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Outcome of the 2nd Meeting of the Working Group

• Notes on the Second Meeting of the Working Group on Streamlining the Governance Mechanisms of PAHO
  
  
• Summary Records of the Meeting:
  —  First meeting.Thursday a.m., 23 March 2006
  —  Second meeting, Thursday p.m., 23 March 2006
  —  Third meeting, Friday am, 24 March 2006
  —  Fourth meeting, Friday p.m., 24 March 2006
  
  
• IICA: Article IV from "Special Rules to Govern the Presentation of Candidates for the Position of Director General"
  
  
• OAS-Executive Order 05-01: Special Rules on the Involvement of Staff Members and Consultants in the Election of the Secretary General, of the Assistant Secretary General, and of other Officials Elected by the General Assembly
  
  
• Critical Issues to be Discussed at the Virtual Meeting
  
  
• Comments by Member States on these items
  —  Health Canada's Input to the Working Group of the Executive Committee on Streamlining the Mechanisms of Governance of PAHO
  —  Argentina's Input for the Executive Committee Working Group on Streamlining the Mechanisms of Governance of PAHO
  —  Mexico's Input to the Working Group on the Streamlining of the Mechanisms of Governance
  
  
• Process of Election of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau:
  —  Rules of Procedure of the Pan American Sanitary Conference: Part IX - Election of the Director (Rule 56)
  —  Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council: Part IX - Election of an Ad Interim Director (Rule 55) [Document pending]
  —  Rules Governing the Election Procedure for the Position of Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
  
  
• Improvement of the Rules of Procedure of the Governing Bodies of PAHO:
  —  Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council
  
  
• Draft Resolutions on the Subcommittees:
  —  Proposed Resolution on the Subcommittee on Planning and Programming
  —  Proposed Resolution on the Subcommittee on Women, Health, and Development
  
  
• Role and Status of the Subcommittee on Women, Health, and Development Versus the Establishment of a Technical Advisory Group:
  — Terms of Reference: Women, Health, and Development Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
  
  

Diverse

• Comments made by Member States on issues discussed by the Working Group: View comments
  
• Letter: Communication from the Chairman of the Working Group to all Member States
  

Meeting Documents

• Summary Notes and Summary Records of the First Meeting of the Working Group
  
• Proposed Resolutions
  
• Letter of Convocation
  
• Agenda
  
• Program of Meetings
  
• Hotel reservation form
  
• List of Participants
  
  

Background documents for the second meeting (23 and 24 March 2006)

• Final Report of the Working Group on PAHO in the 21st Century: CD46/29
  
  
• Report of the Joint Inspection Unit: CD46/23 Add. I and CD46/23 Add. I Corrig.
  
  
• Matrix of Recommendations from PAHO Processes
  
  
• Election Procedures in International Organizations: examples of practices in different international organizations
  
  
• Open Forum with the Candidates for the Post of Director of PASB
  
  
• Criteria for Selection of the Director-General of WHO
  
  
• Criteria for Nomination of the Regional Director for Africa
  
  
• Background documentation: Terms of Reference - Technical Advisory Groups
  
  
• Background documentation on Nongovernmental Organisations (NGOs) in Official Relations with PAHO
  
  
• PAHO's Relation to other Inter-ministerial Bodies:
  
  • RIMSA: Inter-American Meeting, at the Ministerial Level, on Health and Agriculture
    
  • HEMA - Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas Meeting:
    Ottawa,Canada, March 4-5, 2002
    CSP26/27, Report on the Meeting of HEMA (in Ottawa)
    Mar del Plata, Argentina, June 14-15, 2005
    
    
• Status of RIMSA and HEMA and their Relationship with PAHO's Governing Bodies
  
  
• Improvement of the Rules of Procedure of the Governing Bodies of PAHO