GF/B03/DP03
Approved by the Board on: 10 October 2002
Approval of Second Board Meeting Report
- The Report of the 2nd Meeting of the Board held 22-24 April 2002 was approved, noting the following correction:“Dr Kiyonga, Chair of the Board, opened the session and thanked the United Nations Secretary-General for hosting The Global Fund session and for his ongoing support to the Fund. The Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, gave a speech to welcome the Fund’s Board members, delegates and representatives and to reaffirm the global commitment to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Following his remarks, comments were made by the following delegates: Mr. Rajat Gupta (Private Sector), Minister of Health Girolamo Sirchia (Italy), Dr. Huang Jiefu (Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health, China) Mr. Gordon Conway (Rockefeller Foundation), Secretary Tommy Thompson (United States), Mr. John Junor (Jamaica), Ms Milly Katana (NGOs), and a representative of the South East Asia Region.
- The references to the delegation of the Gates Foundation should be changed to Private Foundations. In addition it should be noted that the section on new Board Members is inaccurate since the appointment of Professor Lucas as the Board Member for West and Central Africa was only officially made on 1 May 2002, after the Board meeting.
- The current practice will continue that minutes will be distributed via email to Board Members for review and comment. Thereafter a revised version will be sent by email to Board Members. These final minutes will be ratified by the Board at their next meeting. The fact of formally ratifying the minutes at a Board meeting does not preclude action being taken on those minutes between Board meetings. Any changes to this process should be the subject of a formal Board decision.
- It was emphasized that should any changes to the approval process of the draft Board minutes be requested, they should be made while being careful not to delay the work of the Secretariat.