Regulation C/REG.6/8/99 Appointing Dr. Kabba Joinner as Director-General of the West African Health Organisation


Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.6/8/99 Appointing Dr. Kabba Joinner as Director-General of the West African Health Organisation

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;MINDFUL of the Protocol establishing the West African Health Organisation, adopted by the Heads of State and Government on 9th July, 1987;MINDFUL of Article IX of the said Protocol relating to the post of the Director-General of the Health Organisation;MINDFUL of paragraph 4(a), Article 18 of the Revised Treaty on the appointment of statutory appointees to the institutions of the Community;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the Third Meeting of the Assembly of ECOWAS Health Ministers and the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on the restructuring of the Executive Secretariat which met in Lome, Togo on 30th to 31st July, 1998 and in Abuja, on 16th to 17th August, 1999 respectfully;ENACTS

Article 1

Dr. Kabba Joinner is hereby appointed as the Director-General of the West African Health Organisation for a term of four (4) years.This appointment may be renewed once by the Council for another four-year term.

Article 2

The appointment of Dr. Kabba Joinner shall take effect two weeks from the date the Authority of Heads of State and Government approves the allocation of the post of Director-General of WAHO to the Republic of The Gambia.

Article 3

This Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community by the Executive Secretariat within thirty days of its signature by the Chairman of Council.It shall also be published by each Member State in its National Gazette within the same time-frame.
Done at Abuja, this 20th day of August, 1999Abdoul Hamid S.B. Tidjani-dourodjaye,Chairman, for Council.
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