Member States conform to the WHO’s Programme Budget for 2024-2025, committing to a 20% improve of assessed contributions (membership charges).

During discussions in Committee A of the Assembly, Member States agreed at present the draft decision with the proposed programme of labor for the subsequent two years (2024-2025). The price range to ship on this programme was additionally agreed, at US$ 6.83 billion, probably the most bold to this point, and which features a historic 20% improve of assessed contributions (or membership charges). The Secretariat and the Director-General thanked Member States for the overwhelming robust help for the decision, and the arrogance and belief positioned in WHO. Nearly forty Member States took the ground. Decisions taken throughout the week within the Committees, are topic to a remaining procedural step, of approval by the plenary on the finish of the Assembly. 

Financing the programme price range is crucial to making sure that WHO with its Member States can obtain the triple billion targets. Investing in WHO returns US$ 35 for each US$ 1 invested, highlights WHO’s funding case (A Healthy Return).

The price range is allotted across the following strategic priorities : 

• One billion extra folks benefiting from common well being protection, US$ 1966.4 million; 
• One billion extra folks higher protected against well being emergencies, US$ 1214.0 million; 
• One billion extra folks having fun with higher well being and well-being, US$ 437.7 million; 
• More efficient and environment friendly WHO help to nations, US$ 1350.0 million;

This makes a complete of US$ 4968.2 million for the bottom programmes, which stays unchanged with respect the Programme price range 2022–2023; 

In addition, the accredited price range consists of:

• Polio eradication (US$ 694.3 million), particular programmes (US$ 171.7 million) totalling US$ 866.0 million; 
• Emergency operations and appeals (US$ 1000 million).

With the elevated assessed contributions, Member States will contribute US$ 1148.3 million in the direction of this price range with their membership charges. The relaxation, US$ 5 685.8 million will probably be lined by voluntary contributions made by Member States and different contributors.  

The 20% improve of assessed contributions was a dedication agreed by final 12 months’s Health Assembly , one of many suggestions made by the Working Group on Sustainable Financing. Other suggestions linked to WHO’S sustainable financing protecting reforms on accountability, governance and financing will probably be additional thought of this week.

Related paperwork

Documents A76/4, A76/4 Add.1, A76/4 Add.2 and A76/43

A76/4

Proposed programme price range 2024–2025

A76/4 Add.1

Proposed programme price range 2024–2025

A76/4 Add.2

Draft decision:

Programme price range 2024–2025

A76/43

Proposed programme price range 2024–2025

Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board to the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly