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The Standing Commission adopted at its meeting end of April a 2-year Plan of Action for the years 2008-2009. The Plan focuses on Movement-wide issues, which is the specific mandate of the Commission, and on furthering and encouraging the implementation of the resolutions from the International Conference and the Council of Delegates in November 2007. Among its more immediate tasks are the planning for the next Council, which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2009, and work on the Strategy for the Movement including its overall implementation and monitoring of its impact.

Plan of Action 2008-2009
05.06.2008



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WORKING GROUP ON STATUTORY MEETINGS 2006-2007
Adopted by the Standing Commission on January 30, 2006

The general mandate of the Working Group (WG) is to advise the Standing Commission (SC) on preparations for the Council of Delegates (CoD) and the International Conference (IC) in 2007.The working group reports to the SC and it is chaired by Ambassador Philippe Cuvillier with Ms Janet Davidson as vice chair.


A. Tasks

The WG on the Movement's statutory meetings in 2007 is asked:

1. to advise the SC regarding National Societies', the ICRC and the International Fed-eration’s views on priorities and specific issues and/or themes to be included in the agendas of the Council and the International Conference;
2. to prepare the draft agenda for the 2007 Council of Delegates meeting and, in the first phase, a concept for the International Conference 2007 to be followed by a draft agenda for the Conference, taking into account external trends, policies and strate-gies of the Movement needing priority attention by all components of the Movement and the resolutions from the 2005 Council of Delegates;
3. to take into account the recommendations regarding Council of Delegates meetings adopted by the SC in 2004 and to suggest any improvements deemed necessary re-garding the organisation of the work of the Council and the Conference, the format of reports and resolutions and the preparation of documents for deliberation;
4. to advise the SC, the ICRC and the International Federation on the development of tools for sufficient follow-up and reporting on the implementation of resolutions adopted by the Council by all Movement components.


B. Working methods

1. The Working Group shall meet 2 times a year, in principle in Geneva, taking into account the sessions of the SC. The group may share the responsibility for fur-ther analysis and work on specific tasks among its members. The members are requested to maintain close contact with National Societies in their regions and with the International Federation secretariat and the ICRC respectively to secure their input into the planning process;
2. The Chairs of the WG will prepare the meetings in consultation with the Secretary of the SC, also the secretary of the WG, who in turn will consult with the ICRC and the International Federation members in the WG.
3. The Chairs of the WG will maintain regular contact with the Geneva-based institu-tions in particular on implementation and promotion of implementation of the out-comes of the 2005 statutory meetings. They are invited to make any recommen-dations needed for improvement to the SC and to keep the WG informed in view of its work on the upcoming statutory meetings;
4. The WG shall report to the SC and specify decisions needed by the Commission.


C. Composition

Chair: Philippe Cuvillier
Vice chair: Janet Davidson

Members:
Africa:
Mr M. Adama Diarra, Mali
Ms Theresa Leigh-Sherman, Liberia

Americas: Mr Gerald Sawyer, Bahamas
Mr Peter Weil, Colombia

Asia:
Ms Fatima Gailani, Afghanistan
Ms Pum Chantinie, Kambodia

Europe:
Dr Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza, Poland
Mr Ulfar Hauksson, Iceland

Youth:
Dr Naglaa Thabet, Egypt

ICRC:
Angela Gussing

Fed:
Frank Mohrhauer


Helena Korhonen
Standing Commission
Secretariat



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