World Health Organization : The mandate of a specialized agency of the United Nations

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WHO launches the first global strategy on traditional and alternative medicine, Press Release WHO/38, 16 May 2002

WHO PUBLICATIONS

25 questions and answers on health & human rights, Health & Human Rights Publication Series, Issue No. 1, WHO, Geneva, July 2002
Bannerman, R.H., Burton, J., Wen-chieh, C., Médecine traditionnelle et couverture des soins de santé, WHO, Geneva, 1983
Basic Documents, 43rd Edition, WHO, Geneva, 2001
Bilan de dix mois de changement, OMS, 1999
Brochure of the Department of noncommunicable disease prevention and health promotion, WHO, Geneva, 2002
Cassels, A., A guide to sector-wide approaches for health development, WHO, Geneva, 1997
CDS, Global defence against the infectious disease threat, WHO, Geneva, 2002. Advance copy.
CSI, What is civil society? Issues and concepts for WHO work with civil society organizations, WHO, Geneva, 2002
CSI, WHO's interaction with civil society and nongovernmental organizations, WHO, Geneva, 2002
CSI, WHO's interaction with CSOs: short historical background, WHO, Geneva, 2002
Global Drug Facility: securing access to high-quality drugs, Fact Sheet no. 1
Global tuberculosis control: WHO Report 2001, Document WHO/CDS/TB/2001.287, WHO, Geneva, 2001
Globalisation, diets and noncommunicable diseases, WHO Geneva, 2002
Guidelines on basic training and safety in acupuncture, Document WHO/EDM/TRM/99.1, WHO, Geneva, 1999
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals: 2002-2003 Strategy, Document WHO/HTP/01.02, WHO, Geneva, 2001
Highlights: First Stop TB Partners' Forum, 22-23 October 2001, Washington, DC, WHO, 2001
Introducing WHO, WHO, Geneva, 1976
Legal status of traditional medicine and complementary/alternative medicine, Document WHO/EDM/TRM/2001.2, WHO, Geneva, 2001
Macroeconomic and health: investing in health for economic development, Report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, Geneva, 2001
Macroeconomic environment and health: with case studies for countries in greatest need, WHO, Geneva, 1993
Noncommunicable diseases, mental health and injuries, WHO, Document WHO/NMH/EXR/02.1
OMS, Il ruolo delle medicine tradizionali nel sistema sanitario, Edizioni di RED, Como, 1984
OMS, Los diez primeros años de la Organization Mundial de la Salud, Ginebra, 1958
Regulatory situation of herbal medicines, Document WHO/TRM/98.1, WHO, Geneva, 1998
Report of the ad hoc committee on the tuberculosis epidemic, London, 17-19 March 1998, Document WHO/TB/98.245, WHO, Geneva, 1998
Report: technical briefing on traditional medicine, Forty-ninth Regional Committee Meeting, Manila, Philippines, 18 September 1998
Schirnding, Y. von, Mulholland, C., Health in the context of sustainable development: background document: prepared by Y. Von Schirnding and C. Mulholland for WHO meeting: "Making health central to sustainable development: planning the health agenda for the World Summit on Sustainable Development", WHO, Geneva, 2002
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TB: towards a TB-free future, Document WHO/CDS/STB/2001.13, WHO, Geneva, 2001
The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis, Document WHO/CDS/STB/2001.16, WHO, Geneva, 2002
The Selection of Essential Medicines, WHO Policy Perspective on Medicine, WHO, Geneva, 2002
Traditional medicine – Growing needs and potential, WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines, WHO, Geneva, No. 2, May 2002
Traditional medicine in the African region. An initial situation analysis (1998-1999), Harare, WHO Regional Office for Africa, 2000
Tuberculosis, Fact Sheet no. 104
WHO collaborating centres, Department of research policy and cooperation, WHO, Geneva, May 2000
WHO Manual, available at policy.who.int
WHO process for a Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health, Document WHO/NMH/EXR.02.2, WHO, September 2002
WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005, Document WHO/EDM/TRM/2002.1, WHO, Geneva, 2002
World Health Report 2002, Reducing risks, promoting healthy life, WHO, Geneva, 2002

DOCUMENTS

A corporate strategy for the WHO Secretariat, Report by the Director-General, Document EB105/3
Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB, available at www.stoptb.org
Constitution, available at policy.who.int
Coordination of research, WHA resolutions, Document WHA2.19
Declaration of Alma-Ata (1978), available at www.who.int/hpr/archive/docs/almaata.html
Diet, physical activity and health, Report by the Secretariat, Document A55/16
Diet, physical activity and health, EB resolution, Document EB109.R2
Diet, physical activity and health, WHA resolution, Document WHA55.23
Director-General: nomination for the post, Note by the Legal Counsel, Document EB111/INF.DOC./1
Draft contract of the Director-General to be presented to the 51st WHA, Document A51/4
Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit, General Assembly resolution, Document A/RES/55/162
Formulating strategies for health for all by the year 2000, WHA resolution, Document WHA32.30
General programme of work, resolution of the EB, Document EB107.R1
General programme of work 2002-2005, Report by the Director-General, Document EB107/34
Global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, Report by the Director-General, Document A53/14
Guidelines on basic training and safety in acupuncture, Document WHO/EDM/TRM/99.1, WHO, Geneva, 1999
Guidelines on working with the private sector to achieve health outcomes, Report by the Secretariat, Document EB107/20
Health and sustainable development, WHA resolution, Document WHA55.11
Health for all policy in the twenty-first century, WHA resolution, WHA51.7
Health promotion, Report by the Secretariat, Document A54/8
High-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development, General Assembly resolution, Document A/RES/54/196
Implementation of budget resolutions, Report by the Secretariat, Document EB105/17 Add. 1
Implementation of Rule 52 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Boards: nomination for the post of Director-General, EB decision, Document EB100(7)
Implementation of Rule 52 of the Rules of Procedure, Report by the Director-General, Document EB 100/5
Implementing the Corporate strategy: work on Programme Budget 2002-2003, Report by the Secretariat, Document EB106/2
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), available at www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm
International research laboratories, WHA resolution, Document WHA2.32
Ninth General Programme of Work (1996-2001), WHO, Geneva, 1994
Noncommunicable disease prevention and control, WHA resolution, Document WHA51.18
Policy for relations with nongovernmental organizations, Report by the Secretariat, Document EB111/22
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, WHA resolution, Document WHA53.17
Principles governing relations between the WHO and non governmental organizations, WHA resolution, Document WHA40.25
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Public-private partnership for health: WHO's involvement, Note by the Director General, Document EB109/4
Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform, Report of the Secretary-General, Document A/51/950
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Report of the WHO Commission on Macroeconomic and Health, Report by the Director-General, Document A55/5
Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform, Report of the Secretary-General, Document A/51/950
Review of method of establishing scale of assessment, WHA resolution, Document WHA24.12
Review of method of establishing scale of assessment, WHA resolution, Document WHA26.21
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Scales of assessment, WHA resolution, Document WHA8.5
Scale of assessment for the financial period 2002-2003, Report by the Director General, Document A54/27
Selection of the countries in which the twenty-fifth WHA will be held, WHA resolution, Document WHA23.41
Status of members of the Executive Board: clarification of the interpretation of article 24 of the Constitution, WHA resolution, Document WHA51.26
Technical cooperation, WHA resolution, Document WHA30.43
The need for increased representation of developing countries in the Secretariat and in the Expert Advisory Panels and Committees, WHA resolution, Document WHA55.24
The right to the highest attainable standard of health, CESCR General Comment No. 14, E7C.12/2000/4 (11/8/2000)
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WHO's contribution to achievement of the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, EB recommendation, Document EB109.R3
WHO's contribution to achievement of the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, WHA resolution, Document WHA55.19
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL SPEECHES

(available at www.who.int/director-general/speech)

1998
- Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General Elect The World Health Organization, Speech to the Fifty-first World Health Assembly, Geneva, 13 May 1998, Document A51/DIV/6
- Address to WHO staff, Geneva, 21 July 1998
1999
- WHO – the way ahead, Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Board at its 103rd session, Geneva, 25 January 1999, Document EB103/2
- Address to the Geneva Group – Un Directors: Change at WHO, Geneva, 2 March 1999
- Looking ahead for WHO after a year of change, Statement by the Director-General to the Fifty-second World Health Assembly, Geneva, 18 May 1999, Document A52/3
2000
- Towards a strategic agenda for the WHO Secretariat, Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Board at its 105th session, Geneva, 24 January, 2000, Document EB105/2
- Speech at the opening of the third meeting of the Commission for Macroeconomics and Health, Paris, 8 November 2000
2001
- Speech of Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland at the Global Meeting of WHO Representatives and Liaison Officers, on 26 March 2001
  Launch of the Report of the Commission on Macroeconomic and Health, London, 20 December 2001
2002
- International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, 20 March 2002
- Round Table “Looking Ahead” at the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, 21 March 2002
- Address to the fifty-fifth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 13 May 2002
- XXIV World AIDS Conference, Health at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Barcelona, 9 July 2002
- Message from the Director-General, 23 August 2002, available at intranet.who.int/homes/DGO/messages

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