Having examined the formal request for membership in the Pan American Health Organization made on behalf of the Government of Belize by the Prime Minister (Minister of Foreign Affairs) in a communication dated 17 March 1982; and

Considering that the Government of Belize has declared its readiness to accept all the obligations of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, to comply with the provisions of the Pan American Sanitary Code, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 24 September 1952, and to contribute by means of a quota assessment to the financial support of the Organization,

1. To approve with satisfaction the request of the Government of Belize for membership in the Pan American Health Organization.

2. To instruct the Director to transmit this decision to the Member Governments of the Organization.