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1 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION regional COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC FIFTIETH SESSION Macao, 13-17 September 1999 REPORT OF THE regional COMMITTEE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE PLENARY MEETINGS Manila November 1999 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION regional COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC FIFTIETH SESSION Macao, 13 17 September 1999 REPORT OF THE regional COMMITTEE SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE PLENARY MEETINGS Manila November 1999 - ii - PREFACE The fiftieth session of the regional Committee for the Western Pacific was held in Macao, from 13 to 17 September 1999. Dr Jos Alarc o TRONI (Macao) and Dr Sodov SONIN (Mongolia) were elected Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, respectively. Dr Louisa WOONTON (Niue) and Dr Phoukhong CHOMMALA (Lao People s Democratic Republic) were the Rapporteurs.

2 The regional Committee met from 13 to 17 September. The Report of the regional Committee is in Part I of this document, on pages 3 6, the summary records of the plenary meetings are in Part II, on pages 47 219. - iii - CONTENTS page PART I - REPORT OF THE regional COMMITTEE .. 1 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY .. 3 II. RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE regional COMMITTEE .. 7 - Proposed programme budget 2002 2003: country allocations .. 7 - Eradication of poliomyelitis in the Region .. 8 - Reform in the Western Pacific Region .. 9 - Sexually transmitted infections, HIV infection and AIDS .. 10 - Tuberculosis prevention and control .. 11 - regional Action Plan on Tobacco or HEALTH : 2000 2004 .. 13 - Development of HEALTH research.

3 14 - Criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for nomination of the regional Director: Report of the Sub-Committee of the regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation .. 15 - Method of work of the regional Committee .. 16 - Infant and young child nutrition and implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes .. 17 - Fifty-first and fifty-second sessions of the regional Committee .. 18 - Resolution of appreciation .. 19 DECISIONS WPR/RC50(1) - Special Programme of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction: Membership of the Policy and Coordination Committee .. 20 WPR/RC50(2) - Essential Drugs and Other Medicines: Membership of the Management Advisory Committee.

4 20 - iv - page ANNEXES: 1. AGENDA .. 21 2. LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES .. 25 3. LIST OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE REPRESENTATIVES MADE STATEMENTS TO THE regional COMMITTEE AND SUBMITTED STATEMENTS FOR CIRCULATION TO MEMBERS .. 45 PART II - SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE PLENARY MEETINGS .. 47 SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIRST MEETING .. 51 1. Opening ceremony .. 52 2. Opening of the session .. 52 3. Address by the retiring Chairperson .. 53 4. Election of new officers: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Rapporteurs .. 53 Election of Chairperson .. 53 Election of Vice-Chairperson .. 53 Election of Rapporteurs .. 53 5. Adoption of the agenda .. 54 6. Getting the job done together , address by the regional Director; Report of the regional Director.

5 54 SUMMARY RECORD OF THE SECOND MEETING .. 87 1. Address by the incoming Chairperson .. 88 2. Address by the Chairperson of the WORLD HEALTH Assembly .. 88 3. Getting the job done together , address by the regional Director ; Report of the regional Director (continued) .. 88 4. Programme budget .. 95 Programme budget 1998-1999: budget performance (interim report) .. 95 SUMMARY RECORD OF THE THIRD MEETING .. 111 1. Programme budget (continued) .. 112 Proposed programme budget 2002-2003: country allocations .. 112 2. Eradication of poliomyelitis in the Region: progress report .. 120 3. Annual report on sexually transmitted infections, HIV infection and AIDS .. 127 - v - page SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FOURTH MEETING.

6 133 1. Annual report on sexually transmitted infections, HIV infection and AIDS (continued) .. 134 2. Consideration of draft resolutions .. 143 Reform in the Western Pacific Region .. 143 Proposed programme budget 2002 2003: country allocations .. 143 Eradication of poliomyelitis in the Region: progress report .. 144 3. Tuberculosis prevention and control .. 144 SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIFTH MEETING .. 151 1. Tuberculosis prevention and control (continued) .. 152 2. Hepatitis and related diseases .. 159 3. Consideration of draft resolutions .. 165 Reform in the Western Pacific Region .. 166 Sexually transmitted infections, HIV infection and AIDS .. 166 4. Action Plan on Tobacco or HEALTH .. 167 SUMMARY RECORD OF THE SIXTH MEETING.

7 175 1. Action Plan on Tobacco or HEALTH (continued) .. 176 2. Development of HEALTH research .. 179 3. Sub-Committee of the regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation: Report on criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for nomination of the regional Director .. 183 4. Technical briefings and ministerial round tables .. 185 5. Infant and young child nutrition and implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes .. 188 6. Strategic plan for the development of information systems in the Western Pacific Region .. 192 7. Working relations with nongovernmental organizations .. 195 SUMMARY RECORD OF THE SEVENTH MEETING .. 199 1. Address by the Director-General .. 201 2.

8 Time and place of the fifty-first and fifty-second sessions of the regional Committee .. 201 3. Consideration of draft resolutions .. 201 Tuberculosis prevention and control .. 201 regional Action Plan on Tobacco or HEALTH 2000 2004 .. 202 Development of HEALTH research .. 203 - vi - page Criteria for candidates and selection methods and procedures for nomination of the regional Director: Report of the Sub-Committee of the regional Committee on Programmes and Technical Cooperation .. 203 Method of work of the regional Committee .. 204 Infant and young child nutrition and implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes .. 204 Fifty-first and fifty-second sessions of the regional Committee.

9 205 4. regional implications of resolutions and decisions of the Fifty-second WORLD HEALTH Assembly and the WHO Executive Board at its 103rd and 104th sessions .. 205 5. Membership from the Western Pacific Region in Global Committees .. 206 Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction: Membership of the Policy and Coordination Committee .. 206 Essential Drugs and Other Medicines: Membership of the Management Advisory Committee .. 207 6. Tobacco or HEALTH medal presentation .. 207 7. Resolution of appreciation .. 208 8. Closure of the session .. 208 PART 1 REPORT OF THE regional COMMITTEE 3 I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY The fiftieth session of the regional Committee for the Western Pacific was held in Macao from 13 to 17 September 1999.

10 The session was attended by representatives of Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Kiribati; the Lao People s Democratic Republic; Macao; Malaysia; the Federated States of Micronesia; Mongolia; Nauru; New Zealand; Niue; the Republic of Palau; Papua New Guinea; the Philippines; the Republic of Korea; Samoa; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; and Viet Nam, and by representatives of France, Portugal, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America as Member States responsible for areas in the Region. Representatives of the Pacific Community, 20 nongovernmental organizations and an observer from Canada also attended.