TY - GOVDOC DP - http://iris.who.int/ DB - WHO IRIS AU - World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia AB - The South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) was established through the Regional Committee resolution SEA/RC60/R7. As per the fund’s policies and guidelines, a working group was established to oversee the management of the fund. The working group comprised representatives nominated by all the 11 Member States of the South-East Asia Region. The fund’s resources have been successfully managed and utilized in respect of the following emergencies since it was made operational in January 2008: Cyclone Nargis (Myanmar, May 2008); flash floods (Sri Lanka, June 2008); Kosi river floods (Nepal, September 2008); and the civil conflict in the north of Sri Lanka. In efforts to sustain the fund and improve mechanisms for replenishment of its resources, the Regional Committee, vide resolution SEA/RC61/R2 requested the Regional Director to take steps to roll-over assessed contributions of the fund. Having received an unfavourable response from WHO headquarters to this request due to legal constraints, practical alternatives can be found including a commitment to provide an Assessed Contributions (AC) allocation for 2010-2011 as was done for the 2008-2009 biennium. Increasing the corpus of the fund through Voluntary Contributions (VC) and adopting replenishment procedures will also help in sustaining the fund. The attached working paper was submitted to the High-Level Preparatory (HLP) Meeting for its review and recommendations for consideration by the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee. The HLP meeting proposed a draft resolution for the consideration of the Regional Committee. The paper is now submitted to the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee for its consideration, and for its decision regarding the resolution proposed by the HLP meeting. CY - New Delhi PP - New Delhi LA - en PB - WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia UR - https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/128449 DA - 2009-07-18 PY - 2009-07-18 M1 - SEA/RC62/14 TI - SEA/RC62/14 - Follow-up action on pending issues and selected regional committee resolutions/decisions for the last three years: South-East Asia regional health emergency fund N2 - The South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) was established through the Regional Committee resolution SEA/RC60/R7. As per the fund’s policies and guidelines, a working group was established to oversee the management of the fund. The working group comprised representatives nominated by all the 11 Member States of the South-East Asia Region. The fund’s resources have been successfully managed and utilized in respect of the following emergencies since it was made operational in January 2008: Cyclone Nargis (Myanmar, May 2008); flash floods (Sri Lanka, June 2008); Kosi river floods (Nepal, September 2008); and the civil conflict in the north of Sri Lanka. In efforts to sustain the fund and improve mechanisms for replenishment of its resources, the Regional Committee, vide resolution SEA/RC61/R2 requested the Regional Director to take steps to roll-over assessed contributions of the fund. Having received an unfavourable response from WHO headquarters to this request due to legal constraints, practical alternatives can be found including a commitment to provide an Assessed Contributions (AC) allocation for 2010-2011 as was done for the 2008-2009 biennium. Increasing the corpus of the fund through Voluntary Contributions (VC) and adopting replenishment procedures will also help in sustaining the fund. The attached working paper was submitted to the High-Level Preparatory (HLP) Meeting for its review and recommendations for consideration by the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee. The HLP meeting proposed a draft resolution for the consideration of the Regional Committee. The paper is now submitted to the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee for its consideration, and for its decision regarding the resolution proposed by the HLP meeting. ER -