Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Regional Committee are proposed in the Annex 1 of the paper.
A Code of Conduct in Annex 2 is proposed for the nomination of the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
This Code is in line with decision WHA65(9) calling for increased harmonization across regional committees in the nomination of Regional Directors and decision WHA69(8) inviting each Regional Committee to consider measures to improve the process of nomination of Regional Directors, taking into consideration best practices from the six regions.
In accordance with established practice, it is proposed that the Chair of the Committee be the Minister of Health of the host country, except when the Regional Committee meeting takes place at the Regional Office.
When the Regional Committee convenes at the Regional Office, such as when the Regional Committee considers the nomination of the Regional Director, the Chair should be selected from among the countries present at the meeting, following the English alphabetical order. When the Committee considers the nomination of the Regional Director, the elected officers of the Committee should not be selected from among the countries that have candidates running for the position of the Regional Director.