EB

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EB is the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, a governing body that advises and facilitates the implementation of the World Health Assembly’s decisions and policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive board ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
subsidiary organ of the World Health Assembly ⓘ
acronym EB ⓘ
advises World Health Assembly ⓘ
associatedWith United Nations system ⓘ
composition 34 members ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
elects Director-General of the World Health Organization (for nomination to the World Health Assembly) ⓘ
establishedBy World Health Organization Constitution ⓘ
facilitatesImplementationOf World Health Assembly decisions ⓘ
World Health Assembly policies ⓘ
fullName Executive Board of the World Health Organization ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the World Health Organization ⓘ
mainMeeting January session ⓘ
meetingType intergovernmental meeting ⓘ
meets at least twice a year ⓘ
membershipCriteria Member States elected by the World Health Assembly ⓘ
memberType persons designated by Member States elected to the Executive Board ⓘ
oversees implementation of World Health Assembly resolutions ⓘ
parentOrganization World Health Organization ⓘ
partOf World Health Organization governance structure ⓘ
primaryFunction to advise the World Health Assembly ⓘ
to facilitate the work of the World Health Assembly ⓘ
to give effect to the decisions and policies of the World Health Assembly ⓘ
reportsTo World Health Assembly ⓘ
responsibility to ensure effective and efficient functioning of the World Health Organization ⓘ
to oversee the work of the Director-General of WHO ⓘ
to prepare the agenda of the World Health Assembly ⓘ
to submit proposals to the World Health Assembly ⓘ
role executive organ of the World Health Assembly ⓘ
governing body of the World Health Organization ⓘ
scope global public health ⓘ
secondaryMeeting post-World Health Assembly session ⓘ
shortName WHO Executive Board ⓘ
termLength 3 years ⓘ
website https://www.who.int/about/governance/executive-board ⓘ
worksOn administrative and financial matters of WHO ⓘ
implementation of WHO’s programme of work ⓘ

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