http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/89602 Principal reference work of the UN ; provides a detailed overview of the Organization's activities during the course of a year. Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:49:49 GMT 2021-04-24T15:49:49Z http://dag.un.org:80/bitstream/id/1748242/ http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/89602 http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90458 Yearbook of the United Nations, 2001. Part 6, Intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations. Chapter 5, World Health Organization (WHO) In 2001 the World Health Organization (WHO) continued to implement its corporate strategy by addressing the burden of ill-health among poor populations; tracking and assessing risks to health and helping societies take action to reduce them; improving the performance of health systems and encouraging national policies that promoted health. The strategy also included WHO's core functions of eradicating epidemics and other diseases, research, the establishment of international conventions and regulations, partnership-building, innovation and the development and monitoring of norms and standards. The World Health Assembly,WHO's governing body, at its fifty-fourth session (Geneva, 14-22 May), adopted resolutions on, among other issues, the global response to HIV/AIDS, infant and young child nutrition, a WHO medicines strategy, and epidemic alert and response. The one hundred and seventh session of the WHO Executive Board (Geneva, 15-23 January) discussed infant and child feeding, assessment of health systems performance, new international health regulations, nursing and midwifery, and schistosomiasis. The Board adopted a resolution calling for protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. The year 2001 marked the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, and the Board called for the strengthening of national mechanisms to ensure global compliance with the Code. At the one hundred and eighth session (23-24 May), Board members discussed the need for transparency and participation in governing body meetings, in addition to other management matters. The World Health Report 2001—Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope focused on mental disorders, and was intended to help dismantle many of the barriers that prevented millions of people worldwide from receiving the necessary treatment. WHO also launched the mental health global action programme, a five-year initiative to close the gap between the resources needed to reduce the burden of mental disorders and those currently available. In 2001, WHO membership remained at 191, with two associate members and four observers. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90458 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90457 Yearbook of the United Nations, 2001. Part 6, Intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations. Chapter 4, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) continued in 2001 to promote cooperation in education, science, culture and communication among its member States. The General Conference convened its thirty-first session (Paris, 15 October–3 November), at which it adopted the organization's 2002-2003 programme budget and 2002-2007 medium-term strategy. The 58-member Executive Board held its one hundred and sixty-first (28 May–13 June), one hundred and sixty-second (2-12 October) and one hundred and sixty-third (5-6 November) sessions, all in Paris. The Bureau of Field Coordination launched the first phase of a streamlining exercise to enhance programme delivery and cost-effectiveness of the organization's network of field offices. It created 27 cluster offices to serve groups of member States and closed 18 national offices. UNESCO membership remained at 188 in 2001. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90457 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90453 Yearbook of the United Nations, 2001. Part 5, Institutional, administrative and budgetary questions. Chapter 4, Institutional and administrative matters In 2001, the United Nations addressed a number of institutional and administrative matters to ensure its efficient functioning. The General Assembly commenced its fifty-sixth session on 12 September. Earlier in the year, the Assembly resumed its fifty-fifth session, convened its twenty-fifth (6-9 June) and twenty-sixth (25-27 June) special sessions and resumed its tenth emergency special session. The Assembly granted observer status to the International Development Law Institute, the International Hydrographic Organization and the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States. It also adopted a number of measures to improve its efficiency. During the year, the Security Council held 192 formal meetings to deal with regional conflicts, peacekeeping operations and a wide variety of other issues related to the maintenance of international peace and security. The Assembly again examined the question of expanding the Council's membership. The Economic and Social Council held its 2001 organizational session in New York in January and a resumed organizational session in March, May and June. It also held a special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions in May, its substantive session in Geneva in July and a resumed substantive session in New York in October and December. The Council agreed to change the name of the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) to the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). The work of UN bodies concerned with administrative and coordination matters, including ACC, the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Joint Inspection Unit, was also reviewed. ACC continued to give high priority to security issues, adopting a new cost-sharing formula for security-related matters at Headquarters and in the field. The Committee on Conferences examined requests for changes to the calendar of conferences and meetings for 2001, and again recommended measures to improve the use of conference servicing resources. The Committee welcomed the establishment of permanent interpretation services at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and was pleased that its conference-servicing facility was becoming organizationally, functionally and budgetarily an integral part of the UN Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services. The Committee commended the re-engineering of the Official Document System that was made available to UN staff and the permanent missions to the United Nations, but expressed serious concern about the growing disparities on the UN web site between English and the other official languages of the Organization. Other issues addressed included the promotion of information technology, the further development and streamlining of common services, especially at the United Nations Office at Geneva, the use of private management consulting firms, measures to enhance the profitability of UN commercial activities and questions relating to the construction, management and maintenance of UN buildings and facilities. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90453 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90451 Yearbook of the United Nations, 2001. Part 5, Institutional, administrative and budgetary questions. Chapter 2, United Nations financing and programming The overall financial situation of the United Nations during 2001 was significantly more positive than for a number of years, reflecting higher aggregate cash, lower unpaid assessments and reduced debt owed by the Organization to Member States. Unpaid assessments were 7 per cent lower than in 2000, at $2,106 million, and amounts due to Member States for troops and contingent owned equipment, at $748 million, were down 18 per cent from 2000. The General Assembly, in December, adopted revised budget appropriations for the 2000-2001 biennium of $2,561,578,000, an increase of $28,452,600 over the initial approved appropriations of $2,533,125,400. It approved appropriations of $2,625,178,700 for the 2002-2003 biennium. The Committee on Contributions continued to review the methodology for preparing the scale of assessments of Member States' contributions to the UN budget, including a methodology for assessing contributions of non-member States, as well as measures to encourage the timely payment of assessed contributions. It also continued to examine proposals relating to the procedural aspects for considering requests for exemptions under Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations. In December, the Secretary-General brought to the Assembly's attention the question of the payment of the arrears of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, following the admission in 2000 of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to UN membership. The Assembly accepted the audited financial statements of the Board of Auditors on UN peacekeeping operations. It also accepted the financial reports and audited financial statements and audit opinions of the Board on the voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme. The Assembly changed the term of office of the members of the Board of Auditors from the current three years to a non-consecutive term of six years' duration starting on 1 July 2002. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://dag.un.org/handle/11176/90451 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z