(decision 1990/27); amended thefinancial regulation onrevaluation policy (decision 1990/28); approved themedium-term planasaframework offinancial projections fortheperiod 1990-1993 (decision 1990/29); notedfinancial and staffing reports (decisions 1990/30 and1990/31); adopted twodecisions related to theGreeting CardOperation (decisions 1990/32 and1990/33); andauthorized the secretariat tousetherevised modelBasicCo-operation Agreement asthebasisfor negotiating Agreements withco-operating Governments wherenosuchagreement now exists(decision 1990/34). -3-I.ORGANIZATION OFTHESESSION 1.TheExecutive BoardoftheUnited Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) heldits 1990regular session atUnited Nations Headquarters from16to27April1990. Officers oftheExecutive Boardfortheperiod 1August 1989to31July1990were asfollows:. Chairman: Ms.Margarita Dieguez (Mexico); FirstVice-Chairman: Mrs.Lisbet Pa1me(Sweden); Second Vice-Chairman: H.E.Mr.Stanislaw Trepczynski (Poland); ThirdVice-Chairman: Dr.Suyono Yahya(Indonesia); Fourth Vice-Chairman: H.E.Mr.PaulBamela Engo(Cameroon); Chairman, Programme Committee: Mr.FrankMajoor (Netherlands); Vice-Chairman, Programme Committee: Dr.Gabriel Vidart (Uruguay); Chairman, Committee onAdministration andFinance: Dr.HodaBadran (Egypt); Vice-Chairman, Committee onAdministration andFinance: Mr.Takeshi Kagami (Japan). 2.Theagendaofthe1990session, asadopted, iscontained indocument E/ICEF/1990/1/Rev.1. Alistofdocuments issuedinconnection withthe 1990session iscontained indocument E/ICEF/1990/INF/l/Rev.l. TheProgramme Committee, sitting asacommittee ofthewhole, metfrom18to27April1990(the reportoftheCommittee iscontained inannexI).TheCommittee onAdministration andFinance, alsositting asacommittee ofthewhole, metfrom25to27April1990 (thereportoftheCommittee iscontained inannex11). *TheExecutive Board, withitsmembership asat1August 1990,willhold itsorganizational session toelectofficers fortheperiod 1August 1990 to31July1991atUnited Nations Headquarters inJune1990. Thereport onthe organizational session willbecontained indocument E/ICEF/1990/14. -4-II.PLENARY MEETINGS Awards UNICEF Maurice PateAward 3.The1990UNICEF Maurice PateAward,established bytheExecutive Board atits1966session tohonoursignificant contributions byaninstitution ina developing country inadvancing thewell-being ofchildren andextended in1988to alsoinclude individuals, waspresented toProfessor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Minister ofHealthoftheFederal Republic ofNigeria. Theaward, whichwasvotedonby mailpollpriortotheBoardsession, tooknoteofProfessor Ransome-Kuti's advocacy ofpublichealthservices forallofthepopulation; hisvision and leadership inthedevelopment ofanational, community-based primary healthcare (PHC)system, whichservesasamodelforotherAfrican countries andthroughout theworld; andhispioneering adaptation oftheprinciples oftheBamako Initiative. Hisleadership anddedication havecontributed greatly tothevast improvement ofNigeria's immunization coverage -fromlessthan10percent before 1985to70percentbytheendof1989-andtothecountry's position of leadership initscommitment totheelimination ofguinea wormdisease by1995. 4.Professor Ransome-Kuti workedactively withtheWorldHealthOrganization (WHO),aswellaswithUNICEF, andhewasaprincipal participant intheBel1agio meetings whichaimedtoprovide leadership, co-ordination andsupport for world-wide childsurvival efforts. StaffAward 5.TheExecutive Director announced thataStaffAwardforoutstanding service to UNICEF wouldbepresented totheentirestaffoftheBeirutoffice. Despite the ongoing conflict inLebanon andundertheableleadership ofAndreRoberfroid, the Beirutstaffhavecontinued toregularly coveralmosteverycornerofthecountry. Following acease-fire appeal bytheUNICEFBeirutoffice, atotalof 26,000children werevaccinated duringthethreevaccination daysof 5,6and7April1990. Another cease-fire negotiated forMay1990raisesvery reasonable expectations thatLebanon willachieve universal childimmunization (UCI)beforetheendoftheyear.