EXECUTIVE BOARD

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

No. 83

EXECUTIVE BOARD

TWENTY- FIRST SESSION

GENEVA, 14 - 28 JANUARY 1958

PART I

RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

PALAIS DES NATIONS

GENEVA

April 1958

The following abbreviations are used in the Official Records of the World Health Organization:

ACC

- Administrative Committee on Co- ordination

CIOMS

- Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences ECAFE - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

ECE

- Economic Commission for Europe

ECLA

- Economic Commission for Latin America

FAO

- Food and Agriculture Organization

ICAO

- International Civil Aviation Organization

ICITO - Interim Commission of the International Trade Organization

ILO

- International Labour

Organisation (Office)

ITU - International Telecommunication Union OIHP - Office International d'Hygiène Publique

PASB

- Pan American Sanitary Bureau

PASO

- Pan American Sanitary Organization

TAB

- Technical Assistance

^Board

TAC

- Technical Assistance

Committee

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

UNKRA - United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNTAA - United Nations Technical Assistance Administration

WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations

WMO

- World Meteorological

Organization

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The twenty-first session of the Executive Board was convened in accordance with resolution EB20.R'25, adopted by the Board at its twentieth session.

In accordance with the instructions of the Board, the minutes of the Board and

those of its Standing Committee on Administration and Finance have been sent in

mimeographed form to Member governments.

In this volume the resolutions are reproduced in the serial order in which they were adopted by the Executive Board. However, in order to facilitate the use of the volume in conjunction with the Handbook

of Resolutions and Decisions, they have been grouped by title in the table of contents under the subject- headings

of the Handbook. There has also been added, beneath each resolution, a reference to the section of the

Handbook containing previous resolutions on the same subject. The fourth edition of the Handbook -which is indexed both by subject and by resolution symbol- contains most of the resolutions adopted up to and including the Tenth World Health Assembly and the twentieth session of the Executive Board.

The following reference list of sessions of the Health Assembly and Executive Board shows the resolution symbol applicable to each session and the Official Records volume in which the resolutions were originally

published.

First World Health Assembly Executive Board, First Session Executive Board, Second Session Executive Board, Third Session

Held

24 June - 24 July 1948

16 -28 July 1948

25 October - 11 November 1948 21 February - 9 March 1949

Resolution symbol

Officials Records No.

13 14 14 17

Second World Health Assembly 13 June -2 July 1949 WHA2.-

21

Executive Board, Fourth Session 8 -19 July 1949

22

Executive Board, Fifth Session 16 January - 22 February 1950

25

Third World Health Assembly 8 -27 May 1950 WHA3.-

28

Executive Board, Sixth Session 1 -9 June 1950 EB6.R-

29

Executive Board, Seventh Session 22 January - 5 February 1951

EB7. R- 32

Fourth World Health Assembly

7 -25 May 1951

WHA4.-

35

Executive Board, Eighth Session

1 -8 June 1951

EB8.R-

36

Executive Board, Ninth Session 21 January -4 February 1952

EB9. R- 40

Fifth World Health Assembly 5 -22 May 1952 WHA5.-

⁴²

Executive Board, Tenth Session 29 May - 3 June 1952

EB 10. R- 43

Executive Board, Eleventh Session 12 January - 4 February 1953 EB11.R-

⁴⁶

Sixth World Health Assembly 5 -22 May 1953 WHA6.-

48

Executive Board, Twelfth Session 28 -30 May 1953

EB 12. R- 49

Executive Board, Thirteenth Session 12 January - 2 February 1954 EB13.R-

⁵²

Seventh World Health Assembly 4 -21 May 1954 WHA7.-

55

Executive Board, Fourteenth Session 27 -28 May 1954

EB 14.R- 57

Executive Board, Fifteenth Session 18 January - 4 February 1955

EB 15. R- 60

Eighth World Health Assembly

10 -27 May 1955

WHA8.-

63

Executive Board, Sixteenth Session 30 May 1955

EB 16. R- 65

Executive Board, Seventeenth Session 17 January -2 February 1956 EB17.R-

68

Ninth World Health Assembly 8 -25 May 1956 WHA9.-

71

Executive Board, Eighteenth Session 28 -30 May 1956 EB18.R-

⁷³

Executive Board, Nineteenth Session 15 -30 January 1957 EB19.R-

76

Tenth World Health Assembly 7 -24 May 1957 WHA10.-

79

Executive Board, Twentieth Session 27 -28 May 1957

EB20. R- 80

Executive Board, Twenty -first Session 14 -28 January 1958

EB21. R- 83

CONTENTS

Page

Agenda for the Twenty -first Session

1

Introduction

5

PART I RESOLUTIONS

-

Resolutions on Programme

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICAL SERVICES

International Quarantine

EB21.R21

Committee on International Quarantine : Fifth Report

¹²

Health Statistics

EB21.R18

Health and Vital Statistics

11

THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES

Biological Standardization

EB21.R2

Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : Eleventh Report

EB21.R25

Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological

Substances

6

13

Pharmaceutical Preparations (Specifications)

EB21.R3

Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on the Inter-

national Pharmacopoeia : Seventh Report

6

EB21.R33

Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia : Fifteenth Report

^{. .} 15

Addiction- Producing Drugs

EB21.R4

Action Taken in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs : Eighth Report of the Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs

6

Health Laboratory Methods

EB21.R5

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives : Second Report

6

EB21.R24

Report of the Study Group on Histological Definitions of Cancer Types

¹³

COMMUNICABLE- DISEASE SERVICES

Malaria

EB21.R1

Membership of the Committee on Malaria Eradication

5

EB21.R39

Malaria Eradication Programme

17

EB21.R40

Report of the Committee on Malaria Eradication

17

EB21.R41

Malaria Eradication Special Account

18

V-

Tuberculosis

EB21.R8 Tuberculosis Research Office 7

EB21.R26

Report of the Study Group on Chemotherapy and Chemoprophylaxis in Tuberculosis

Control

¹³

Venereal Infections and Non - venereal Treponematoses

EB21.R17

International Agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting Facilities to be given to Merchant Seamen for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases

10

Endemo- epidemic Diseases

EB21.R7

Expert Committee on Poliomyelitis : Second Report

7

Zoonoses and Veterinary Public Health

EB21.R29

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis : Third Report

14 ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC -HEALTH SERVICES

Public -Health Administration

EB21.R6

Expert Committee on Water Fluoridation : First Report

7

Social and Occupational Health

EB21.R27

Report of the Study Group on Classification of Atherosclerotic Lesions

13

Health Education of the Public

EB21.R34

Sports Medicine

15

Nutrition

EB21.R28

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition : Fifth Report

13 ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION

EB21.R23

Report of the Technical Conference on Insect Resistance

12

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EB21.R54 Fellowships 25

SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

EB21.R38

Medical Supply Services to Member States

¹⁷

EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS AND COMMITTEES

Appointments

EB21.R22

Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees

12

Resolutions on Programme and Budget

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

For 1957

EB21.R36

Transfers between Sections of the 1957 Appropriation Resolution

16

For 1958

EB21. R37

Transfers between Sections of the 1958 Appropriation Resolution

16

- VI -

PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF THE PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

EB21.R13

Assembly Procedures for Examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary

Administrative, Financial and Personnel Matters

9

Resolutions concerning WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for

Economic Development

EB21.R48

WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

^{. .} 22

Resolutions concerning the World Health Assembly and Executive Board

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Time and Place

EB21.R63

Date and Place of the Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Session and the Eleventh

World Health Assembly

28

Rules ofProcedure

EB21.R51

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly

23 Agenda

EB21.R65

Provisional Agenda for the Eleventh World Health Assembly

28

Method ^of Work

EB21.R46

Establishment of the Main Committees of the Eleventh World Health Assembly

20 EB21.R47

Proposed Terms of Reference of the Main Committees of the Eleventh World

Health Assembly, including the Procedure for Consideration of the 1959

Programme and Budget Estimates

21

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Sessions^of

the Board

EB21.R66 Date and Place of the Twenty- second Session of the Executive Board 28 Rules ofProcedure

EB21.R52

Amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board

24

Method ofWork

EB21.R44

Additional Terms of Reference of the Standing Committee on Administration and

Finance 20

Representation ^of

the Board at the Health Assembly

EB21.R61

Representatives of the Executive Board at the World Health Assembly

27

Resolutions on Regional Matters

INDIVIDUAL REGIONS

EB21.R12

Reports of Regional Committees

9

South -East Asia

EB21.R55

Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia

25

EB21.R60

Appointment of Regional Director for South -East Asia

27

- VII -

Eastern Mediterranean

EB21.R10

Implementation of Resolution WHA7.33

8

EB21.R11

Eastern Mediterranean Region : Report of Sub -Committee A

8

Western Pacific

EB21.R56

Accommodation for the Regional Office for the Western Pacific

25 STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Regional Offices

EB21.R57

Criteria for Provision of Regional Office Accommodation

26

Resolutions on Constitutional and Legal Matters

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS Office International d'Hygiène Publique

EB21.R59

Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique

26

Resolutions on Financial and Administrative Matters

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Assessments and Contributions

EB21.R42

Status of Collections of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the Working

Capital Fund

19

Executive Board Special Fund

EB21.R9

Executive Board Special Fund : Emergency Assistance to Ceylon

7

Publications Revolving Fund

EB21.R43

Status of Publications Revolving Fund

19

Sources of Additional Income for the Regular Budget

EB21.R20

Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests

12

Funds Based on Voluntary Contributions

EB21.R49

Consideration of Resolution 1219 (XII) of the General Assembly of the United

Nations

23

Other Funds

EB21.R58

Establishment of Special Account under Financial Regulation 6.6

26

Accounts and External Audit

EB21.R62

Appointment of an Ad Hoc Committee to Consider the External Auditor's Report

on the Accounts for the Year 1957

27

STAFF MATTERS

Staff Regulations and Rules

EB21.R35

Amendments to Staff Rules

15

Salaries, Allowances and Benefits

EB21.R53

Review of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits

24

ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES

EB21.R16

Future Organizational Study by the Executive Board

10

Resolutions on Co- ordination and External Relations

UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES General

EB21.R14

EB21.R19 EB21.R50

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the United Nations on Administrative and Budgetary Co- ordination between the United Nations and WHO, with particular reference to the Working of the

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

⁹

Implementation of Resolution 665 C (XXIV) of the Economic and Social Council

11

Co- operation with United Nations and Specialized Agencies and their Decisions

affecting WHO's Activities

23

Social and Economic Matters

EB21.R15

Participation by WHO in Broad United Nations Programmes in the Social and

Economic Fields

10

Co- operation with UNICEF

EB21.R45

UNICEF /WHO Activities

20

NON -GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Principles governing Relationship

EB21.R32

Amendment to Working Principles governing the Admission of Non -governmental

Organizations into Official Relations with WHO

14

Relations with Individual Organizations

EB21.R30

Relations with Non -governmental Organizations

¹⁴

Biennial Review of Organizations admitted to Official Relations

EB21.R31 Biennial Review of Non -governmental Organizations in Official Relations with WHO 14

Miscellaneous Resolutions

CELEBRATION OF TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF WHO

EB21.R64

Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Session

28

ANNEXES

1.

List of Members and Other Participants

³¹

2.

Officers of the Executive Board and Membership of Committees and Working Parties

35 3.

Action taken in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs

36

4.

Tuberculosis Research Office

36

5.

Implementation of Resolution WHA7.33

40

6.

Assembly Procedures for Examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary Administrative,

Financial and Personnel Matters

⁴⁶

7.

Administrative and Budgetary Co- ordination between the United Nations and WHO, with particular reference to the Working of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance :

Report of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

Questions 86

8.

Participation by WHO in Broad Programmes of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies

in the Social and Economic Fields

109

9.

Implementation of Resolution 665 C (XXIV) of the Economic and Social Council

113

10.

Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests

¹²⁰

11.

Report of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations

120

12.

Amendments to the Staff Rules

¹²¹

13.

Malaria Eradication

Part 1

^:

Report of the Director - General on the Malaria Eradication Special Account

124

Part

2 :

Report of the Committee on Malaria Eradication

¹²⁶

14.

Status of the Publications Revolving Fund

132

15.

WHO Participation in the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

134 16.

Resolution

1219 (XII)

of the General Assembly of the United Nations on Financing of Economic

Development 137

17.

Administrative and Budgetary Co- ordination between the United Nations and the Specialized

Agencies 139

18.

Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia

146

19.

Accommodation for the Regional Office for the Western Pacific

149

20.

Report of the Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International

d'Hygiène Publique

152

21.

Report by Representatives of the Executive Board at the Tenth World Health Assembly

^. 153 22.

Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Session and Eleventh World Health Assembly

154

Index to Resolutions 159

[EB21 /1 Rev. I - 14 Jan. ^{1 958]}

1.1

Opening of the session

1.2

Appointment of rapporteurs

1.3

Adoption of the agenda

1.4

Report by representatives of the Board at the Tenth World Health Assembly PROGRAMME

2.1

Tuberculosis Research Office

2.2

Health and vital statistics (progress report)

2.3

Fifth report of the Committee on International Quarantine

2.4

Action taken in respect of international conventions on narcotic drugs

2.5

International Agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting Facilities to be given to Merchant Seamen for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases

2.6

Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees

2.7

Reports of expert committees

2.7.1

Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : eleventh report

2.7.2

Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia : seventh report of the Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names

2.7.3

Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs : eighth report

2.7.4

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives : second report

2.7.5

Expert Committee on Water Fluoridation : first report

2.7.6

Expert Committee on Poliomyelitis : second report

2.7.7

Report of the Technical Conference on Insect Resistance

2.8

Reports of study groups

2.8.1

Study Group on Histological Definitions of Cancer Types

2.8.2

Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological Substances

2.8.3

Study Group on Chemotherapy and Chemoprophylaxis in Tuberculosis Control

1 Adopted by the Board at its first meeting, 14 January 1958

- 1 -

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

3.1

Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution

3.1.1 - for 1957 3.1.2 - for 1958

* 3.2

Review of the proposed programme and budget estimates for 1959

3.3

Assembly procedures for examining the programme, budget and ancillary administrative, financial and personnel matters

* 3.4

Establishment and proposed terms of reference of main committees of Eleventh World Health Assembly including the procedure for consideration of the 1959 programme and budget estimates

MALARIA ERADICATION

4.1

Development of malaria eradication programme

4.2

Malaria Eradication Special Account

4.2.1

Report by the Director -General

4.2.2

Report of the Committee on Malaria Eradication

EXPANDED PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 5.1 WHO participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BOARD

6.1

Date and place of the Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Session and of the Eleventh World Health Assembly (report on agreement reached)

6.2

Report on detailed arrangements for the Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Session

6.3

Proposals by the Director -General for the provisional agenda for the Eleventh World Health Assembly

6.4

Appointment of representatives of the Board at the Eleventh World Health Assembly

6.5

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly

6.6

Date and place of the twenty- second session of the Executive Board

6.7

Future organizational study to be made by the Executive Board

REGIONAL MATTERS

Africa

7.1

Report on the seventh session of the Regional Committee The Americas

7.2

Report on the ninth session of the Regional Committee /X Meeting of the Directing Council of PASO

* Item referred by the Board to the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

South -East Asia

7.3

Report on the tenth session of the Regional Committee

7.3.1

Appointment of the Regional Director

7.3.2

Accommodation for the Regional Office

Europe

7.4

Report on the seventh session of the Regional Committee Eastern Mediterranean

7.5

Report on the implementation of resolution WHA7.33, including the report of Sub -Committee A of the Regional Committee

Western Pacific

7.6

Report on the eighth session of the Regional Committee

7.6.1

Accommodation for the Regional Office (progress report)

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

*8.1

Status of collection of annual contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund

8.2

Report on arrears of contributions due in respect of OIHP

*8.3

Review of status of Publications Revolving Fund

8.4

Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests

8.5

Appointment of ad hoc committee of the Board to consider the report of the External Auditor on the accounts of the Organization for 1957 prior to the Eleventh World Health Assembly

8.6

Method of appointing regional directors

8.7

Criteria for provision of regional office accommodation

8.8

Review of salaries, allowances and benefits : Region of the Americas

8.9

Confirmation of amendments to Staff Rules

CO- OPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

9.1

Co- operation with United Nations and specialized agencies, and their decisions affecting WHO's activities

9.2

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the United Nations on administrative and budgetary co- ordination between the United Nations and WHO, with particular reference to the working of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

9.3

Developments in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF

* Item referred by the Executive Board to the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

9.4 Non -governmental organizations

9.4.1

Consideration of applications for official relations with WHO

9.4.2

Biennial review of non -governmental organizations in official relations with WHO

SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA

1.

Membership of the Committee on Malaria Eradication

2.

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition : fifth report

3.

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis : third report

4.

Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia : fifteenth report

5.

Report of Study Group on Classification of Atherosclerotic Lesions

6.

Participation by WHO in broad programmes of the United Nations and the specialized agencies in the social and economic fields

7.

Inclusion of sports medicine in the programme of WHO (item proposed by the Governments of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden)

8.

Proposed amendment to Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board (item proposed by Dr Hyde, member of the Executive Board)

9.

Report on establishment of Special Account under Financial Regulation 6.6

10.

Executive Board Special Fund : Emergency assistance to Ceylon

The twenty -first session of the Executive Board was held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva,

from 14 to 28 January 1958, under the chairmanship of Sir John Charles, with Dr Dia E. El- Chatti and Dr P. E. Moore as Vice -Chairmen. Dr Hafez Amin and Dr A. da Silva Travassos were elected Rapporteurs. The list of members and other participants is given in Annex 1 and the membership of committees and working parties in Annex 2.

At this session (the agenda for which appears on page 1), the Board adopted the resolu- tions contained in this volume.

The Standing Committee on Administration and Finance 1 held nine meetings, beginning on 8 January, and considered the items falling within its terms of reference as laid down by

resolution EB16.R12.

The report of the Board on these items, incorporating the examination and recommendations of the Standing Committee as well as the Board's own examination and recommendations, is published separately as Official Records No. 84.

The Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations 2 held two meetings, at which it considered new applications from organizations for admission to official relations and carried out the biennial review of organizations already in relationship. Its report will be found in Annex 11.

PART I RESOLUTIONS

EB21.R1

Membership of the Committee on Malaria Eradication The Executive Board,

Considering resolution EB18.R3,

1.

APPOINTS Dr C. Díaz -Coller as a member of the Committee on Malaria Eradication for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Sir John A. Charles, Dr M. Jafar, Lt -Col.

C. K. Lakshmanan and Professor N. N. Pesonen, already members of the Committee; and

2.

DECIDES that, if any member of this committee is unable to attend, his successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, shall participate in the work of the Committee.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.1.2

First meeting, 14 January 1958

1 Established in accordance with resolutions EB16.R12 and EB20.R1

2 Established in accordance with paragraph 2 (i) of the Working Principles governing the Admission of Non -governmental Organizations into Relations with WHO, and with resolution EB20.R2

EB21.R2

Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : Eleventh Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the eleventh report of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.1

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.1.1

First meeting, 14 January 1958

EB21.R3 Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on the International Pharma-

copoeia : Seventh Report

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the seventh report of the Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia;

2.

THANKS the members of the Sub -Committee for their work; and

3.

REQUESTS the Director -General to inform the Board at a future session on methods which could expedite the procedure for selection of proposed international non -proprietary names.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., ^1.4.2.2

First meeting, 14 January 1958

EB21.R4

Action Taken in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs : Eighth Report of the Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the eighth report of the Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs;

2.

NOTES the action taken by the Director -General in compliance with resolution WHA7.6, as reported in document EB21 /4,2 with regard to the notifications forwarded to the Secretary -General of the United Nations;

3.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work;

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report; 1 and

5.

REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit the full report to the Secretary -General of the United Nations for his information.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.3

First and second meetings, 14 January 1958

EB21.R5

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives : Second Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the second report of the Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work;

1 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series 2 Reproduced as Annex 3

3.

EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Food and Agriculture Organization for its collaboration;

4.

AUTHORIZES publication of the report; ' and

5.

EXPRESSES the wish that the necessary measures to implement the recommendations embodied in the report be taken in co- operation with FAO.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.4.2

Second meeting, 14 January 1958

EB21.R6

Expert Committee on Water Fluoridation : First Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Water Fluoridation;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.1.2

Second meeting, 14 January 1958

EB21.R7

Expert Committee on Poliomyelitis : Second Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the second report of the Expert Committee on Poliomyelitis;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.4.1

Second meeting, 14 January 1958

EB21.R8 Tuberculosis Research Office

The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director- General on the Tuberculosis Research Office; 2 Having thereby reviewed the role of the Tuberculosis Research Office in the tuberculosis programme of the Organization,

1. NOTES this report; and

2.

DECIDES that the next review of the Tuberculosis Research Office activities should take place at the twenty -fifth session of the Board.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.2.3

Third meeting, 15 January 1958

EB21.R9 Executive Board Special Fund : Emergency Assistance to Ceylon

The Executive Board,

Having noted the request of the Government of Ceylon for urgent assistance in combating epidemics likely to arise as a result of the floods which have recently stricken Ceylon;

' To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series 2 Annex 4

Considering that this situation constitutes an emergency as defined in Article 28 (i) of the Constitu- tion, and qualifies for assistance from the Executive Board Special Fund under the terms of resolution EB15.R59; and

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the emergency assistance provided to Ceylon from the Executive Board Special Fund and his report on additional assistance required;

1.

NOTES with approval the actions taken by the Director -General in collaboration with the Chairman of the Executive Board to provide assistance to the Government of Ceylon from the Executive Board Special Fund, the estimated cost of which would not exceed US $11 500; and

2.

AUTHORIZES the Director -General to provide the additional assistance requested by the Government of Ceylon, from the Executive Board Special Fund, provided that the cost of that assistance, added to the assistance described in paragraph 1 above, shall not exceed US $20 000;

3.

RECOMMENDS to the Eleventh World Health Assembly that it adopt the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Having noted the action taken by the Executive Board at its twenty -first session to provide emergency assistance in an amount not exceeding US $20 000 from the Executive Board Special Fund to the Government of Ceylon;

Considering that the amount used from the Executive Board Special Fund has to be replaced to bring the fund to the amount of US $100 000, as established by resolution WHA7.24 of the Seventh World Health Assembly; and

Noting that there is a sufficient cash balance available in the Assembly Suspense Account to replace the amount used from the Special Fund,

AUTHORIZES the Director -General to transfer the amount necessary to reimburse the Executive Board Special Fund from the cash balance of the Assembly Suspense Account, taking into account any reimbursement of these costs received from the Government of Ceylon, thereby bringing the credit in the Fund to its established amount of US $100 000.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.1.5

Fourth meeting, 16 January 1958

EB21.R10

Implementation of Resolution WHA7.33 The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Director -Generals on the implementation of resolution WHA7.33 and resolutions WHA8.23, WHA9.53 and WHA10.52 of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth World Health

Assemblies;

2.

TRANSMITS this report to the Eleventh World Health Assembly for such action as it may deem

advisable.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2.5.3

Fifth meeting, 16 January 1958

EB21.R11

Eastern Mediterranean Region : Report of Sub -Committee A The Executive Board

NOTES the report of Sub -Committee A of the seventh session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2.5.3

Fifth meeting, 16 January 1958

1 Annex 5

EB21.R12

Reports of Regional Committees The Executive Board

NOTES the reports on the 1957 sessions of the following WHO regional committees :

(1)

Regional Committee for Africa, seventh session;

(2)

Regional Committee for the Americas, X meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, ninth session of the Regional Committee;

(3) (4) (5)

Regional Committee for South -East Asia, tenth session;

Regional Committee for Europe, seventh session; and Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, eighth session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2

Fifth, sixth and seventh meetings,

16 and 17 January 1958

EB21.R13

Assembly Procedures for Examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary Administrative, Financial and Personnel Matters 1

The Executive Board,

Having considered resolution WHA10.27,

1.

DECIDES that consideration of the matters referred to therein be deferred until its January session 1959 for further consideration in the light of a report from the Director - General on the action taken by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the work of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2 and

2.

REQUESTS that the Director- General bring this matter to the attention of the Eleventh World Health

Assembly.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 2.4

Third, fourth and fifth meetings,

15 and 16 January 1958

EB21.R14

Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the United Nations on Administrative and Budgetary Co- ordination between the United Nations and WHO, with particular reference to the Working of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance The Executive Board

1.

NOTES with gratification the first report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to the twelfth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, on " administrative and budgetary co- ordination between the United Nations and the World Health Organization, with particular reference to the working of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance "; a and

2. TRANSMITS the report to the Eleventh World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.1.1.5

Ninth meeting, 20 January 1958

1 See Annex 6.

2 See Annex 17, Appendix 2, para. 4.

8 Annex 7

EB21.R15

Participation by WHO in Broad United Nations Programmes in the Social and Economic Fields The Executive Board,

Considering resolution EB19.R44 and resolution WHA10.39,

Having noted resolution 665 A adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its twenty- fourth

session;

Having considered a report of the Director -General on participation by the World Health Organ- ization in broad United Nations programmes in the social and economic fields,

1.

AGREES with the criteria proposed by the Administrative Committee on Co- ordination to determine the suitability of a subject for concerted action;

2.

CONCURS in principle with the inclusion of housing, building and planning in the list of broad programmes;

3.

AGREES that the programmes of concerted action in each of the following fields of activities -water resources and utilization, community development, industrialization and productivity, housing, building and planning -comply with the agreed criteria set above and also with the principles set out in the general programme of work for a specific period approved by the World Health Assembly;

4.

BELIEVES that WHO should participate in such programmes to the greatest extent possible.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.1.2.1

Ninth meeting, 20 January 1958

EB21.R16

Future Organizational Study by the Executive Board The Executive Board,

Having considered resolution WHA10.36 of the Tenth World Health Assembly that organizational studies by the Executive Board should be continued;

Having considered the report of the Director - General relating to the future organizational study to be undertaken by the Executive Board,

RECOMMENDS to the Eleventh World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Having considered the recommendation of the Executive Board on the subject of the next organizational study,

DECIDES that a further study on the WHO publications programme be taken as the next subject for organizational study after the Board has disposed of the study on regionalization.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.4

Ninth meeting, 20 January 1958

EB21.R17

International Agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting Facilities to be given to Merchant Seamen for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases

The Executive Board,

Having considered the note from the Director -General on the International Agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting Facilities to be given to Merchant Seamen for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases,

1.

DECIDES to transmit to the Eleventh World Health Assembly the report of the Study Group on the International Agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting Facilities to be given to Merchant Seamen for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases;

² and

1 Annex 8

2To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series

2.

RECOMMENDS to the Eleventh World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Considering resolution WHA1.22, paragraph (3),1 of the First World Health Assembly;

Considering resolutions EB2.R4, paragraph (2),1 and EB21.R17 of the second and twenty -first sessions of the Executive Board respectively; and

Having studied the report of the Study Group on the International Agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting Facilities to be given to Merchant Seamen for the Treatment of Venereal Diseases,

REQUESTS the Director - General

(1)

to undertake a study of the nature and extent of the health problems of seafarers and of the health services available;

(2)

to indicate possible further needs and ways and means by which health services could be provided in major ports to seafarers of all nationalities on a wider scale than at present; and

(3)

to report thereon to the World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.3.3

Ninth meeting, 20 January 1958

EB21.R18

Health and Vital Statistics The Executive Board,

Having considered the progress report concerning vital and health statistics submitted by the Director -General in pursuance of resolution WHA10.17,

NOTES the report.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.3.2

Ninth and twentieth meetings,

20 and 27 January 1958

EB21.R19 Implementation of Resolution 665 C (XXIV) of the Economic and Social Council

The Executive Board,

Having noted resolution 665 C (XXIV) adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its twenty - fourth session concerning a forecast of the scope and trend of programmes and expenditures of the United Nations and the specialized agencies during the period 1959 -1964;

Noting the functions and powers of the Economic and Social Council as provided in Articles 62 and 63 of the Charter of the United Nations;

Having considered the report of the Director - General on this subject; 2 Considering Article 28 (g) of the Constitution;

Recalling the resolutions 3 in which the Health Assemblies considered that the general programme of work covering a specific period provided a broad general policy that will serve as an appropriate framework for the development of detailed annual programmes; and

Recognizing that it is not possible to determine precisely the cost of future programmes,

1.

CONSIDERS that the general programme of work covering a specific period, adjusted if necessary to the period referred to in the resolution of the Economic and Social Council, provides the most appro- priate and practical forecast of the scope and trend of the future programme of WHO;

1 Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, fourth edition, p. 59 2 Annex 9

3 Resolutions WHA4.2, WHA7.9 and WHA8.10

2. REQUESTS the Director - General

(a)

to participate in the joint effort with the Secretary - General and the heads of the specialized agencies to formulate to the extent possible a method or methods by which the general appraisal referred to in the Economic and Social Council resolution 665 C (XXIV) might be undertaken;

(b)

to bring the present resolution to the attention of the Economic and Social Council at its twenty - sixth session and to make available to the Council the general programme of work covering a specific period;

3.

DECIDES to consider this matter further at a future session in the light of the findings of the Admi- nistrative Committee on Co- ordination and of any pertinent resolution which may be adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its twenty -sixth session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.1.1

Ninth meeting, 20 January 1958

EB21.R20 Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests,' and

2.

THANKS the donors for these gifts.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.1.7.1

Ninth meeting, 20 January 1958

EB21.R21

Committee on International Quarantine : Fifth Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the fifth report of the Committee on International Quarantine;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work;

3.

TRANSMITS the report to the Eleventh World Health Assembly for its consideration; and

4.

REQUESTS the Director - General to report to the Eleventh World Health Assembly on the continuing need for an annual meeting of the Committee on International Quarantine.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.3.1.6

Tenth meeting, 21 January 1958

EB21.R22

Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees The Executive Board

NOTES the report of the Director -General on appointments to expert advisory panels and com-

mittees.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.13.2.2

Tenth meeting, 21 January 1958

EB21.R23 Report of the Technical Conference on Insect Resistance

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Technical Conference on Insect Resistance; and

2.

THANKS the members of the Technical Conference for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.9.7

Tenth meeting, 21 January 1958

' Annex 10

EB21.R24 Report of the Study Group on Histological Definitions of Cancer Types

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Study Group on Histological Definitions of Cancer Types; 1 and

2.

THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.4.3; 1.3.2.2

Tenth meeting, 21 January 1958

EB21.R25

Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological Substances The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological Substances; 1 and

2.

THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., ^1.4.1.2

Tenth meeting, 21 January 1958

EB21.R26 Report of the Study Group on Chemotherapy and Chemoprophylaxis in Tuberculosis Control

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Study Group on Chemotherapy and Chemoprophylaxis in Tuberculosis Control; a

2.

THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.2

Tenth and eleventh meetings, 21 January 1958

EB21.R27 Report of the Study Group on Classification of Atherosclerotic Lesions

The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Study Group on Classification of Atherosclerotic Lesions; 1 and

2.

THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.3.6

Eleventh meeting, 21 January 1958

EB21.R28

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition : Fifth Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the fifth report of the Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work;

3.

EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Food and Agriculture Organization for its continuing collaboration;

and

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.1

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.7.1

Eleventh meeting, 21 January 1958

1 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series 2 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1957, 141

EB21.R29

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis : Third Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the third report of the Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis;

2.

THANKS the members of the Committee for their work;

3.

EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Food and Agriculture Organization for its continuing collaboration;

and

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.l

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.5.1

Eleventh and twelfth meetings,

21 and 22 January 1958

EB21.R30

Relations with Non -governmental Organizations

The Executive Board,

Having examined the report of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations, 2 DECIDES to establish relations with the following organizations, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the working principles governing such applications, as adopted by the Third World Health Assembly (resolution WHA3.113) and as reviewed and interpreted by the Sixth World Health Assembly (resolution

WHA6.49) :

(a)

International Fertility Association

(b)

International Union of Local Authorities

(e)

Fédération internationale de Médecine sportive.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.2.3

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R31 Biennial Review of Non -governmental Organizations in Official Relations with WHO

The Executive Board,

Having examined the report of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations on its biennial review of the organizations in official relations with WHO,3

DECIDES to maintain official relations, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the working principles as adopted by the Third World Health Assembly (resolution WHA3.113) and as reviewed and interpreted by the Sixth World Health Assembly (resolution WHA6.49), with the forty -three organizations now in

official relations.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.2.4

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R32 Amendment to Working Principles governing the Admission of Non -governmental Organizations

into Official Relations with WHO '

The Executive Board,

Considering that the Working Principles governing the Admission of Non -governmental Organiza- tions into Relations with WHO (paragraph 2 (vi)) provide that the Executive Board, through its Standing Committee, shall review biennially the list of non -governmental organizations in official relations;

To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series 3 Annex 11

3 Annex 11, section 2 See Annex 11, section 3.

Appreciating the close and cordial collaboration between WHO and the non -governmental organ- izations in official relations; and

Considering that reviews covering periods of more than two years enable the Executive Board and its Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations to appreciate in their long -term context the developments in the collaboration between WHO and those organizations,

RECOMMENDS to the Eleventh World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Considering resolution EB21.R32 of the Executive Board,

DECIDES to amend as follows paragraph 2 (vi) of the working principles governing the admission of non -governmental organizations into official relations with WHO :

second line : replace " biennially " by " every four years ".

Handb. Res., 4th ed. 8.2.1

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R33

Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia : Fifteenth Report The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the fifteenth report of the Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia; and

2.

THANKS the members of the Expert Committee for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.2.2

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R34

Sports Medicine The Executive Board,

Noting the proposal made by Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden for the inclusion of sports medicine in the programme of WHO; and

Noting that a proposal on physical training has been considered by previous Health Assemblies and Executive Board

^sessions,2

and that the Third World Health Assembly requested the Director - General to postpone further action in the establishment of a programme in the field of physical training,

REQUESTS the Director -General :

(a)

to undertake a study on the nature of the programme that can be developed in this field, in the light of the discussion which took place in the Board; and

(b)

to submit a preliminary report to the Eleventh World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.4

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R35 Amendments to Staff Rules

The Executive Board

Having considered the report of the Director -General on this subject;

³

1.

CONFIRMS the amendments to the Staff Rules made by the Director - General ; and

2.

CONCURS in his decision to defer, for the time being, the application of longevity steps.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.2.1.2

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

1 Basic Documents, eighth edition, p. 67

2See Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, fourth edition, pp. 78 -9.

a Annex 12

EB21.R36

Transfers between Sections of the 1957 Appropriation Resolution The Executive Board,

Having noted the report of the Director -General on transfers of credits between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1957 which, pursuant to paragraph VI of the Appropriation Resolution, were previously concurred in by correspondence,

CONFIRMS its concurrence in these transfers.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 2.1.10

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R37 Transfers between Sections of the 1958 Appropriation Resolution

The Executive Board

CONCURS in the transfers proposed by the Director -General between sections of paragraph I of the Appropriation Resolution for 1958 (WHA10.38) as follows :

Appropriation

Section Purpose of appropriation

Amount voted by Tenth World Health

Assembly

Transfers Revised

appropriation

PART I : ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

uss

Us$

uss

1.

World Health Assembly

²⁰³ 240 200 203440

2.

Executive Board and its Committees

^{. . 115 260 1} 640 116 900

3.

Regional Committees

⁸⁶ 300

-

⁸⁶³⁰⁰

Total - Part I

404 800 1 840 406 640 PART II : OPERATING PROGRAMME

4.

Central Technical Services

¹ 826 118 46412 1 872 530

5.

Advisory Services

8 111 662 (108 115) 8 003 547

6.

Regional Offices

¹ 750182 37574 1 787 756

7.

Expert Committees

¹⁹⁶²⁰⁰

-

¹⁹⁶²⁰⁰

Total - Part II

¹¹ 884 162 (24 129) 11 860 033 PART III : ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

8.

Administrative Services

¹ 177 168 22 289 1 199 457

Total - Part III

^{1 177 168} 22 289 ¹ 199457 PART IV : OTHER PURPOSES

9.

Reimbursement of Working Capital Fund

100000

-

¹⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰

Total - Part IV

^{100 000}

-

¹⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰

TOTAL - PARTS I, II, III AND IV

¹³ 566 130

-

^{13 566 130}

PART V : RESERVE

10.

Undistributed Reserve

^{1 203} 030

-

^{1 203 030}

Total - Part V

¹ 203 030

-

^{1 203 030}

TOTAL - ALL PARTS 14769 160

-

^{14 769 160}

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 2.1.11

Twelfth meeting, 22 January 1958

EB21.R38

Medical Supply Services to Member States The Executive Board,

Having considered the basis on which medical supplies may be procured by the Organization on behalf of Members as provided in resolution EB9.R90;

Considering that in certain circumstances the service charge of three per cent. on the net costs of the items purchased might be waived,

1. AUTHORIZES the Director -General when requested by governments to waive the three per cent. service

charge in cases of emergencies; and

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to study the application of the percentage service charge in accordance

with paragraph 2 of resolution EB9.R90 and to report the results to the Executive Board at its twenty - third session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.12.3

Fourteenth meeting, 23 January 1958

EB21.R39

Malaria Eradication Programme The Executive Board,

Noting the report of the Director - General on the developments of the malaria eradication programme;

Believing that co- ordination of all resources and efforts for malaria eradication is essential for the eventual success of the programme; and

Considering that the Organization under its Constitution acts " as the directing and co- ordinating authority on international health work ",

1.

REQUESTS the Director -General to continue to encourage co- ordination among all agencies assisting malaria eradication activities; and

2.

RECOMMENDS to all governments concerned to establish, if they have not already done so, national co- ordinating committees including representatives of all relevant agencies, as an essential requirement for the utilization of all financial and technical resources available to the government for the malaria eradication programme.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.1.2

Eighth, sixteenth and seventeenth meetings,

20 and 24 January 1958

EB21.R40

Report of the Committee on Malaria Eradication The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Committee on Malaria Eradication and the recommendations made therein;

Having reviewed the provisions of paragraph 1 of resolution EB18.R16;

Having considered paragraph IV of resolution WHA8.30 of the Eighth World Health Assembly; and Considering the desirability of simplifying the process by which contributions to the Malaria Era - dication Account are accepted between sessions of the Board,

1.

NOTES the report of the Committee on Malaria Eradication; i and

1 Annex 13, part 2

2.

RECOMMENDS to the Eleventh World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Executive Board and of its Committee on Malaria Era- dication;

Having reviewed the provisions of paragraph IV of resolution WHA8.30 adopted by the Eighth World Health Assembly,

1.

AUTHORIZES the Executive Board to delegate the authority conferred upon it in paragraph IV (1) of resolution WHA8.30 to the Chairman of the Executive Board, providing the Director - General has determined that such contributions can be utilized in the programme; and

2.

REQUESTS the Director - General to report to each session of the Board the contributions to the Special Account accepted between sessions of the Board under such authority as the Board may have delegated under the provisions of paragraph 1 above.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.1.2

Sixteenth and seventeenth meetings, 24 January 1958

EB21.R41

Malaria Eradication Special Account The Executive Board,

Considering the request of the World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA10.32, that the Board and the Director - General " take definite and specific steps with a view to obtaining contributions to the Malaria Eradication Special Account from all possible sources so as to enable the Organization to provide increased assistance towards achieving world -wide malaria eradication ";

Having considered the report of the Director - General on the Malaria Eradication Special Account;

Considering that the programme of malaria eradication has now been developed; 2

Considering that, thanks to a few contributors, funds are at present available in the Special Account sufficient to finance malaria eradication activities planned to be carried out by the Organization during 1958, although funds are not yet in the Account to meet such costs in 1959 and future years; and

Recognizing that the success of the malaria eradication programme depends on the energetic pursuit of planned activities over a considerable number of years,

1.

THANKS the donors whose contributions to the Special Account have made it possible for the malaria eradication programme to get under way;

2.

EXPRESSES the hope that governments will make voluntary contributions to the Special Account;

3.

REQUESTS the Director -General to take such steps as are necessary, including adequate publicity, to obtain funds for the Special Account from governmental sources and from other sources such as founda- tions, industry, labour organizations, institutions or individuals;

4.

RECOMMENDS to the Eleventh World Health Assembly that it adopt the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Having considered resolution EB21.R41 of the Executive Board,

1.

REAFFIRMS the decisions of the World Health Assembly concerning the need for and method of obtaining funds for the Malaria Eradication Special Account, as reflected in WHA10.32;

1 Annex 13, part 1

2 See Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 81, Annex 4.

2. RECOMMENDS to the Twelfth World Health Assembly the convening of a special ad hoc committee

of the whole for the purpose of announcing pledges to the Special Account for 1960, the Director - General in the meantime to continue to try to obtain contributions from governments and other sources to the Special Account;

5.

DECIDES to study further steps relating to fund -raising for the Malaria Eradication Special Account at its twenty- second session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.1.2

Sixteenth and seventeenth meetings, 24 January 1958

EB21.R42

Status of Collections of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the Working Capital Fund The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the status of collections of annual con- tributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund as at 31 December 1957;

Noting with satisfaction that the payments in respect to the 1957 assessments have been better than in prior years and that all active Members have paid their advances to the Working Capital Fund; and Noting that, unless payments are received before the opening of the Eleventh World Health Assembly from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador and Uruguay, those Members will be subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of resolution WHA8.13 of the Eighth World Health Assembly,

1.

URGES those Members to liquidate their arrears before the opening of the Eleventh World Health Assembly;

2. REQUESTS the Director - General to communicate to those Members the contents of this resolution; and

3. FURTHER REQUESTS the Director - General to submit to the Eleventh World Health Assembly a report

on the status of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund, with particular reference to those Members, if any, which are subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of resolution

WHA8.13 of the Eighth World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.1.2.4

Seventeenth meeting, 24 January 1958

EB21.R43

Status of Publications Revolving Fund The Executive Board,

Having examined the report by the Director - General on the status of the Publications Revolving

Fund,1

NOTES with satisfaction the revenue from the sale of WHO publications;

II.

Noting that, after reserving a sum of $19 000 recommended to be used as casual income for the 1959 budget, and a sum of $27 584 to cover the estimated cost of printing Volume II of the International Classification of Diseases, there remains a balance of $89 607,

RECOMMENDS that the Eleventh World Health Assembly adopt the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly,

Having considered the recommendation of the Executive Board relating to the withdrawal of funds not needed in the Publications Revolving Fund,

AUTHORIZES the transfer of $89 000 from the Publications Revolving Fund to Miscellaneous

Income.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.1.6

Seventeenth meeting, 24 January 1958

1 Annex 14

EB21.R44 Additional Terms of Reference of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

The Executive Board,

Having considered the terms of reference of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance as laid down in resolution EB16.R12 and a proposal made by the Standing Committee to expand them,

DECIDES that the terms of reference of the Committee shall include the review of the status of the Publications Revolving Fund in addition to those set forth in resolution EB16.R12.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 4.2A.2

Seventeenth meeting, 24 January 1958

EB21.R45

UNICEF /WHO Activities The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the developments in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF,

Having noted a report from the representative of UNICEF on the collaboration between the two agencies, that no UNICEF activities in the field of health are either proposed or undertaken without the prior technical approval of the World Health Organization; and

Noting that UNICEF plans to assist the malaria eradication programme to the amount of between

$7 000 000 and $8 000 000 in 1958, in 1959 and 1960,

1.

NOTES the report of the Director -General;

2.

NOTES with satisfaction that UNICEF continues to regard its support to the programmes of basic maternal and child health services, including environmental sanitation where appropriate, communicable - disease control, malaria eradication, and nutrition as different approaches leading to improvement of maternal and child health;

3.

EXPRESSES the hope that the UNICEF Executive Board will continue to give maximum assistance for malaria eradication in the future;

4.

WELCOMES the proposed expansion of UNICEF's aid to nutritional activities and to integrated maternal and child health projects; and

5.

EXPRESSES its satisfaction with the continued close and effective collaboration between the two organizations.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.1.4.1

Fifteenth and eighteenth meetings,

23 and 25 January 1958

EB21.R46

Establishment of the Main Committees of the Eleventh World Health Assembly The Executive Board

RECOMMENDS that the Eleventh World Health Assembly adopt the following resolution : The Eleventh World Health Assembly

1. ESTABLISHES a Committee on Programme and Budget ;

2.

ESTABLISHES a Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 4.1.7

Seventeenth meeting, 24 January 1958