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FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A/Prog/68 ' 14 July 1948
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
12.1,6o Venereal diseases
(Off .Rec.WHO, 10, page 9)
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME
Report of the Working Party on Venereal Diseases
The working party held two meetings on 7 July, in order to
consider, at the request of the Committee on Programme, the Resfilutipn_
adopted by the Executive Board of the International Alliance_pf
Women, document A-21-, the dra ib-re scjjxi^cw- submitted -by "the-. Delegation of Mexico, document A/Prog/15, and proposals by the Roumanian
Delegation; and to draft a Resolution on Venereal Diseases for presentation-te' the Committee on Programme with a view to eventual presentation to the World Health Assembly.
The working party consisted of representatives from the following countries:
Belgium Mexico Bulgaria Poland Czechoslovakia United Kingdom France United States Holland USSR
Iraq
and legal experts from the following countries:
Egypt United Kingdom Switzerland United States
(a representative from Hungary also attended the first part of the meeting)
The representative of France was elected Chairman.
After a discussion at its first meeting of the form which such
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the items which it should contain, drafting sub-group, consisting of the
Mexico Poland
United States
The drafting sub-group of the working party held a meeting on 7 July and the draft resolution was unanimously approved by the members of the forking party at its second meeting the same day, document A/Prog/47.
With certain revisions, the final draft resolution approved by the Working party, document A/Prog/47.rev.l, is hereby submitted to the Chairman of the Committee on Programme for its consideration for eventual presentation to the Assembly.
a resolution should take, and the working party nominated a representatives of:
Belgium Bulgaria France •
