RESOLUTIONS

 

 

CD18.R1   The XVIII Directing Council,

Taking into account Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council,

RESOLVES:

To amend Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure to read as follows:

Resolutions, amendments, and substantive motions shall normally be introduced in writing and handed to the Director, who shall circulate copies to the representatives. As a general rule, no proposal shall be discussed or put to the vote unless copies of it have been circulated to all representatives not later than the session preceding the meeting. The President may, however, under special circumstances, permit the discussion and consideration of such resolutions, amendments, or substantive motions even though they have not been previously circulated.

Proposals shall be voted on in the order in which they are presented, except when the Council decides to the contrary. Parts of a proposal or of an amendment shall be voted on separately if any representative so requests.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 40

 

 

CD18.R2   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the proposed amendment to Article 15, paragraph A, of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization and the transitional article submitted by the Governments of Brazil and Nicaragua;

Considering that the proposed new composition of the Executive Committee would provide a better geographic distribution among the Member Governments;

Bearing in mind that the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, in compliance with Article 28 of the Constitution of PAHO, has communicated the proposed amendments to the Member Governments within the prescribed time limit;

[Considering the provisions of] Resolution XIV of the 59th Meeting of the Executive Committee,

RESOLVES:

1. To approve the proposed amendment to Article 15, paragraph A, of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, which reads as follows:

Article 15. Composition

A. The Executive Committee shall be composed of nine Member Governments of the Organization elected by the Conference or the Council for overlapping periods of three years. Each of the elected Member Governments shall be entitled to designate one representative to the Executive Committee. Each representative may be accompanied by one or more alternates and advisers. A Member Government shall not be elegible for re-election to the Executive Committee until one year has elapsed since the expiration of its term of office.

2. To also approve a transitional article that reads as follows:

Transitional article. On the entry into force of the amendment to Article 15 paragraph A, the vacancies on the Executive Committee shall be filled and two additional members shall be elected to bring the membership to nine. At subsequent elections a sufficient number of vacancies shall be filled to keep the membership of the Executive Committee at nine Member Governments of the Organization, and, if necessary, the terms of office of the Governments elected shall be adjusted, provided that in no instance shall a Government be entitled to be a member of the Executive Committee for more than three successive years.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 41

 

 

CD18.R3   The XIX Directing Council,

Having examined the Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Americas for 1967 (Official Document 86); and

Bearing in mind the provisions of Article 4-F of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization,

RESOLVES:

To approve the Annual Report of the Director of the Bureau for 1967 (Official Document 86), and to congratulate him and the staff of the Bureau on the excellent work accomplished during the year.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 42

 

 

CD18.R4   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered Documents CD18/4 and CE59/7 on the Rules for Technical Discussions;

Bearing in mind that the proposed changes to the Rules will facilitate the Technical Discussions; and

Taking note of Resolution XIII of the 59th Meeting of the Executive Committee,

RESOLVES:

To approve the changes to the Rules for Technical Discussions contained in Document CE59/7, Annex 1.1

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 42

 

 

CD18.R5   The XIX Directing Council,

Having reviewed the Annual Report of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, Dr. Guillermo Molina Defranc, Representative of Ecuador (Document CD18/13), on the work of that Governing Body during the period that has elpased since the XVII Meeting of the Directing Council; and

Bearing in mind the provision of Article 9-C of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization,

RESOLVES:

To approve the Annual Report of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, Dr. Guillermo Molina Defranc, Representative of Ecuador (Document 18/13), and to commend him and the other members of the Committee for the work accomplished.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 43

 

 

CD18.R6   The XIX Directing Council,

Having examined the Financial Report of the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for the fiscal year 1967 (Official Document 83);

Noting that the Organization continues to be in a sound financial position, and that compared to 1966 the percentage of quota collections was higher for both current quotas and arrears, the level of the Working Capital Fund was increased, and there were increases in the reserves for termination costs;

Recognizing that the number of Governments more than two years in arrears had increased to six when on 31 December the unpaid quotas for 1967 became classified as "arrears"; and

Observing that the expenditures for the program recommended in the authorized budget are necessary in order to attain the established objectives of improving the health of the people of the Americas and promoting economic and social development,

RESOLVES:

1. To approve the Financial Report of the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for 1967 (Official Document 83).

2. To again draw the attention of the Governments to the need for quotas to be paid as soon as possible within the course of each financial year.

3. To commend the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for having achieved a sound financial position through the consistent application over the years of the policies necessary for maintaining budgetary expenditures within income, building up the Working Capital Fund, and creating reserves for termination costs.

4. To request the External Auditor, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.6 of the Financial Regulations, to submit such observations as he may deem necessary and appropriate with respect to the efficiency of the financial procedures, the accounting system, the internal financial controls, and, in general, the financial consequences of administrative practices.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 44

 

 

CD18.R7   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the proposals of the Director contained in Document CD18/7 and the recommendation of the Executive Committee relating to the introduction of a Tax Equalization Plan and the establishment of a Tax Equalization Fund,

RESOLVES:

1. That a Tax Equalization Fund shall be established as of 1 January 1969, to which shall be credited annually the revenue derived from the Staff Assessment Plan.

2. That the credits to the Fund shall be recorded in sub-accounts of the Fund, in the name of each Member Government, in the proportion of its assessment for the financial year concerned.

3. That there shall be charged against the credits of the individual Member Government an amount estimated to be required to cover the annual liabilities in respect of taxes levied by that Member Government on staff members' emoluments received from PAHO.

4. That the amount credited to each Member Government in the Fund under paragraph 2 above, less the amounts charged against that credit under paragraph 3 above, shall be taken into account in determining the contribution due from the Member Government concerned for the same financial year.

5. That adjustments shall be made in the second succeeding financial year to take account of the actual charges made in respect of amounts reimbursed to staff who are subject to national taxes. Should such charges exceed the available credit of any Member Government, the excess shall be added to the contribution of that Member for the second succeeding year.

6. That new Members joining the Organization after 1 January 1969 shall be assessed only for the pro rata share of the effective working budget until their assessments become a part of the total assessments for the annual budget.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 45

 

 

CD18.R8   The XIX Directing Council,

Having examined the report of the Director on the Emergency Revolving Fund (Document CE59/2) and Resolution XVI approved by the Executive Committee at its 59th Meeting,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the report of the Director on the Emergency Revolving Fund and of Resolution XVI approved by the Executive Committee at its 59th Meeting.

2. To invite the Governments, when they receive assistance from the Emergency Revolving Fund, to reimburse the amounts advanced as soon as possible.

3. To raise the ceiling of the Emergency Revolving Fund to $125,000, and to authorize the Director to transfer to the Fund an amount of $25,000 from the Working Capital Fund for this purpose.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 46

 

 

CD18.R9   The XIX Directing Council,

RESOLVES:

In establishing the contributions of the individual Governments and Participating Governments, their assessments shall be reduced further by the amount standing to their credit in the Tax Equalization Fund, except that the credits of those Governments that levy taxes on the emoluments received from PAHO by their nationals and residents shall be reduced by the amounts of such tax reimbursements by the Organization.

3. That, in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the Organization, amounts not exceeding the appropriation noted under paragraph 1 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the period 1 January to 31 December 1969, inclusive. Notwithstanding the provision of this paragraph, obligations during the financial year 1969 shall be limited to the effective working budget, i.e., Parts I–VI.

4. That the Director shall be authorized to transfer credits between parts of the effective working budget, provided that such transfers of credits between parts as are made do not exceed 10 per cent of the part from which the credit is transferred. Transfers of credits between parts of the budget in excess of 10 per cent of the part from which the credit is transferred may be made with the concurrence of the Executive Committee. All transfers of budget credits shall be reported to the Directing Council.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 46

 

 

CD18.R10   The XIX Directing Council,

Taking into account that the Member Governments appearing in the scale adopted by the Council of the Organization of American States are assessed according to the percentages shown in that scale, in compliance with Article 60 of the Pan American Sanitary Code; and

Considering that other Member Governments and Participating Governments are assessed in accordance with Resolutions XXVII and XXVIII of the XVII Meeting of the Directing Council,

RESOLVES:

To establish the assessments of the Member Governments and Participating Governments of the Pan American Health Organization for 1969 in accordance with the scale of quotas shown below, and in the corresponding amounts.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 48

 

 

CD18.R11   The XIX Directing Council,

Having studied in detail Official Document 85 submitted by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which contains the provisional draft that is to constitute the basis for the preparation of the Proposed Program and Budget Estimates of the Pan American Health Organization for 1970 to be considered by the 61st Meeting of the Executive Committee and by the XIX Meeting of the Directing Council;

Noting the recommendations contained in Resolution IV approved by the Executive Committee at its 59th Meeting; and

Recognizing that the provisional draft of the Proposed Program and Budget Estimates contains soundly conceived and much-needed health projects,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the provisional draft of the Proposed Program and Budget Estimates of the Pan American Health Organization for 1970 contained in Official Document 85.

2. To request the Director to use the provisional draft as a basis for the preparation of the Proposed Program and Budget Estimates for 1970, after further consultations with the Governments to determine their latest desires and requirements in relation to the priorities of the Organization.

3. To request the Executive Committee to make a detailed examination of the revised Program and Budget Estimates for 1970 to be presented by the Director, after further consultations with the Governments, and to instruct the Committee to submit its recommendations thereon to the XIX Meeting of the Directing Council.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 50

 

 

CD18.R12   The XIX Directing Council,

Having examined Official Document 85 submitted by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which contains the Proposed Program and Budget Estimates of the World Health Organization for the Region of the Americas for 1970;

Bearing in mind that the aforesaid Proposed Program and Budget Estimates are submitted to the Directing Council, as Regional Committee of the World Health Organization, for review and transmittal to the Director-General of the Organization so that he may take them into account in preparing the proposed budget estimates of WHO for 1970;

Recognizing the importance of maintaining adequate budgetary provision for malaria eradication until the objectives of this program are achieved; and

Noting the recommendations contained in Resolution V approved by the Executive Committee at its 59th Meeting,

RESOLVES:

1. To approve the Proposed Program and Budget Estimates of the World Health Organization for the Region of the Americas for 1970 contained in Official Document 85, and to request the Regional Director to transmit them to the Director-General of the Organization so that he may take them into account in preparing the WHO budget estimates for 1970.

2. To request the Director to transmit to the Director-General a request to maintain the level of WHO budgetary provision for malaria eradication in the Americas, increasing the WHO regular budget as necessary to offset the decrease in allocations from the WHO Malaria Eradication Special Account.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 51

 

 

CD18.R13   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the report on the collection of quota contributions (Document CD18/8 and Addenda I, II, and III,) as well as the information and comments on quotas contained in the Financial Report of the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for 1967 (Official Document 83;)

Having noted the information in the Financial Report of the Director with respect to Governments in arrears more than two years; and

Considering the importance of prompt and full payment of quota contributions to assure financial support for the entire approved programs,

RESOLVES:

To take note of the report on the collection of quota contributions (Document CD18/8 and Addenda I, II, and III,) and of the information and comments on quotas contained in the Financial Report of the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for 1967 (Official Document 83;).

To commend the Director for his efforts to solve the problem of quotas in arrears.

To commend the Governments for the efforts they made in 1967 and the first nine months of 1968 to pay quotas in arrears and to increase the percentage of the current quotas paid.

To request the Director to continue to submit full reports to the Governments on the status of the collection of quotas and the consequences that failure to pay them has on the execution of the PAHO program.

To recommend to the Governments whose quotas are in arrears that they pay them as soon as possible, and to those whose quotas are two or more years in arrears, that they put into operation their financial plans for the payment of those arrears within a definite period.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 51-52

 

 

CD18.R14   The XIX Directing Council,

Bearing in mind the provisions of Staff Regulation 12.2,

RESOLVES:

To take note of the amendment to the Staff Rules of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau presented by the Director in the annex to Document CE59/3 (Part A), and confirmed by the Executive Committee at its 59^th Meeting

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 52-53

 

 

CD18.R15   The XIX Directing Council,

Taking into consideration that the [number of Member States] of the Organization has increased over the last few years,

RESOLVES:

To request the Director to review the Rules of Procedure of the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Health Organization in order that they may be brought in line with the size of the membership of the Organization, and to present the proposals he considers necessary to the 61st Meeting of the Executive Committee for whatever action it deems appropriate.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 53

 

 

CD18.R16   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered Resolution VI of the 59th Meeting of the Executive Committee, as well as the WHO Technical Assistance projects in the program and budget of the Pan American Health Organization and Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Americas, which it is expected will be financed under the United Nations Development Program;

Noting that, in addition to projects requested by countries directly to the United Nations Development Program, there are regional and interregional projects that benefit countries throughout the Americas; and

Bearing in mind that there is a new system for making submissions to the United Nations Development Program, to become effective in 1969,

RESOLVES:

1. To urge the Governments to give full consideration to the importance of health activities in social and economic development, and in the future to increase the proportion of health projects in the total number of projects requested from the United Nations Development Program.

2. To endorse and recommend approval to the United Nations Development Program of the regional projects proposed for the Region of the Americas for the program period 1969–1972; specifically, the projects are: environmental sanitation in the Caribbean area, studies and investigations of water resources, Aedes aegypti eradication in the Caribbean area, health education in the Caribbean area, and biostatistics education and population dynamics.

3. To recommend to the United Nations Development Program approval of proposed interregional projects that foster public health throughout the world, and in particular those in which the Governments of the Americas may participate, such as tuberculosis training courses, seminars on industrial and agricultural health, seminars on medical care, seminars on the organization of mental health services, seminars on disposal of solid wastes, and courses on epidemiology.

4. To request the Director to continue to provide the ministries of health with assistance in preparing projects for submission to the United Nations Development Program, and to remind them that under the new system for making such submissions they may present-requests for health projects at any time during the year.

5. To request the Director to transmit this resolution to the Director-General of the World Health Organization.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 53

 

 

CD18.R17   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered Document CD18/14, in which the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau submitted to the Regional Committee for the Americas several resolutions of the Twenty-First World Health Assembly and the Forty-Second Session of the WHO Executive Board; and

Taking into account that the Pan American Sanitary Bureau is already concerned with the subjects referred to in the resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Executive Board,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the following resolutions contained in Document CD18/14: WHA21.20 (Training of National Health Personnel), WHA21.21 (Smallpox Eradication Program), WHA21.22 (Malaria Eradication Program), WHA21.32 (Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies: Progress report on implementation), WHA21.36 (Community Water Supply Program), WHA21.37 (Quality Control of Drugs), WHA21.42 (Control Measures for Certain Dependence-Producing Drugs), WHA21.43 (Health Aspects of Population Dynamics), and EB42.R14 (Format and Contents of the Executive Board's Report on the Annual Proposed Program and Budget Estimates).

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 54

 

 

CD18.R18   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the portion of Document CD18/14 dealing with [forms of collaboration with Governments], as well as Resolution WHA21.47 of the Twenty-First World Health Assembly and the report of the WHO Director-General on the policy governing assistance to developing countries; and

Noting the report of the Director of the Bureau on forms of PAHO cooperation with the Governments,

RESOLVES:

1. To note with appreciation the new forms of assistance being developed for WHO-financed programs.

2. To endorse the report of the Director of the Bureau concerning forms of PAHO cooperation with the Goverments.

3. To request the Director to continue to review the forms of PAHO cooperation with the Governments in order to adapt them to the needs and resources of the Americas.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 55

 

 

CD18.R19   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the report of the Director on long-term planning and evaluation contained in Document CD18/14 and the proposals for the more effective association of the long-term planning of WHO programs with the programs of Member States;

Recognizing that long-term planning is fundamental for the most effective operation of international health programs;

Having examined Resolution WHA21.49 concerning the necessity for long-term planning; and

Recognizing the need for a study in depth of long-term planning and evaluation,

RESOLVES:

1. To recommend that the health authorities of the Member States of the Region that have not yet formulated or begun the implementation of their national health plans take the measures they deem necessary to do so; that Member States in which the process of planning has begun make the necessary efforts to implement it through the development of the infrastructure of the health sector in such a way as to facilitate the extension of its operating capacity and its internal coordination by the establishment of priorities, goals, and objectives; and that a close relationship be established with national social and economic development plans.

2. To request the Director of the Bureau to give due priority to technical assistance requested by the Governments for the development and improvement of their national health plans and programs.

3. To support the proposal to provide a review of existing procedures and prepare a comprehensive report, pursuant to Resolution WHA21.49, for the proposed program period 1972–1976.

4. To request the Director to give special attention, as part of the aforementioned report or in a separate document, to the long-range planning and evaluation of PAHO in relation to activities of the Inter-American Development Bank, the OAS Regional Program for Scientific and Technological Development, and other regional programs in the Americas, including those of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council and the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress (CIAP), with a view to an analysis and assessment of current PAHO programs in the light of development goals and priorities of the Inter-American System.

5. To request the Director to produce, as far as is practical, the preliminary results of this study in sufficient time before the 61st Meeting of the Executive Committee.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 56

 

 

CD18.R20   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the portion of Document CD18/14 that deals with [biennial programming], including the budgetary cycle of PAHO;

Bearing in mind Resolution WHA21.49 of the Twenty-First World Health Assembly, which recommended that all Regional Committees give particular attention at their 1968 sessions to long-term health planning; and

Recalling that during the discussions at the Forty-Second Session of the WHO Executive Board it was suggested that Regional Committees should consider the desirability of including in future annual program and budget estimates a proposed program for a further year,

RESOLVES:

1. To endorse the proposal for inclusion in the annual WHO program and budget estimates of the Director-General of a program projection for a further year.

2. To authorize the Director of the Bureau to include this program projection in the PAHO program and budget, if this system is adopted by WHO.

3. To request the Director, in this event, to use his best efforts to solve the problem of budget compilation and format with a view to including the projection for a further year without eliminating information on the previous and current years now provided in the first two columns of the budget document.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 57

 

 

CD18.R21   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered Document EB41.23, "An Evaluation Study of the Practical Use of Reports of Expert Committee Meetings-Report by the Director-General," and Resolution EB42.R12 adopted by the Forty-Second Session of the WHO Executive Board, submitted by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to the Regional Committee for the Americas; and

Considering the usefulness of expert committee reports in guiding health activities in the countries,

RESOLVES:

1. To instruct the Director of the Bureau to effect the widest possible circulation of expert committee reports and to send copies of them to national health officials concerned with the subject matter of the reports in question.

2. To request the Director to take such steps as are necessary to increase the circulation of the aforementioned reports.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 58

 

 

CD18.R22   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the report of the Director on buildings and installations (Document CD18/9);1 and

Taking note of Resolution XVII approved by the 59th Meeting of the Executive Committee,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the report of the Director on buildings and installations (Document CD18/9).

2 To commend the action taken by the Director in the purchase of office space in Guatemala City for the Zone III Office.

3. To urge the Director to continue the study of advanced planning to meet Headquarters future needs.

4. To express its appreciation to the members of the Permanent Subcommittee on Buildings and Installations for the assistance rendered.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 58

 

 

CD18.R23   The XIX Directing Council,

Bearing in mind Resolution VIII (paragraph 6) approved by the Central American Public Health Council at its Second Regular Meeting, in which it requested the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to explore the possibility and advisability that the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) expand its direct responsibilities with regard to all the countries of the Hemisphere;

Conscious of the work, which is highly appreciated, that INCAP has carried out and continues to carry out for the benefit of the nutrition programs of all the countries of the Americas;

Considering the magnitude and importance of the nutrition problems that affect great sectors of population in all the countries of the Hemisphere, and fully confident that INCAP, because of its technical capacity, can collaborate efficiently with the Governments in their efforts to solve such problems; and

Expressing thanks for this gesture of the countries of the Central American isthmus toward the countries of the Americas as a whole,

RESOLVES:

1. To request that the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau study the ways in which INCAP can expand its direct responsibilities in collaboration with all the countries of the Hemisphere and, when appropriate, with other regions of the world, thus ensuring its stability and development on a firmer financial basis than at present, and [that he] submit this study for consideration by the Executive Committee at its next meeting.

2. To request that the Executive Committee analyze this study and present its recommendations for consideration at the XIX Meeting of the Directing Council of PAHO, XXI Meeting of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 59

 

 

CD18.R24   The XIX Directing Council,

Bearing in mind that the Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Health of the River Plate Basin decided1 "to request the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to report to the XVIII Meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, XX Meeting of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas, to be held in Buenos Aires in October 1968, on the recommendation of the Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Health of the River Plate Basin in relation to health";

Considering that the Director accordingly submitted Document CD18/172 to the Directing Council for its consideration; and

Taking into account the statements made by the representatives during the discussion of this subject,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of Document CD18/17 entiled "Health in the Over-All Development of the River Plate Basin."

2. To reaffirm the need to consider the health implications in the development of river basins.

3. To urge the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to give its collaboration and support, within its available budgetary resources, to the Governments of the River Plate Basin in the implementation of the recommendations made by the Ministers of Health of the River Plate Basin during their Sixth Meeting.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 60

 

 

CD18.R25   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the report of the Director on the evaluation of the fellowship program of the Pan American Health Organization (Document CD18/18),1

 

Considering that the design proposed is satisfactory for the evaluation suggested;

Bearing in mind the advisability of completing this study so as to ensure that the objectives of this important program are achieved; and

Having considered Resolution IX approved by the Executive Committee at its 59th Meeting,

RESOLVES:

1. The authorize the Director to continue the proposed study of the fellowship program of PAHO until it is completed and to submit the findings to the Governing Bodies of the Organization in due course.

2. To request the Director to study the advisibility of granting internal fellowships for the better utilization of the personnel training resources available in the countries themselves, and to report on this matter to the Executive Committee at its 61st Meeting.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 61

 

 

CD18.R26   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the Final Report1 of the Special Meeting of Ministers of Health of the Americas, which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 14 to 19 October 1968, pursuant to Resolution XXXVII of the XVII Meeting of the Directing Council; and

Bearing in mind that the report contains a broad picture of present and future health problems and their relation to the economic and social development of the Hemisphere and indicates the general lines of a program for solving them,

RESOLVES:

1. To incorporate into the general policy of the Pan American Health Organization all the recommendations emanating from the Special Meeting of Ministers of Health of the Americas.

2. To recommend that the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau analyze the recommendations formulated by the Ministers of Health of the Americas and that he submit the conclusions reached to the Governing Bodies of the Organization.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 61

 

 

CD18.R27   The XIX Directing Council,

Bearing in mind the provisions of Rule 9 of the Rules for Technical Discussions,

RESOLVES:

To select the topic "Financing of the Health Sector" for the Technical Discussions at the XIX Meeting of the Directing Council, XXI Meeting of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 62

 

 

CD18.R28   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered Document CD18/19,1 in which the Director proposes a special program of support for teaching and research in the health sciences;

Believing that additional support to the regular fellowship program of the Organization in the form of activities designed to establish and improve the performance of teachers and research workers in the health sciences is justified;

Bearing in mind that in a program of this nature the support offered must be sufficiently flexible, within the framework of a clearly defined program, and must be continued over a long period of time; and

Taking into account that the proposed program will accomplish the foregoing aims, will contribute to the attainment of the ends pursued by the Governments in teaching and research, and can be carried out with the funds of the regular budget of the Organization,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the report of the Director (Document CD18/19) on a program of support for teaching and research in the health sciences carried out by carefully selected professional personnel and institutions with a view to furthering the development of the institutions in which such personnel work.

2. To recognize that, if the proposed program is to have the results expected of it, the support given must be sufficiently enduring and flexible within the framework of a carefully prepared program that will be periodically revised.

3. To approve the proposed program, and to authorize the Director to institute it on an experimental basis during the next three years with the global funds assigned to the fellowship program.

4. To request the Director to adopt all possible measures to apply the process of evaluation of the fellowships of PAHO to the fellowship program of the Milbank Memorial Fund or other similar programs, possibly during the trial period proposed for this program, so as to provide information enabling a decision to be made on its continuation.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 63

 

 

CD18.R29   The XIX Directing Council,

Having considered the Final Report of the Technical Discussions on "Participation of the Health Sector in Population Policy" held during the present meeting; and

Taking into [account] the health implications of the problem, particularly in the light of a more ample and detailed knowledge of various related factors,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the Final Report of the Technical Discussions, and to express its satisfaction with the [deliberations].

2. To express its thanks to the officials of the other international agencies and nongovernmental organizations who participated.

3. To recommend to the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau that he give this report the widest possible distribution.1

4. To recommend to the Director that he study the possibility that the Organization:

a) Provide the countries with the assistance necessary for the development of programs of information to the community on aspects related to the subject;

b) Promote and coordinate research and the training of personnel in this field; and

c) Provide technical assistance as requested by the Governments.

5. To recommend to the Director that he study the possibility that the Organization appoint a Working Group of a multidisciplinary nature (health professionals, demographers, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, etc.) to analyze the interrelationship of health and population policies, taking into consideration the different points of view presented to the participants in the Technical Discussions, [with] special attention to the areas of investigation to be considered in order to obtain adequate knowledge of that interrelationship within the framework of programs for economic and social development.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 64