not Associate Members, have the
right to be represented and to participate in regional committees.
The nature and extent of the rights and obligations of these territories or
groups of territories in regional committees are determined by the Health
Assembly in consultation with the Member or other authority having
responsibility for the international relations of these territories and with
the Member States in the region.
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Functions
The functions of the regional
committee are:
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To formulate policies
governing matters of an exclusively regional character;
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To supervise the
activities of the regional office;
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To suggest to the regional
office the calling of technical conferences and such additional work
or investigation in health matters as in the opinion of the regional
committee would promote the objective of the Organization within the
region;
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To co-operate with
the respective regional committees of the Untied Nations and with
those of other specialized agencies and with other regional
international organizations having interests in common with the
Organization;
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To tender advice, through
the Director-General, to the Organization on international health
mattes which have wider than regional significance;
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To recommend additional
regional appropriations by the Governments of the respective regions
if the proportion of the central budget of the Organization allotted
to that region is insufficient for the carrying-out of the regional
functions;
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Such other functions as
may be delegated to the regional committee by the Health Assembly,
the Board or the Director-General
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Rules of procedure
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