channell.d tbroulhtheI~ternal aelations Unit. 21.WHOI,moreadaptedtotheparticipation inthe..etin.sb,indl,idualstaft .e.~ers, vlthoutreQulrlna theneedofotflcial reply.TheWHO.anual provide. procedures appl,ing totbein'itationl addressed eithertothe Dlrect9r-Oeneral ortoIndividual stattmembera. Th$invitations aresentto headQuarters and/orreaional otflces. However, t~e.ltuatlon 11rather r~~l'l.lnc••e,eralln,ltations .a,bereceived torthesamemeetlnl8 vithin beadQuarter:' .~d/orregional ortlces, buttbeseInvltatlonl arecarefull, co-ordtnate4 andcontroll.d atbeadQuarters toavoidduplication and contlictinl lettersandtoen.uratbattbecriteria laiddownintberulesand relulatlon. are~dheredto. 22.WithreaardtoIn,ltlng oraanlzatlons, tberllure.provided Inthe replieltotbeQue.tionnaire indicate tbatabout40percentofallin,ltations coaefr~tbeUnlt~dNationsI,.te.and60percenttromoraanlzatlons outside tbe.,.teaottheUnitedNation.. Intbeca.eotWHO,InvlevorIts,er, tecbnlcal aature.about20percentofInvitations cometromtbeUnitedNation• •J.t~112percentfromthelnterlo,ernmental andnon-governmental organl­ .atloDsandtbeotber.fromvarlou8International medical, healthandhealth r'l~tedInstitutions. /...- 7 - 23.Accordlns toIr.ternal manuals, rule.,sUldellnes andInstructloas ot orsanllatloas, thelnvltatlons aretlandleddltterently andbydltt.rent u~lts.Inthemajority oforsanllaClon., an.It.rnal relations unitactsa.a c.ntralualtaa4a.thetocalpointottheoraanllatlon Inthefieldof r.presentatlon. In.omeotheroraanllatlon., theinvitations areproc••••d bothbythe.It.rnal relation. uniteandtheproar.....ectors. Inafew oraaailatlons, Invitation. arebandledinparall.l withappropriate ••rvSce. otbeadQuarters and~yr.slonal oftlcesorbyllailonoffice•• 24.ILOhasad.centrallzed mannerot.anaslns overallactivity ofr.pre.en­ tation. Whilea.aerally theOtficetorInter-Oraanllatlon R.1atlon. deal. withtheinvitation. emanatlna fromtheUnitedNation., otber .pe~lalized aaencles, lnteraovernmental oraanllatlon. andlater-asency bodies,ItI.It. realonal oftlcesthathandletheInVitation. tothemeetlnas otaealo~al Bcoaomlc andSocialComml••lon.oftbeUnitedNationsandthereslonal Interaovernmental or:anlzatlons. 25.Inthemajority ofora.nizatlons, theInvitation. arerecord.d bythe centralr'alstry orby.pproprlate unit.,andrelevant.tatletics arealways available. Inthl.re.pect, W10haeaveryuniquemethodcalleda"meetlns fil~",whichke.psInformation onInvitations bothsequentlally .ndchronolo­ Slc'lly. The.otilesarecirculated totechnical departm.nt. '~rrecommen­ dations, thencostedandbudseted for..entualapproval ofthedepartment. I proposals bytheexecutive head.However, therear.someoraanilat\ons which donotrecordorfileInvitation. inareaularandpropermanner. Therefore, Information ODInvltatlo~s I1onl, partlall~ orDotatall avalhble. 26.Similarly totheUnited Natlon~, manyottheinvitfttlons tolh~specla· Hzedaseneles aredelayed(reachins evenafew4ays ~efor9thCl.:.),.Q,l'H.em.nt ofthemeett.os). lIoreov.r, virtually alltheorsanlzatlons ~,)nt:•..o,J'the dlfficuUie. cau••dbythelackofbacltlround documents, wll.."h••<...~Ilnormaily beattached toeacbinvitation. The.ewouldnotpermitthem(Qpro! ~r]J evaluate invitations toeachmeetlns, thu.preventina the.tromproperl, p1annlna thecalendar forparticlpatlou. Theyhavea1.0beenob.taeles toa .ucce••tu1preparation foraneff.ctlve ~.rtlcipatioD inthe..etlns•• 27.TherepliestotheQuestionnaire al.o.howthedlfferenc. lnthe p.rcentase otacceptance oftheinvitation. received (.eetable1,paae8), whichreflect. different policies andcriteria appll.dtoInthe.att.rof repre.entatlon, a.wella.thedlff.rent need.ofparticipation Inme.tlns•. Sincetheinformation i.onlyindicative, e••,plalnod Inparasraph 5,the rat.otacceptance ofeachoraanlzatlon .aybe.ubjecttochanse. I ...Q.' •••-_,._...__.."'-."I.!IHM', ',,.,_ --..," '-11,; ,•.•...,'""' ,.,.•, . - 8 - ~811Jpylt'tloR' r,cllf••/lppro!.d 1985 1986 Or.lnlutlon .,c,lved Approved P,rcent•.,)tR,cllved ApproVld Percent. ot ,cceptlnce ,ccept,nce- 'AO 1350 592..... 1260 661 52... ~CAO11 186 76 41... 171 72 42... trLO~I 516 261 47'" 489 247 46... ~"O 190 80 42... 160 75 47'" ~TU n.l.yn.l. n.l. n••• 277 n.a. ~NBSCOs.l 670 263 39... 606 192 32'1