W O RLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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W O R L D HEALTH ORGANIZATION

TWENTIETH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

A20/P&B/26 v 24 May 1967

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH DRAFT EIGHTH REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

During the course of its seventeenth and. eighteenth meetings held on 24 May I967 the Committee on Programme and Budget decided to recommend to the Twentieth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolutions:

1. Health problems of seafarers and health services available to them The Twentieth World Health Assembly,

Bearing in mind resolution WHA19.4Q1 of the Nineteenth World Health Assembly concerning the health problems of seafarers, and resolution EBJ9.R24 of the

Executive Board; and

Having considered the report of the Director-General on the nature and extent of the health problems of seafarers and of the health services available

2. REQUESTS the Director-General to continue the study as outlined in

resolution WHA19.48 and to report to the Forty-first Session of the Executive Board on further progress ,made.

to them,

1. NOTES the report of the Director-General; and2

1 Off.Rec.Wld H l t h O r g ., 151^{, 23}

2 Document A20/P&B/2

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2. International Agency for Research on Cancer The Twentieth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report on the International Agency for Research on Cancer,'*'

NOTES with satisfaction the Report.

3- Study of the criteria for assessing the equivalence of medical degrees in different countries

The Twentieth World Health Assembly,

Considering resolution WHA19-53 and having examined the progress report of the Director-General on the study of the criteria for assessing the equivalence 2 of medical degrees in different countries,

1. NOTES with appreciation the information provided by the Director-General and

2. REQUESTS the Director-General,

(1) to continue this study with special attention to the comparability of the medical diplomas and the legislation concerning licences;

(2) to endeavour to compile lists of degrees and diplomas conferring primary medical qualifications and those relating to supplementary qualifications in special fields so arranged as to indicate which are broadly equivalent;

(3) to give such information on this matter to Member States as they may request ; and

(4) to report on the matter to the forty-first session of the Executive Board and the Twenty-first World Health Assembly.

Document A20/P&B/20

Documents A20/P&B/6 and Corr. 1

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A20/P&B/26 Page 3 4. Programme and Budget for 1968

Having reviewed the Programme and Budget for 1968 for the Western Pacific Region; and

Being concerned over the epidemiological situation in Viet-Nam, and over the health problems of the civilian population,

REQUESTS the Director-General to study all available data on the subject and to submit a report to the Forty-first session of the Executive Buard and the Twenty-first World Health Assembly.

5^. Organizational study on "Co-ordination at the National Level in Relation to the Technical Co-operation Field Programme of the Organization"

Having examined the organizational study of the Executive Board on co-ordination at the national level in relation to the technical co-operation field programme of the Organization,1

1. COMMENDS the Executive Board on the excellent study which it has prepared on this subject;

2. CALLS the attention of Member States to the following conclusions of the study:

(i) that it is the prime responsibility of governments to co-ordinate not only their own programmes but also the aid they receive from external assistance;

(ii) that the WHO representatives can play an important part and facilitate the task of the national health authorities who may call on their services, in co

ordinating health activities receiving technical assistance; and

3^. REQUESTS the Director-General to continue to give attention to the qualifications of WHO representatives so that they can give the best possible assistance to national governments.

1 Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 157. Annex 16

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6. Review of the organizational study on co-ordination with the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies

Bearing in mind resolution WHA15.40 of the Fifteenth World Health Assembly deciding that a review of this subject, as a whole, of co-ordination with the United NatiQns and the specialized agencies be undertaken by the Executive Board after a lapse of five years ; and

Having considered the recommendation of the Executive Board on the subject,^

1. DECIDES that the next organizational study by the Board shall be : "The review of the organizational study on co-ordination with the United Nations and the

specialized agencies"; and

2. REQUESTS the Executive Board to report on its review to the Twenty-first World Health Assembly.

^ Off.Rec. Wld tilth Org. 157 resolution EB39-R26