UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
W O R L D H E A L T H ORGANISATION MONDIALE O R G A N I Z A T I O N DE LA SANTÉ
FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A/Rel/ЗЗ
_ _ .. 13 July 194В1 2 . 3 o 8 . Non-governmental Organisations (OffcRec.WHO, 1 0 , page 82)
COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS
Report of the Working Party *-n Non-Gpvernmental Organizations
The Working Party recommends to the Committee on Relations the adoption of the following draft of the statement of principles:
12o3o8»2o2c. Procedure for admitting organizations into relationship ( i ) The Health Assembly shall instruct the Executive Board to
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establish a,standing committee to be known as the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, This committee shall be
composed of five members, and shall consider information submitted by non-governmental organizations, voluntarily or by invitation, and it shall make recommendations to the Board; i t may invite any such organizations to speak before i t in connexion with their applications «
( i i ) The Director-General shall notify every organization which the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations decides has
fulfilled the criteria laid down in 12o3«8.2c1 above. Immediately thereafter, the organization shall come into relationship with WHO under Article 71 of the Constitution. The Director-General
shall maintain a list of the organizations admitted into
relationship, and this list and any amendments thereto shall be circulated to the members of the World Health Organization,
( i i i ) In accordance with the provisions of Article 71 of the Constitution, the Government concerned shall be consulted with regard to an application from any national .rganization, ( i v ) This l i s t ' s h a l l also be circulated to the chairmen of expert committees, who may make recommendations or suggestions for using the services of any organization where this seems desirablee
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(v) This l i s t shall be revised "biennially by the Executive Board through the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations ' in order to make certain that the organizations have continued to f u l f i l the criteria.
( v i ) The Director-General, in consultation with the Chairman of the Executive Board, when he is satisfied that a particular organization with which he considers i t desirable that the World Health Organization should en'tór into relation, fulfils the criteria laid down, may provisionally enter into such relations pending the decision of the Committee on Non-Governmental
Organizations.
