RESOLUTIONS

CD8.R1    The Directing Council,

Having examined the Annual Report (Document CD8/17) presented by Dr. Alberto Bissot, Jr., Representative of Panama, on behalf of the Chairmen of the 24th and 26th Meetings of the Executive Committee and on his own behalf, as Chairman of the 25th Meeting of the Committee,

To approve the Annual Report of the Executive Committee and to express its satisfaction at the work accomplished, extending its congratulations to the Representative of Panama.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 7-8

CD8.R2    The Directing Council,

Having examined the report on the collection of quota contributions (Document CD8/16), reflecting the status of the outstanding contributions as of 7 September 1955; and

Bearing in mind Resolution X of the XIV Pan American Sanitary Conference, which states that delays in the receipt of quota contributions limit the development of long-range programs to be undertaken in the Americas,

To take note of the report on the collection of quota contributions (Document CD18/16).

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 8

CD8.R3    The Directing Council,

Having examined Document CD8/15 presented by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau; and

Considering the suggestions made on the fellowship program by several of the Member Governments, as well as the views expressed during the discussion on this topic,

1.      To take note of the aforesaid document.

2.      To recommend to the Director that he continue to study the comments made by the Member Governments on the fellowship program of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, giving special attention to those on (a) fellowship stipends; (b) the need for allowing a period of preliminary study and orientation for fellowship recipients who do not have a command of the language in which they are to pursue their studies; and (c) the need for establishing more definitely the commitments of the Member Governments with respect to utilization of the services of the fellowship recipients upon completion of their studies.

3.      To request the Director to report on this matter to the Directing Council at its next meeting.

4.      To recommend to the Member Governments the advisability of making provision for officers in their employ who are studying under fellowships to retain the salaries and privileges pertaining to the positions they occupy.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 8

CD8.R4    The 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 1954 (Official Document Nº 11),

To approve the Report of the Director and express its congratulations to him and to the staff of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 8

CD8.R5    The Directing Council,

Having examined the Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 1954 (Document CE25/4); and

Noting that the Executive Committee approved the aforesaid reports at its 25th Meeting,

1.      To approve the Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 1954.

2.      To congratulate the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and his associates on the financial policies in his Report.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 9

CD8.R6    The Directing Council,

Having examined Resolution III adopted at the 26th Meeting of the Executive Committee with respect to meetings of the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Sanitary Organization held away from Headquarters,

To take note of Resolution III approved by the 26th Meeting of the Executive Committee with respect to meetings of the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Sanitary Organization held away from Headquarters.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 9

CD8.R7    The Directing Council,

Considering the importance of establishing a Pan American Zoonoses Center,

To authorize the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to take appropriate measures so that the Pan American Zoonoses Center may receive, at the earliest possible date, the funds required for its operation.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 9

CD8.R8    The Directing Council,

Considering that the election of three Member Governments to membership on the Executive Committee took place pursuant to Article 13, paragraph A, of the Constitution of the Pan American Sanitary Organization; and

Considering that the Governments of Bolivia, Cuba, and Nicaragua were duly elected at the seventh plenary session, in accordance with Articles 32 and 34 of the Rules of Procedure,

To declare the Governments of Bolivia, Cuba, and Nicaragua elected to membership on the Executive Committee of the Pan American Sanitary Organization for a period of three years.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 9

CD8.R9    The Directing Council,

Upon termination of the terms of office of the Governments of Brazil, Haiti, and Panama on the Executive Committee, thanked the representatives of these countries for their collaboration on the Committee.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 10

CD8.R10    The Directing Council,

Having examined and discussed Documents CE25/2 and Corrigendum and CE25/27, Rev. 1, together with Official Document 12,

1.      To approve the Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Organization for 1956 contained in Documents CE25/2 and Corrigendum and CE25/27, Rev. 1, and in Official Document 12.

2.            To appropriate for the financial year 1956 an amount of $2,200,000, as follows:

3.      [To approve that] amounts not exceeding the appropriations noted under paragraph 2 be [made] available for the payment of obligations, in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the Bureau, incurred during the period 1 January to 31 December 1956, inclusive.

4.      [To approve that] the appropriations as noted above be financed by contributions from the Member Governments according to Article 60 of the Pan American Sanitary Code; contributions on behalf of the territories of France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom according to Resolutions XV and XL of the V Meeting of the Directing Council; and miscellaneous income accruing to the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.

5.      [To authorize] the Director to transfer credits between parts of the budget, provided that such transfers of credits between parts 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 may be made with the concurrence of the Executive Committee. All transfers of budget credits shall be reported to the Directing Council.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 10

CD8.R11    The Directing Council,

Considering the fact that many countries still need direct international aid so that they may organize and strengthen their health administrations and assume their own responsibilities in the execution of continental programs,

To recommend to the Director of the Bureau, Regional Director of WHO, and to the Executive Committee that, in the preparation of the proposed programs and budgets of the Organization, they continue to bear in mind the advisability of carrying out local programs in the countries that need and desire such programs.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 11

CD8.R12    The Directing Council,

Having examined the report on the use of the Emergency Revolving Fund in 1954 presented by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to the 25th Meeting of the Executive Committee (Document CE25/22),

To take note of the fact that the Emergency Revolving Fund has been restored to the authorized level of $50,000 through the reimbursement of the cost of the emergency assistance.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 11

CD8.R13    The Directing Council,

Taking into account the report presented by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau on the proportionate program distribution of budget funds, 1951-1954 (Document CE25/10 and Corrigendum); and

Considering that the aforementioned report fully complies with Resolution I adopted at the 24th Meeting of the Executive Committee,

To take note of the report on proportionate program distribution of budget funds, 1951-1954 (Document CE25/10 and Corrigendum), and to congratulate the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau on the presentation and contents of the report.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 11

CD8.R14    The Directing Council,

Having studied the report of the Director regarding the total available funds of the Bureau as of 31 December 1954, amounting to $273,593.75, an unusual surplus that cannot be expected in the future [in view of] the low amount of outstanding quota arrearages;

Taking into account the proposals of the Director to the effect that, of the aforesaid amount, $173,593.75 be utilized for the establishment of a Building Reserve Fund, for the installation of a new elevator at Headquarters, and for an increase in the allocation for the antimalaria campaign;

Bearing in mind Resolution XLIII of the XIV Pan American Sanitary Conference, which authorized the Director to apply $100,000 of the existing surplus to antimalaria activities, and the fact that the malaria problem, whose definitive solution demands concerted action on the part of all agencies and organizations interested in the welfare of the Hemisphere, merits priority attention over the other public health problems; and

Noting the recommendations contained in Resolution V adopted by the Executive Committee at its 25th Meeting,

1.      To approve the recommendations of the Director, concurred in by the Executive Committee at its 25th Meeting, regarding the establishment of a Building Reserve Fund in an initial amount of $100,000; the installation of a new elevator in one of the Headquarters buildings at a cost of $19,000; and an increase in the allocation for the antimalaria campaign in the amount of $54,593. 75, plus any savings that may be realized from the installation of the elevator.

2.      To authorize the Director to utilize as much of the Building Reserve Fund referred to in the foregoing paragraph as may be required in the event that additional funds should be necessary for the intensification of the malaria eradication program.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 12

CD8.R15    The Directing Council,

Having examined Official Document 12 submitted by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and containing the Proposed Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Organization and of the World Health Organization for the Region of the Americas for 1957;

Bearing in mind that the Proposed Program and Budget for the Region of the Americas is submitted to the Directing Council, as Regional Committee of the World Health Organization, for review and submittal to the Director-General of the World Health Organization for consideration in drafting his budget for 1957; and

Taking into account the fact that the Proposed Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Organization for 1957 is a provisional draft that will serve as the basis for the preparation of the Proposed Program and Budget to be submitted by the Director to the 28th Meeting of the Executive Committee for review and revision, and to the IX Meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization in 1956 for approval,

1.            To approve the transmittal of the Proposed Program and Budget of the World Health Organization for the Region of the Americas for 1957, and to request the Regional Director to transmit it to the Director-General of the World Health Organization so that he may take it into consideration when preparing the WHO budget for 1957.

2.      To take note of the preliminary draft of the Proposed Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Organization for 1957.

3.            To express to the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau its satisfaction with the new format of the document.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 12

CD8.R16    The Directing Council,

Having studied the Proposed Program and Budget of the World Health Organization for the Region of the Americas for 1957 (Official Document 12), including those activities that it is proposed to carry out with funds of the United Nations Expanded Program of Technical Assistance; and

Having noted that the proposed program includes certain projects of a regional character that will require a Regional request to support their submittal to the Technical Assistance Board,

To endorse the Regional projects shown in Official Document 12 of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, and to authorize the Director to submit these projects to be financed under the United Nations Expanded Program of Technical Assistance in the years 1956 and/or 1957.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 13

CD8.R17    The Directing Council,

Having examined Document CD8/36, "Conditions of Employment of Regular and Project Personnel in the Pan American Sanitary Organization/World Health Organization"; and

Considering the provisions of Article 030 of the Staff Rules,

To take note of Document CD8/36, and to transmit it to the 27th Meeting of the Executive Committee for study, with the express recommendation that the Committee give it special attention and consider the advisability of establishing a subcommittee charged with examining the conditions of employment of regular and project personnel.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 13

CD8.R18    The Directing Council,

Considering that paragraph 1 of Resolution III approved by the Council at its VII Meeting sets forth guiding principles and suitable methods for the development of a plan of long-range public health programs;

Taking into account Resolution I of the XIII Pan American Sanitary Conference, which requires that the Pan American Sanitary Bureau consider itself responsible only for those programs or recommendations that are supported by budgetary funds;

Having in mind the recommendation adopted by the Eighth World Health Assembly in Resolution 10, paragraph 2; and

Having examined Document CD8/12 presented by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau,

1.            To adopt the Program of Work indicated in Document CD8/12,1 which sets forth the general standards for the preparation of the detailed annual programs for the Region of the Americas during the period 1957-1960.

2.            To reaffirm the principles and methods approved in Resolution III, paragraph 1, of the VII Meeting of the Directing Council, with respect to the plan for long-range public health programs.

3.            To recommend to the Member Countries that have not yet done so that they prepare, during the year 1956 if possible, national plans for public health work for the period 1957-1960, informing the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau of such plans so that he may prepare suitable proposed annual programs and budgets for the period 1957-1960.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 13

CD8.R19    The Directing Council,

Taking into account Resolution XI approved at the 25th Meeting of the Executive Committee,

To approve the Rules for Technical Discussions (Document CD8/85).

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 14

CD8.R20    The Directing Council,

Considering that diverse interpretations as to the scope of certain articles in its Rules of Procedure have arisen during the meeting,

1.      To recommend to the Director that he request the opinion of a legal adviser on the problem of the two-thirds majority, with the count of abstentions, as well as on the question of a quorum and That of the instances in which the two-thirds majority is required, and that he present this opinion to the Executive Committee for study.

2.            That the Executive Committee submit to the IX Meeting of the Directing Council such recommendations with respect to these problems as it deems pertinent.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 14

CD8.R21    The Directing Council,

Taking into account the provisions of Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Rules for Technical Discussions at Directing Council meetings,

To select for the Technical Discussions to be held during the IX Meeting of the Directing Council, VIII Meeting of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas, the topic "Methods for the Preparation of National Health Plans."

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 14

CD8.R22    The Directing Council,

Having seen Document CD8/11, in which the Director of the Bureau, at the request of the Director-General of the World Health Organization, brought Resolutions WHA8.10, WHA8.12, WHA8.13, WHA8.20,, WHA8.30, WHA8.32, WHA8.38, and EB16.R16 to the attention of the Regional Committee for the Americas,

To take note of Document CD8/11 and its annex [containing Resolutions WHA8.10 (Second General Program of Work covering a Specific Period), WHA8.12 (Relations with UNICEF), WHA8.13 (Status of Collection of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the Working Capital Fund), WHA8.20 (Public Information Activities), WHA8.30 (Malaria Eradication), WHA8.32 (Planning for the 1956 Technical Assistance Program), WHA8.38 (Campaign Against Smallpox), and EB16.R16 (Malaria Eradication Program)].

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 15

CD8.R23    The Directing Council,

Taking into account Resolution IX of the XIII Pan American Sanitary Conference,

To select Guatemala as the place of the 29th and 30th Meetings of the Executive Committee and the IX Meeting of the Directing Council, VIII Meeting of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 15

CD8.R24    The Directing Council,

Having examined the reports presented by the Rapporteurs of the Technical Discussions held at this meeting [on the topics "Methods of Improving the Education of Public Health Personnel" and "Medical Care in Rural Areas"],

1.      To take note of the reports on the Technical Discussions, expressing its satisfaction at the manner in which the discussions were conducted and on the accuracy with which the reports have interpreted them, and to transmit these reports to the Executive Committee for whatever action it may deem advisable.

2.      To recommend to the Director of the Bureau that he give the aforementioned reports the widest possible distribution.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 15

CD8.R25    The Directing Council,

The Directing Council wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretariat staff of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for the efficiency and conscientiousness it has shown in the performance of its duties, thus contributing in large measure to the great success of this meeting.

Sept. 1955 OD 13, 15

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