EB/EDG/WG/1
Provisional agenda

EB/EDG/WG/DIV/1
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

A64/41
Interim progress report of the Working Group on the Election of the Director-General of the
World Health Organization

BASIC REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ON THE PROCESS OF NOMINATION AND
APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
EB119/INF.DOC./1 - Director-General: nomination for the post - Note by the Legal Counsel
EB120/30 - Director-General and Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization:
review of matters arising from the special and 118th sessions of the Executive Board
EB120.R19 - Director-General and Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization:
review of matters arising from the special and 118th sessions of the Executive Board
EB128/27 - Election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
A/56/INF.DOC./8 - Director-General

OTHER REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
WHO Constitution: Article 31 (see EB119/INF DOC/1)
Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board: Rule 52 (see EB119/INF DOC/1)
Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly: Rules 108, 109

World Health Assembly
A63/39 - The Election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
A62/33 - The Election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
SSA1/INF.DOC./1 - Director-General
Resolutions
SSA1.2 - Contract of the Director-General
SSA1.1 - Appointment of the Director-General
WHA56.3 - Contract of the Director-General
WHA56.2 - Appointment of the Director-General

Executive Board
EB122/17 - Director-General of the World Health Organization
EB121/4 - Director-General and Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization:
report in accordance with resolution EB120.R19
EB128.R14 - Election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
Resolutions
EB100(7) - Implementation of Rule 52 of the Rules of Procedure (see EB119/INF DOC/1)
EB97.R10 - WHO response to global change: report of the ad hoc group (see EB119/INF DOC/1)

United Nations
UN Charter, Article 97
UNSC Provisional Rules of Procedure, Rule 48
UNGA Rules of Procedure, Rule 141
PC/20, section 2B (23 December 1945) - implementation of Article 97

A/RES/64/301 (3 September 2010) - Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
A/RES/60/286, Annex Cluster II (8 September 2006) - Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
A/RES/51/241 of 22 August 1997 - Strengthening of the United Nations system
A/RES11/1 (24 January 1946) - Terms, Functions and Procedure of Appointment of the Secretary-General

A/64/903 of 8 September 2010 - Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the work of the
General Assembly
A/63/959 of 10 September 2009 - Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the work of the
General Assembly
A/62/952 of 8 September 2008 and A/62/952/Add.1 of 12 February 2009 - Report of the Ad Hoc Working
Group on Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
A/61/483 of 2 October 2006 - Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
A/60/999 of 5 September 2006 - Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the work of the
General Assembly
A/50/24 of 23 July 1996 (p.17. para.19) - Report of the Open-ended High-level Working Group on the
Strengthening of the United Nations System
Informal Fact sheet from the UN Secretariat (Feb 2006) - Procedure for Appointing the UN SG

Other UN documents
JIU/REP/2009/8 Selection and conditions of service of Executive Heads in the United Nations System Organizations
The “Wisnurmurti Guidelines” for selecting a Candidate for Secretary-General, November 1996