WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION А2б/31 ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ 6 March 1973 'NDEXED TWENTY-SIXTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Provisional agenda Item 3.6.2

ASSESSMENT FOR 1972 AND 1973 OF NEW MEMBERS

Report by the Director-General

1. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Members of the United Nations, became Members of the World Health Organization in 1972 and both States were assessed provisionally by the Twenty- fifth World Health Assembly, as follows:

1.1 Qatar

In resolution WHA25.511 the Health Assembly decided

"... (1) that Qatar shall be assessed for the years 1972 and 1973 at a rate to be fixed by the Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly;

(2) that Qatar shall be assessed at the provisional rate of 0.04% for these two years, to be adjusted to the definitive assessment rate when established by the Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly ..."

1.2 United Arab Emirates 2 In resolution WHA25.9 the Health Assembly decided

"... (1) that the United Arab Emirates shall be assessed for the years 1972 and 1973 at a rate to be fixed by the Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly;

(2) that the United Arab Emirates shall be assessed at the provisional rate of 0.04% for these two years, to be adjusted to the definitive assessment rate when established by the Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly ..."

2. The General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 2961 (XXVII), established the rates of assessment for 1972 and 1973 for both Qatar and the United Arab Emirates at 0.04%.

3. Consequently, the World Health Assembly may wish to consider the adoption of a resolution along the following lines:

"The Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly,

Recalling that the Twenty-fifth World Health Assembly decided, in resolutions WHA25.51 and WHA25.9 respectively, that Qatar and the United Arab Emirates shall be assessed for the years 1972 and 1973 at rates to be fixed by the Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly;

1 Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, Vol. I, 1948-1972, p. 381. 2 Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions. Vol. I, 1948-1972, pp. 380-381. А2б/31 page 2

Recalling that the Twenty-fourth World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA24.12,1 confirmed that the latest United Nations scale of assessment shall be used as a basis of determining the WHO scale of assessment;

Noting that the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 2961 (XXVII), established the assessments for 1972 and 1973 for both Qatar and the United Arab Emirates at 0.04%;

DECIDES that Qatar and the United Arab Emirates shall be assessed as follows:

1972 1973 Qatar 0.04% 0.04% United Arab Emirates 0.04% 0.04%’

Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, Vol. I, 1948-1972, pp. 370-371,