PRSEAH accountability framework for Member States in the context of joint government and WHO operations

Overview

In keeping with the recommendation of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee to the Seventy- Seventh World Health Assembly for the Secretariat to continue to formulate options for ensuring Member State accountability for safeguarding joint government and WHO operations against sexual misconduct, the Secretariat has developed a proposed PRSEAH accountability framework for Member States which was noted by WHO’s governing bodies both during the 156th session of the WHO Executive Board and the Seventy-Eight World Health Assembly. Recommendations from the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the WHO’s Executive Board state that the WHO Secretariat should "encourage and continue to support Member States to use the proposed non-binding, voluntary PRSEAH accountability framework to further protect populations from sexual misconduct during joint WHO–government operations".