RESOLUTIONS

 

 

CD1.R1    The Directing Council,

Having studied the report submitted by the Subcommittee (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay) on the plan for continental eradication of Aedes aegypti proposed by Dr. Heitor Praguer Fróes on behalf of Brazil,

1. To entrust to the Pan American Sanitary Bureau the solution of the continental problem of urban yellow fever, based fundamentally on the eradication of Aedes aegypti, without prejudice to other measures that regional circumstances may indicate.

2. To develop the program under the auspices of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which, in agreement with the interested countries, shall take the necessary measures to solve such problems as may emerge in the campaign against yellow fever, whether they be sanitary, economic, or legal.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 3

CD1.R2    The Directing Council,

Taking into consideration the report on relations with the World Health Organization submitted by the Committee on Relations, the Final Act of the XII Pan American Sanitary Conference, and the provisions of the Constitution of the World Health Organization; and

Considering that the Pan American Sanitary Organization should continue to function as an independent entity for the solution of problems of a continental character,

a) To accept the solution proposed in the report of the Committee on Relations on the "discrepancies" mentioned in the original document (WHO/IC/R/24, 4 September 1947).

b) To authorize the Executive Committee to act as negotiator with the Negotiating Subcommittee of the World Health Organization (Article 5 of the resolution concerning the Agreement between the Pan American Sanitary Organization and the World Health Organization, Caracas) and to report to the next meeting of the Directing Council.

c) To suggest to the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau that the recommendations on personnel contained in the original document be kept in mind when drawing up the agreement on this point with the Director-General of the World Health Organization.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 3

CD1.R3    The Directing Council,

[Having studied] the report submitted by the Committee on Finances and Reorganization,

1.

a)To increase the annual quota of forty cents to one dollar per thousand inhabitants; and

b) To establish an additional voluntary quota, the amount of which should be in accordance with the economic capacity of each country, the Director of the Bureau being authorized to carry out the pertinent negotiations.

2. To approve the budget for the first year submitted by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, and to authorize him to make such modifications as are deemed necessary for carrying out adequately the sanitary and health activities with which he has been charged, said modifications to be submitted for the approval of the Executive Committee at the first opportunity.

3.

a)To fix the annual salaries of the Director, Assistant Director, and the Secretary General of the Bureau and the representation allowance as follows:

b)To authorize the Bureau to cover the taxes on the salaries it pays to its employees.

4. To direct that unexpended amounts of the budget and the surplus from the additional quotas be used to establish two funds:

a) An emergency fund, to be used in the immediate solution of unforeseen health and sanitary problems; and

b) A reserve fund, to guarantee the normal functioning of the Bureau, the execution of new programs or the broadening of existing ones, and for any other purposes that the Directing Council may deem proper.

5. To create a committee to study a plan for obtaining funds for the purpose of ensuring a solid basis and a permanent character to the normal development of the activities of the Bureau.

6. To approve the draft plan of organization presented by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, and to authorize him to make such modifications as are deemed necessary during the first year, submitting them to the Executive Committee for approval.

7.

a) To postpone the adoption of the Rules and Regulations of the Bureau until such time as the Bureau has achieved greater development in order to properly specify the duties and obligations of the officers and staff; and

b) To entrust to the Director the drafting of a plan, based on experience, to be submitted at the next meeting of the Directing Council.

8. [To approve that] the foregoing provisions enter into force as of January 1948.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 4

CD1.R4    The Directing Council,

[Having studied] the report presented by the Executive Committee of its Second Biannual Meeting, held in Buenos Aires on 22 and 23 September 1947,

1. To authorize the Director:

a) To use his own discretion concerning the appointment of the technical committees in accordance with the economic resources and the development of the program of the Bureau;

b) To charge a nominal subscription fee to private individuals and institutions desiring to receive the Boletín;

c) To discontinue payments to the statistical representatives in the different countries;

d) To postpone the classification of personnel and the preparation of rules and regulations in order that both may conform as nearly as possible to those of the specialized agencies of the United Nations; and

e) To prepare an additional program, of scientific nature, for the meeting of the Directing Council next year.

2. To defer the discussion of the Pan American Sanitary Code2 until a future meeting, taking into consideration the legal aspects that modifications of the Code will imply, as well as the future action of the World Health Organization on a World Sanitary Code.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 6

Having studied the report submitted by the Subcommittee (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay) on the plan for continental eradication of Aedes aegypti proposed by Dr. Heitor Praguer Fróes on behalf of Brazil,

1.To entrust to the Pan American Sanitary Bureau the solution of the continental problem of urban yellow fever, based fundamentally on the eradication of Aedes aegypti, without prejudice to other measures that regional circumstances may indicate.

2. To develop the program under the auspices of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which, in agreement with the interested countries, shall take the necessary measures to solve such problems as may emerge in the campaign against yellow fever, whether they be sanitary, economic, or legal.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 3

CD1.R5    The Directing Council,

Unanimously designated Mexico City as the seat of its [II] Meeting in 1948.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 6

CD1.R6    The Directing Council,

Elected Uruguay and Venezuela to fill the vacancies on the Executive Committee created by the termination of the periods of office of Argentina and Chile.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 6

CD1.R7    The Directing Council,

RENDERS HOMAGE to the memory of Finlay, Reed, Lazear, Carroll, Agramonte, Oswaldo Cruz, and other pioneers in the campaign against yellow fever.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 7

CD1.R8    The Directing Council,

To express its sincere appreciation to Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, Director Emeritus of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, for the progress achieved in the Americas during his long and productive period of service as Director of the Bureau.

Sept.-Oct. 1947 Pub. 247, 7