WHA38/1985/REC/1 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION THIKTY-EIGHTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY GENEVA, 6 -20 MAY 1985 RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ANNEXES GENEVA 1985 ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations are used in WHO documentation: ACABQ - Advisory Committee on OAU - Organization of African Unity Administrative and Budgetary OECD - Organisation for Economic Questions Co- operation and Development ACC - Administrative Committee on PARO - Pan American Health Organization Coordination PASE - Pan American Sanitary Bureau ACIR - Advisory Committee on Medical SIDA - Swedish International Development Research Authority AGFUND - Arab Gulf Programme for United UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade Nations Development Organizations and Development ASEAN - Association of South-East Asian UNDP - United Nations Development Nations Programme CIDA - Canadian International Development UNDRO - Office of the United Nations Agency Disaster Relief Coordinator CIOMS - Council for International UNEP - United Nations Environment Organizations of Medical Sciences Programme DANIDA - Danish International Development UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Agency Scientific and Cultural ЕСА - Economic Commission for Africa Organization EСE - Economic Commission for Europe UNFDAC - United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin Control America and the Caribbean UNFPA - United Nations Fund for Population ECWA - Economic Commission for Western Activities Asia UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Commissioner for Refugees Asia and the Pacific UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization UNIDO - United Nations Industrial of the United Nations Development Organization IAEА - International Atomic Energy Agency UNITAR - United Nations Institute for IARC - International Agency for Research Training and Research on Cancer UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works IBRD - International Bank for Agency for Palestine Refugees Reconstruction and Development in the Near East (World Bank) UNSCEAR - United Nations Scientific Committee ICAO - International Civil Aviation on the Effects of Atomic Organization Radiation 'FAD - International Fund for USAID - United States Agency for Agricultural Development International Development ILO - International Labour Organisation WFP - World Food Programme (Office) WHO - World Health Organization IMO - International Maritime Organization WIPO - World Intellectual Property ‚TU - International Telecommunication Organization Union WMO - World Meteorological Organization NORAD - Norwegian Agency for International Development The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this volume do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Where the designation "country or area" appears in the headings of tables, it covers countries, territories, cities or areas. PREFACE The Thirty -eighth World Health Assembly was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 6 to 20 May 1985, in accordance with the decision of the Executive Board at its seventy -fourth session. Its proceedings are published in three volumes, containing, in addition to other relevant material: Resolutions and decisions,1 and list of participants - document WHA38 /1985 /REC /1 Verbatim records of plenary meetings, and committee reports - document WHA38 /1985/REC/2 Summary records of committees - document WHA38 /1985/REC/3 1 The resolutions, which are reproduced in the order in which they were adopted, have been cross -referenced to the relevant sections of the WHO Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, and are grouped in the table of contents under the appropriate subject headings. This is to ensure continuity with the Handbook, Volumes I and II of which contain most of the resolutions adopted by the Health Assembly and the Executive Board between 1948 and 1984. A list of the dates of sessions, indicating resolution symbols and the volumes in which the resolutions and decisions were first published, is given in Volume II of the Handbook (page XIII). Index to resolutions and decisions: page 177 coNтENтs Page Preface iii Agenda ix RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS PRO GRAMME Strategies for health for all WHА38.16 Additional support to national strategies for health for all in the least developed among developing countries 12 WHA38.20 Implementation of strategies for health for all by the year 2000 . 15 WHA38.21 Maintenance of national health budgets at a level compatible with attainment of the objective of health for all by the year 2000 . 15 WHА38.31 Collaboration with nongovernmental organizations in implementing the Global Strategy for Health for All 25 Technical cooperation WHА38.23 Technical cooperation among developing countries in support of the goal of health for all 17 WHA38.2б Health and medical assistance to Lebanon 19 WHА38.28 Liberation struggle in southern Africa: assistance to the front- line States, Lesotho and Swaziland 22 WHA38.29 Emergency health, medical and social assistance to drought -, famine- and other disaster -affected countries in Africa 22 WHO's general programme development and management Decision 9 Report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1984 30 General health protection and promotion WHA38.19 Prevention of hearing impairment and deafness 14 Protection and promotion of the health of specific population groups WHА38.22 Maturity before childbearing and promotion of responsible parenthood 16 Diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative technology WHA38.18 Prevention of disability and rehabilitation of the disabled 13 - v - Page Disease prevention and control WHA38.24 Malaria control 18 WHA38.30 Prevention and control of chronic noncommunicable diseases 23 PROGRAMME BUDGET Policy and guiding principles WHA38.11 Regional programme budget policies 8 Consideration and approval WHA38.4 Report on casual income, budgetary exchange rates and other adjustments to the proposed programme budget for 1986 -1987 . 2 WHA38.32 Appropriation resolution for the financial period 1986 -1987 26 GOVERNING BODIES World Health Assembly Decision 1 Composition of the Committee on Credentials 28 Decision 2 Composition of the Committee on Nominations 28 Decision 3 Election of officers of the Thirty-eighth World Health Assembly . 28 Decision 4 Election of officers of the main committees 28 Decision 5 Establishment of the General Committee 29 Decision 6 Adoption of the agenda 29 Decision 7 Appointment of the General Chairman of the Technical Discussions at the Thirty-eighth World Health Assembly 29 Decision 8 Verification of credentials 29 Decision 14 Place of future Health Assemblies 31 Decision 15 Selection of the country in which the Thirty-ninth World Health Assembly will be held 31 Executive Board WHA38.14 Number of members of the Executive Board 10 Decision 10 Election of Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board 30 Decision 13 Reports of the Executive Board on its seventy -fourth and seventy - fifth sessions 31 REGIONAL MATTERS Delineation of and assignments to regions WHA38.1 Assignment of Israel to the European Region 1 - vi - Page FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Financial matters WHA38.2 Interim financial report for the year 1984 1 WHA38.3 Status of collection of assessed contributions and status of advances to the Working Capital Fund 1 WHA38.5 Assessment of Saint Christopher and Nevis 2 WHA38.6 Assessment of Brunei Darussalam 3 WHA38.7 Scale of assessments for the financial period 1986 -1987 3 WHA38.8 Review of the Working Capital Fund 6 WHA38.9 Real Estate Fund 8 WHA38.13 Members in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent which may invoke Article 7 of the Constitution 10 Staff matters WHA38.10 Salaries and allowances for ungraded posts and the Director -General . 8 WHA38.12 Recruitment of international staff in WHO 9 Decision 11 Annual report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board for 1983 31 Decision 12 Appointment of representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee . 31 EXTERNAL COORDINATION FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT United Nations system WHА38.15 Health conditions of the Arab population in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine 11 WHA38.17 Repercussions on health of economic and political sanctions between States 13 WHА38.25 Health assistance to refugees and displaced persons in Cyprus . 19 WHА38.27 Women, health and development 20 ANNEXES 1. Report on casual income, budgetary exchange rates and other adjustments to the proposed programme budget for 1986 -1987 35 2. Contributions of Members and Associate Members to the programme budget for the financial period 1986 -1987 40 3. Guidelines for preparing a regional programme budget policy 44 4. Number of members of the Executive Board 95 5. Emergency health and medical assistance to drought -stricken and famine -affected countries in Africa 98 6. Report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1984 and progress report on the Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000 107 Page MEMBERSHIP OF THE HEALTH ASSEMBLY List of delegates and other participants 131 Representatives of the Executive Board 174 Officers of the Health Assembly and membership of its committees 175 Index to resolutions and decisions 177 AGENDA1 PLENARY MEETINGS 1. Opening of the session 2. Appointment of the Committee