WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION No. 35

FOURTH

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

GENEVA, 7 TO 25 MAY 1951

RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS PLENARY MEETINGS

Verbatim Records COMMITTEES Minutes and Reports

ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

PALAIS DES NATIONS GENEVA January 1952

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

ACC Administrative Committee on Co-ordination

CCICMS - Council for the Co-ordination of International Congresses of Medical Sciences ECAFE

- Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

ECE - Economic Commission for Europe FAO

- Food and Agriculture Organization

IBE

- International Bureau of Education

ICAO

- International Civil Aviation Organization

ICITO

- Interim Commission of the International Trade Organization

ILO - International Labour Organisation (Office)

IMCO - Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization IRO International Refugee Organization

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 International Children's Emergency Fund

UNRRA - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UNRWAPRNE - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEMBERSHIP OF THE HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Page

List of Delegates and Other Participants ³

Officers of the Health Assembly and Membership of its Committees 13

Part I

RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME

WHA4.1 Annual Report of the Director-General for 1950 17

WHA4.2 General Programme of Work covering a Specific Period 17

WHA4.3 Health Statistics 18

WHA4.4 Publications 18

WHA4.5 Dental Hygiene 18

WHA4.6 First Inter-American Sanitary Congress 19

WHA4.7 Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen 19

WHA4.8 Prevention and Treatment of Severe Malnutrition in Times of Disaster 19

WHA4.9 Technical Discussions at World Health Assemblies 20

WHA4.10 Concentration of Effort and Resources of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies 20

WHA4.11 Schedule of Work of the Economic and Social Council 21

WHA4.12 Active Support by Member States for the Work of Specialized Agencies 21

WHA4.13 Permanent Secretariat for the International Pharmacopoeia 21

WHA4.14 Adoption of Regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees 22 WHA4.15 Relations with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in

the Near East 22

WHA4.16 Long-Range Activities for Children and Relations with UNICEF 22 WHA4.17 Development of Arid Land, and International Co-operation in Water Control and

Utilization 23

WHA4.18 Rehabilitation of the Physically Handicapped 23

WHA4.19 Improvement of Environmental Hygiene and Sanitation 24

WHA4.20 Role of Hospitals in World Health 24

WHA4.21 Resettlement of Refugee Physicians 24

WHA4.22 Technical Assistance Programme 25

WHA4.23 Co-ordination of Technical Assistance Programmes 25

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WHA4.24 Projects for Technical Assistance 26

WHA4.25 Medical Supplies for Member Governments 26

WHA4.26 Scientific Research in the Field of Health 27

WHA4.27 Development of National Health Programmes 27

WHA4.28 Utilization of Short-Term Consultants 27

WHA4.29 Trachoma 27

WHA4.30 Supply of Insecticides 28

WHA4.31 Toxic Hazards of Certain Insecticides and Similar Products 29

WHA4.32 Control of Venereal Disease among Rhine Boatmen 29

WHA4.33 Regular Programme for 1952 29

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND LEGAL MATTERS

WHA4.34 Financial Report and Accounts of the World Health Organization for 1950 and Report

of the External Auditor 31

WHA4.35 Arrears of Contributions 31

WHA4.36 Working Capital Fund 32

WHA4.37 Supplemental Budget for 1951 : Obligations to the United Nations 32 WHA4.38 Supplemental Budget for 1951 : Assistance to Refugees in Turkey 32

WHA4.39 Scale of Assessments : Korea, Viet Nam and Israel ³³

WHA4.40 Measures for improving the Financial Position of the World Health Organization 33

WHA4.41 Additional Funds for the Budget of the World Health Organization 34 WHA4.42 Admission to Membership of the World Health Organization : Japan 34 WHA4.43 Admission to Membership of the World Health Organization : Federal Republic of

Germany 34

WHA4.44 Admission to Membership of the World Health Organization : Spain 35

WHA4.45

Action taken by Poland with respect to Membership of the World Health

Organization 35

WHA4.46 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly 35

WHA4.47 Scale of Assessments 36

WHA4.48 WHO Seals 36

WHA4.49 Co-ordination of Administrative and Financial Questions in the United Nations and

Specialized Agencies 37

WHA4.50 Adoption of the Financial Regulations of the World Health Organization 37 WHA4.51 Adoption of the Staff Regulations of the World Health Organization 37

WHA4.52 Amendments to Staff Rules : General 38

WHA4.53 Staff Rules : Salary Differential 38

WHA4.54 Appointment of External Auditor for the Financial Years 1952 to 1954 39 WHA4.55 Organizational Structure and Administrative Efficiency

of the World Health

Organization ³⁹

WHA4.56 Form of Presentation of the Programme and Budget Estimates 40

WHA4.57 Use of Spanish at WHO Meetings 40

WHA4.58 Transfer of the Assets of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique 41

WHA4.59 Agreement with the Government of Egypt 41

WHA4.60 Costs to be borne by Recipient Governments in connexion with Field Projects ^. 41

WHA4.61 Admission of Non-Governmental Organizations to Relationship with the World Health

Organization ⁴²

WHA4.62 Salary of the Director-General 43

WHA4.63 Appointment of Representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee 43

WHA4.64 Working Capital Fund for 1952 ⁴³

WHA4.65 Place of the Fifth World Health Assembly 44

WHA4.66 Place of the Sixth World Health Assembly and of Future Health Assemblies . 44

WHA4.67 Assignment to Regions : Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria 44

WHA4.68 Appropriation Resolution for the Financial Year 1950 : Amendment 45 WHA4.69 Appropriation Resolution for the Financial Year 1951 : Amendment 45 WHA4.70 Emergency Action to assist in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security 45

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE JOINT MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND LEGAL MATTERS

WHA4.71 Budget Level for 1952 47

WHA4.72 Effective Working Budget for 1952 ⁴⁷

WHA4.73 Appropriation Resolution for 1952 47

WHA4.74 Co-ordination of Planning of UNICEF/WHO Programmes 49

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL SANITARY REGULATIONS

WHA4.75 Adoption of the International Sanitary Regulations (WHO Regulations No. 2) ^{. . .} 50 WHA4.76 Explanatory Memorandum on the International Sanitary Regulations (WHO Regula-

tions No. 2) 50

WHA4.77 Terms of Reference of Committees to deal with the Application of the International

Sanitary Regulations 50

WHA4.78 Epidemic Diseases not covered by the International Sanitary Regulations (WHO

Regulations No. 2) 51

WHA4.79 Special Measures for the Protection of Isolated Communities 52 WHA4.80 Additional National Health and Sanitary Measures to prevent the Spread of the

Six Quarantinable Diseases 52

WHA4.81 Sanitary Protection in the case of Mass Movements of Populations 53

WHA4.82 Hygiene and Sanitation of Airports ⁵³

WHA4.83 Criteria for determining the Limits of Yellow-Fever Endemic Zones 54

WHA4.84 Kamaran Quarantine Station 54

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITTEE

WHA4.85 Léon Bernard Foundation Prize ⁵⁵

WHA4.86 Inclusion of Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam in the Western Pacific Region 55 WHA4.87 Regional Committee for the Western Pacific : Date of First Meeting 55

WHA4.88 Earthquake in El Salvador 5 5

WHA4.89 Election of Members entitled to designate a Person to serve on the Executive Board 5 6

WHA4.90 Approval of Reports of the Executive Board 56

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(i) Provisional Verbatim Record of Plenary Meetings of the World Health Assembly . 57

(ii) Composition of the Committee on Credentials 57

(iii) Composition of the Committee on Nominations 57

(iv) Verification of Credentials 57

(v) Election of Officers of the Fourth World Health Assembly 58

(vi) Election of Officers of the Main Committees 58

(vii) Establishment of the General Committee 58

(viii) Adoption of the Provisional and Supplementary Agenda 59

(ix) Procedure for the Examination of the Programme and Budget for 1952 59

(x) Technical Discussions at the Fourth World Health Assembly 59

Part II

PROCEEDINGS

Agenda 63

VERBATIM RECORDS OF THE PLENARY MEETINGS FIRST PLENARY MEETING, Monday, 7 May 1951, at 10 a.m.

1. Opening of Session by the President of the Third World Health Assembly 67

2. Announcements 71

3. Provisional Adoption of the Use of Spanish at WHO Meetings 71

4. Change in the Form of the Provisional Verbatim Record 71

5. Establishment of Committee on Credentials 72

6. Establishment of Committee on Nominations 72

SECOND PLENARY MEETING, Monday, 7 May 1951, at 3 p.m.

7. Submission of First Report of the Committee on Credentials 73

8. Award of Léon Bernard Foundation Medal and Prize 73

9. Submission of First Report of the Committee on Nominations 76

10. Address by the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO 76

11. Address by the Delegate of Turkey 76

12. Adoption of First Report of the Committee on Credentials 77

13. Election of the President of the Assembly 77

14. Election of Vice-Presidents 77

15. Establishment of Main Committees 78

16. Election of Officers of the Main Committees 78

17. Establishment of the General Committee 78

18. Adoption of the Agenda 78

19. Announcements 78

THIRD PLENARY MEETING, Tuesday, 8 May 1951, at 11 a.m.

20. Presidential Address ⁷⁹

21. Address by the Chief Delegate of Uruguay 82

22. Programme of Work of the Health Assembly 83

23. Procedure for Consideration of Programme and Budget for 1952 83

24. Procedure for Technical Discussions on the Education and Training of Medical and Public-

Health Personnel 83

25. Procedure for Nominations for Elections to the Executive Board 83 26. Allocation of Item 15 of the Agenda (Admission of New Members) to the Committee on

Administration, Finance and Legal Matters 84

27. Inclusion of Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam in the Western Pacific Region 84

28. Announcements 84

F OURTH PLENARY MEETING, Tuesday, 8 May 1951, at 3 p.m.

29. Address by the Delegate of Brazil 84

30. Address by the Chief Delegate of Panama 85

31. Discussion on the Annual Report of the Director-General 86

Speeches by Professor Parisot (France), Dr. Young Suk Koo (Korea), Dr. Nasr, Bey (Egypt), Dr. Espaillat de la Mota (Dominican Republic), Mrs. Aung San (Burma) . 86

32. Announcements 91

FIFTH PLENARY MEETING, Wednesday, 9 May 1951, at 10 a.m.

33. Discussion on the Annual Report of the Director-General (continuation)

Speeches by Dr. Gregorie (Yugoslavia), Dr. Pharaon (Saudi Arabia), Dr. Padua (Philip- pines), Dr. Dowling (Australia), Dr. Munir Sadat (Syria), Sir John Charles (United

Kingdom), Dr. Noach (Israel), Dr. Phya Boriraksh Vejjakar (Thailand), Dr. Taba (Iran) 91

34. Adoption of Second Report of the Committee on Credentials 107

35. Announcements ¹⁰⁷

SIXTH PLENARY MEETING, Wednesday, 9 May 1951, at 5.30 p.m.

36. Discussion on the Annual Report of the Director-General (continuation)

Speeches by Dr. Shakhashiri (Lebanon), Dr. Khaum (Austria), Mr. Nalliah (Ceylon), Dr. Togba (Liberia), Dr. Triantafyllou (Greece), the Director-General 108

37. Date of Meeting of the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific 115 SEVENTH PLENARY MEETING, Wednesday, 16 May 1951, at 10 a.m.

38. Suspension of Rule 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly 116

39. Recent Earthquake in El Salvador 116

40. Adoption of the Supplementary Agenda ¹¹⁷

41. Adoption of the Third Report of the Committee on Credentials ¹¹⁷ 42. Adoption of First Report of the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters 117

43. Technical Discussions ¹²⁴

44. Announcements 129

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EIGHTH PLENARY MEETING, Wednesday, 16 May 1951, at 3 p.m.

45. Representation of Bolivia

46. Election of Members entitled to designate a Person to serve on the Executive Board . 47. Announcement

NINTH PLENARY MEETING, Saturday, 19 May 1951, at 10 a.m.

48. Adoption of the First Report of the Joint Meetings of the Committee on Programme and the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters

130 130 132

132 TENTH PLENARY MEETING, Thursday, 24 May 1951, at 3 p.m.

49. Adoption of Fourth and Fifth Reports of the Committee on Credentials 133

50. Adoption of First and Second Reports of the Committee on Programme 133

51. Adoption of Second, Third and Fourth Reports of the Committee on Administration, Finance

and Legal Matters 134

52. Adoption of Second Report of the Joint Meetings of the Committee on Programme and the

Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters 138

53. Announcements 139

ELEVENTH PLENARY MEETING, Friday, 25 May 1951, at 10 a.m.

54. Adoption of WHO Regulations No. 2, International Sanitary Regulations, and of the Resolu- tions presented by the Committee on International Sanitary Regulations 139

55. Adoption of Third and Fourth Reports of the Committee on Programme ₁₄₂ 56. Adoption of Fifth Report of the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters 145

57. Report of the General Committee 146

58. Approval of Reports of the Executive Board 146

59. Other Business 146

60. Closing Address by the President 149

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE AND MAIN COMMITTEES General Committee

'Page Fourteenth meeting

Page 163

First meeting 154 Fifteenth meeting ₁₆₄

Second meeting ¹⁵⁵ Sixteenth meeting ₁₆₄

Third meeting ¹⁵⁶ Seventeenth meeting 165

Fourth meeting ¹⁵⁶ Eighteenth meeting 166

Fifth meeting ¹⁵⁷

Sixth meeting 158

Committee on Programme

Seventh meeting ¹⁵⁹

Eighth meeting 160 First meeting 167

Ninth meeting ¹⁶¹ Second meeting 170

Tenth meeting ¹⁶¹ Third meeting 175

Eleventh meeting ¹⁶² Fourth meeting ₁₈₀

Twelfth meeting ¹⁶² Fifth meeting ₁₈₄

Thirteenth meeting 163 Sixth meeting ₁₈₇

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Seventh meeting ¹⁸⁹ Twelfth meeting 271

Eighth meeting ¹⁹⁶ Thirteenth meeting 276

Ninth meeting 202 Fourteenth meeting 281

Tenth meeting ²⁰⁶

Eleventh meeting ²¹³ Joint Meetings of the Committees on Programme

and on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters

Committee on Administration, Finance First meeting 285

and Legal Matters Second meeting 292

Third meeting 300

First meeting ²¹⁹

Fourth meeting 303

Second meeting ²²²

Third meeting ²²⁶

Fourth meeting 232 Legal Sub-Committee

Fifth meeting ²³⁶ First meeting 307

Sixth meeting ²⁴² Second meeting 310

Seventh meeting ²⁴⁶ Third meeting 312

Eighth meeting 251 Fourth meeting 317

Ninth meeting 256 Fifth meeting 321

Tenth meeting ²⁵⁹ Sixth meeting 322

Eleventh meeting ²⁶⁵ Seventh meeting 329

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Committee on Credentials First report

Second report Third report Fourth report Fifth report

Page 330 331 331 331 331

Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters

First report Second report Third report Fourth report Fifth report

Page 342 346 349 351

353

Joint Meetings of the Committees on Programme Committee on Nominations and on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters

First report ³³² First report 353

Second report 354

General Committee

,egal Sub-Committee

First report ³³² First report 363

Second report 364

Third report 365

Committee on Programme

Fourth report 367

First report ³³³

Second report 335 Special Committee on Draft International

Third report 339 Sanitary Regulations

Fourth report ³⁴¹ First report 367

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ANNEXES

Page

1. Dental Health 373

2. Active Support by Member States for the Work of the Specialized Agencies 374 3. Agreement between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near

East and the World Health Organization 376

4. Development of Arid Land and International Co-operation in Water Control and Utilization . . 378

5. Ad hoc Committee of the Executive Board : Report on the External Auditor's Report on the Accounts of the World Health Organization for the Period 1 January to 31 December 1950^. 379 6. Membership of the World Health Organization : Communication from the Government of Poland 380 7. Draft Agreement between the World Health Organization and the Government of Egypt 382 8. Provision of Funds by Governments for Payment of Field Service Allowances to WHO Staff.. . 388 9. Admission of Non-Governmental Organizations into Relationship with the World Health Organi-

zation 390

10. Place of Future World Health Assemblies : Resolution proposed by the Delegation of India ^{. .} . 392 11. Emergency Action by the Economic and Social Council and Specialized Agencies to assist in the

Maintenance of International Peace and Security 393

12. Suggestions of the World Health Organization concerning the Schedule of Work of the Economic

and Social Council 395

13. Budget Proposals for 1952 396

Index 399

LIST OF DELEGATES AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS

Delegations of Member States

AFGHANISTAN

Delegates:

Dr. A. ZAHIR, Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. A. K. RASSOUL, President, Child Welfare Services

ARGENTINA

Delegate:

Mr. J. L. DOMINGUEZ DRAGO, Consul in Geneva AUSTRALIA

Delegates:

Dr. A. J. METCALFE, Director-General of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. D. A. DOWLING, Chief Medical

^Officer, Australia House, London

Mr. P. SHAW, Permanent Delegate to the European Office of the United Nations

Adviser :

Mr. L. H. BORDER, Permanent Delegation to the European Office of the United Nations

AUSTRIA

Delegates:

Dr. A. KHAUM, Director-General of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs (Chief Delegate)

Mr. K. STROBL, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs

BELGIUM

Delegates:

Professeur M. DE LAET, Secrétaire général du Ministère de la Santé publique et de la Famille (Chief Delegate)

Dr. P. J. J. VAN DE CALSEYDE, Directeur général de l'Hygiène, Ministère de la Santé publique et de la Famille

M. L. A. D. GEERAERTS, Directeur au Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce exté- rieur

Alternate:

Dr. A. N. DUREN, Inspecteur général de l'Hygiène, Ministère des Colonies

Advisers:

Professeur A. H. J. RODHAIN, Conseiller au Minis- tère des Colonies, Directeur honoraire de l'Institut de Médecine tropicale, Anvers M. F. A. E. BOSMANS, Conseiller adjoint pour les

Relations internationales, Ministère de la Santé publique et de la Famille

Baron F. DE KERCHOVE D'EXAERDE, Délégué

permanent auprès de l'Office Européen des

Nations Unies

BOLIVIA

Delegate:

Dr. F. VEINTEMILLAS, Minister of Health

BRAZIL

Delegates:

Dr. A. MENDONÇA, Doctor of Public Health (Chief Delegate)

Professor M. J.

FERREIRA, Professor of Public Health, State Medical Faculty, Rio de Janeiro Advisers:

Mr. B. ROCQUE DA MOTTA, Chargé d'affaires, Permanent Delegation in Geneva

Mr. J. BARREIROS, Permanent Delegation in Geneva

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Mr. O. DE S OUZA-BANDEIRA, Permanent Delega- tion in Geneva

Mr. C. A. DE S OUZA E SILVA, Permanent Delega- tion in Geneva

BURMA

Delegates:

Mrs . DAW KHIN KYI AUNG SAN, Director of Women and Children's Welfare Services (Chief Delegate)

Dr. MAUNG GALE, Deputy Director of Health Services

Dr. BA MAUNG, Port Health Officer, Rangoon CAMBODIA

Delegates:

Dr. NEAL SMUOEK, Directeur de la Santé (Chief Delegate)

Dr. CHAN Ox, Médecin-Chef des Services exté- rieurs de la ville de Phnom-penh

CANADA

Delegates:

Dr. E. A. MCCUSKER, Parliamentary Assistant to

the Minister of National Health and Welfare

(Chief Delegate)

Dr. P. GAUTHIER, Member of Parliament, Ottawa

Dr. F. D. M OTT, Deputy Minister of Public

Health, Saskatchewan Advisers:

Dr. B. BUND OCK, Medical Officer, Immigration Medical Department, Canadian Embassy, The Hague

Mr. N. F. H. BERLIS, Permanent Delegation to the European Office of the United Nations

Miss E. P. MACCALLUM, Foreign Service Officer, Department of External Affairs

CEYLON

Delegates:

Mr. V. NALLIAH, Deputy Minister of Health and Local Government (Chief Delegate)

Mr. A. J. JOSEPH, Assistant Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Local Government Dr. C. T. WILLIAMS, Assistant Director of Sanitary

Services Adviser :

Dr. W. A. KARUNARATNE, Medical Officer of International Health, Department of Medical and Sanitary Services

CHILE Delegates:

Dr. N. ROMERO Y ORTEGA, Director-General of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. A. L. BRAVO, Executive Vice-President, Compulsory Social Insurance Fund

COSTA RICA

Delegate

Dr. O. VARGAS- M ÉNDEZ, Director-General Of Health

CUBA

Delegate

Dr. F. HURTAD 0, Professor of Paediatrics, University of Havana

DENMARK

Delegates:

Dr. J. FRANDSEN, Director-General, National Health Service (Chief Delegate)

Dr. J. Holm, Chief, Tuberculosis Division, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen (Deputy Chief Delegate)

Dr. O. ANDERSEN, Professor at the University of Copenhagen

Adviser :

Mr. B. SORENSEN, Chief of Section, Ministry of the Interior

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Delegates:

Dr. R. ESPAILLAT DE LA M OTA, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare (Chief Delegate) Mr. J. B. PEYNAD 0, Minister Plenipotentiary in

Switzerland

ECUADOR Delegate :

Dr. Egberto GARCIA, Director-General of Health

EGYPT

Delegates:

Dr. A. G. HUSSEIN Pasha, Minister of Public Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. M. A. NASR Bey, Under-Secretary of State for Health, Ministry of Public Health (Deputy

Chief Delegate)

Advisers:

Professor A. W. MOORO Pasha, Rector of Fouad I University, Cairo

Dr. M. S. EL-FAR Bey, Deputy Director-General, Quarantine Administration, Alexandria

Dr. A. EL-HALAWANI, Director, Fouad I Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Cairo

Dr. A. F. TOBGY Bey, Professor of Ophthalmology, Fouad I University, Cairo

Mr. Z. HASHEM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; Member of the Council of State

ETHIOPIA Delegate:

Mr. Telahoun ^TCHERNET, Director-General, Ministry of Health

Adviser :

Dr. F. B. HYLANDER, Principal Medical Adviser and Inspector-General, Ministry of Health

FINLAND

Delegates:

Dr. S.

S. SAVONEN, Departmental Chief, State Medical Board (Chief Delegate)

Mr. V. V. RANTASALO, Director of the Com- municable Diseases Hospital, Helsinki

FRANCE

Delegates:

Professeur J. PARISOT, Professeur d'Hygiène et de Médecine sociale ;

Doyen de la Faculté de

Médecine de Nancy (Chief Delegate)

Dr. D. Bomt, Directeur de l'Hygiène publique et des Hôpitaux, Ministère de la Santé publique Dr. E. J. AUJALEU, Directeur de l'Hygiéne sociale

au Ministére de la Santé publique Alternates:

M. B. TOUSSAINT, Chef de la Délégation per- manente auprès de l'Office Européen des Nations Unies

Dr. L. BERNARD, chargé des Relations extérieures, Ministère de la Santé publique et de la Popula- tion

Advisers:

Dr. R. F. BRIDGMAN, Inspecteur principal de la Santé

Dr. G. L. F. MURAZ, Médecin général inspecteur ; Conseiller technique du Secrétaire d'Etat à la France d'Outre-Mer

M. J. FOESSEL, Administrateur au Ministère des Finances

M. R. MASPÉTIOL, Conseiller d'Etat

M. M. VAIDIE, Conseiller financier pits l'Ambas- sade à Berne

Mlle A. LISSAC, Chef adjoint de la Délégation

permanente auprès de l'Office Européen des

Nations Unies

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Delegates:

Professor F. REDEKER, Director-General, Depart- ment of Public Health, Federal Ministry of the Interior (Chief Delegate)

Dr. F. KLOSE, Professor of Hygiene, University of Kiel (Deputy Chief Delegate)

Dr. F. W. PITSCH, Medical Director, Public- Health Administration, Land Baden

Alternate:

Professor O. E. W. OLSEN, Geneva GREECE

Delegates:

Dr. Triantafyllos TRIANTAFYLL ou, Director- General of Health, Ministry of Social Welfare (Chief Delegate)

Dr. Gerasimos ALIVISATOS, Professor of Hygiene at the University and Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Hygiene, Athens

Dr. Sotirios BRISKAS, Professeur agrégé at the Faculty of Medicine, Paris

Adviser:

Mr. R. MARK, Deputy Director, Public Health Division, Economic Co-operation Administra- tion Mission to Greece

GUATEMALA

Delegate:

Dr. G. BURKE

Instrument of acceptance of the Constitution deposited on 29 May 1951

HAITI Delegate:

Dr. F. SAM, Directeur général de la Santé publique

ICELAND

Delegate:

Dr. J. SIGURJGNSSON, Professor of Hygiene, University of Iceland

INDIA

Delegates:

The Hon. Rajkumari AMRIT KAUR, Minister for Health (Chief Delegate)

Sir Arcot MUDALIAR, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras

Dr. K C. K. E. RAJA, Director-General of Health Services

Alternate:

Dr. C.

V. RAMCHANDANI, Assistant Director- General of Health Services

Adviser:

Sir Dhiren MITRA, Minister, High Commission of India in London

INDONESIA

Delegates:

Dr. MAS SOERONO, Secretary-General, Ministry of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. MA'MOEN AL RASHID KOESOEMADILAGA, Director, Quarantine Service, Ministry of Health Dr. LIE KIAN YOE, Ministry of Education and Culture ; Lecturer, Medical Faculty, Djakarta Advisers:

Dr. M. A. HANAFIAH, Head, Social Department, Ministry of Health

Mrs. M. VANLONKHUYZEN BIEMOND, Head, Section for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Health

IRAN

Delegates:

Dr. A. H. TABA, Member of Parliament ; Chief of Health Department, State Railways (Chief Delegate)

Dr. M. A. M0/0ED HEKMAT, Director-General, Ministry of Health (Deputy Chief Delegate)

Mr. Z. DAVIDIAN, Acting Director, International Health Relations Department, Ministry of Health

IRAQ

Delegates:

Dr. A. H. Tomun, Director-General of Public

Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. S. WAHBI, Director, Karkh Hospital, Baghdad Dr. Y. KHADD OURI, Director, Health Section,

Ministry of Social Affairs

IRELAND

Delegates:

Mr. T. J. BRADY, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. H. OTLANAGAN, Medical Inspector, Depart- ment of Health

ISRAEL

Delegates:

Dr. P. F. NOACH, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, (Chief Delegate)

Dr. A. MALCHI, Divisional Director, Ministry of Health

Adviser:

Mr. M. KAHANY, Permanent Delegate to the European Office of the United Nations

ITALY

Delegates:

Professor M. COTELLESSA, High Commissioner for Hygiene and Public Health (Chief Delegate) Professor S. CRAMAROSSA, Director-General of

Medical Services, Office of the High Commis- sioner for Hygiene and Public Health

Professor G. A. CANAPERIA, Chief Medical Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Hygiene and Public Health

Alternates:

Professor A. SPALLICCI,

Deputy High Com-

missioner for

Hygiene and

Public Health (Alternate to Chief Delegate)

Professor V. PUNTONI, Director, Institute of Hygiene, University of Rome

Dr. R. MALAN, Health Inspector, Office of the High Commissioner for Hygiene and Public Health

Advisers:

Mr. G. SILIMBANI, Consul-General in Geneva Mr. S. CALLEA, Attaché, Consulate-General in

Geneva

HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF THE JORDAN Delegate:

Dr. Saad NASRALLAH, Technical Assistant to the Under-Secretary of State for Health

JAPAN , Delegates :

Mr. Takeo KUROKAWA, Minister of Health and Welfare (Chief Delegate until 17 May)

Dr. Ryotaro AZUMA, Chief, Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Chief Delegate from 16 May)

Dr. Takemune SODA, Chief, Division of Health and Welfare Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Alternate:

Mr. Akira SALTA, Chief, Liaison Section, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Adviser :

Mr. Toru EAGIWARA, Japanese Government Overseas Representative in Paris

KOREA

Delegate:

Dr. YOUNG Surc Koo, Adviser to the Ministry of Health

LAOS Delegates:

M. Ourot SouvANNAvoNo, Conseiller du Gouver- nement royal du Laos ; Conseiller de l'Union Française (Chief Delegate)

Dr. P. CARON, Conseiller du Gouvernement royal du Laos pour les Questions sanitaires

LEBANON

Delegate:

Dr. Z. SHAKHASHIRI, Associate Professor of Pre- ventive Medicine and Public Health, American Faculty of Medicine, Beirut

2 Instrument of acceptance of the Constitution deposited on 16 May 1951

LIBERIA Delegates :

Dr. J. N. TOGBA, Director of Public Health and Sanitation (Chief Delegate)

Dr. A. S. SCHNITZER, Member of the Medical Board

LUXEMBOURG

Delegate:

Dr. L. MOLITOR, Directeur de la Santé publique MEXICO

Delegates:

Dr. R. P. GAMBOA, Secretary for Health and Social Welfare (Chief Delegate)

Dr. G. VARELA, Director of the Institute of Health and Tropical Diseases (Deputy Chief Delegate) Mr. F. GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ, Director of Public

Health, Mexico City Alternate:

Mr. E. CALDERON-PUIG, Alternate Delegate to International Organizations, Geneva

Advisers :

Mr. R. GONZÁLEZ-SOSA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MT. J. G. DE WERRA, Mexican Embassy, Paris MONACO

Delegate:

Dr. E. BOERI, Directeur du Service d'Hygiène et de Salubrité publique

Alternate:

M. R. BICKERT, Consul général à Genève

NETHERLANDS

Delegates:

Dr. C. VAN DEN BERG, Director-General for Inter-

national Health Affairs, Ministry of Social

Affairs (Chief Delegate)

Dr. G. C. E. BURGER, Director, Medical Depart- ment, Philips Works, Eindhoven (Deputy Chief Delegate)

Dr. N. A. ROOZENDAAL, Chief Inspector of Public Health, The Hague

Alternate

Dr. G. D. HEMMES, Inspector of Public Health, Utrecht

Advisers:

Dr. C. J. M. MOL, Member of Parliament Miss H. C. HESSLING, Division for International

Health Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs NEW ZEALAND

Delegate :

Dr. F. S. MACLEAN, Director, Division of Public Hygiene, Department of Health

Alternate:

Mr. W. W. MAS ON, Secretary, New Zealand Legation, Paris

NICARAGUA Delegate :

Dr. E. SELVA SAND OVAL, Consul-General in Barcelona

NORWAY

Delegates:

Dr. K. EVANG, Director-General of Health Services (Chief Delegate)

Dr. F. MELLBYE, Director, Division of Hygiene, Health Services

Dr. K. ENGEDAL, Provincial Health Officer PAKISTAN

Delegates :

Dr. M. JAFAR, Director-General of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. M. NASIRUDDIN, Assistant Director of Public Health ; Malariologist to the Government of East Bengal

Dr. K. S. SHAH, Dean, Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Lahore

PANAMA

Delegate:

Dr. G. ENGLER, Medical Superintendent, Almirante Hospital, Panama

PERU Delegate:

Professor E. P. MANCHEGO, Professor of Surgery ; Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland

PHILIPPINES Delegates :

Dr. R. G. PADUA, Under-Secretary of Health

(Chief Delegate)

Dr. R. GACULA, Congressman, House of Repre- sentatives

Dr. R. ABRIOL, Director, Quarantine Service, Department of Health

Alternates:

Mr. M.

C. ANGELES, Administrative Officer,

Department of Health Dr. S. OROSA

PORTUGAL Delegates:

Dr. A. DA SILVA TRAVASS OS, Director-General of Health, Ministry of the Interior (Chief Delegate)

Dr. F.

J. C. CAMBOURNAC, Director, Malaria Institute ; Professor at the Institute of Tropical Medicine

Dr. A. A. DE CARVALHO-DIAS, Senior Inspector of Health, Director of Maritime and Air Health Services, Ministry of the Interior

Alternate:

Dr. B. A. V. DE PINH 0, Director of Technical Services, Office

of the

Director-General of Health, Ministry of the Interior

EL SALVADOR Delegate :

Dr. R. C. BUSTAMANTE, Under-Secretary of

Public Health and Social Welfare

SAUDI ARABIA Delegates :

Dr. R. PHARA ON, Minister Plenipotentiary in France (Chief Delegate)

Dr. B. ROUMY, Director of Health, Mecca District Mr. A. R. HELAISSI, Secretary, Saudi Arabian

Embassy, London Advisers :

Mr. F. S. HUSSEINI, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. S. KHANACHET, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabian Legation, Paris

SPAIN 3 Delegates :

Dr. J. PALANCA, Director-General of Health (Chief Delegate)

3 Instrument of acceptance of the Constitution deposited on 28 May 1951

Dr. G. CLAVERO, Director, National School of Health, Madrid

Mr. A. DE AGUILAR, Minister Switzerland

SWEDEN

TURKEY

Delegates:

Plenipotentiary in Dr. Ekrem Hayri USTUNDAG, Minister of Health and Social Welfare (Chief Delegate)

Dr. Nail KARABUDA, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Dr. Kadri OLCAR, Director-General of Health Education and Medical Statistics, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Delegates:

Dr. J. A. HöJER, Director-General, Royal Medical Board (Chief Delegate)

Mr. A. LARSSON, Ministry of the Interior and of Health

Dr. Bertil Roos, County Medical Officer ; Assis- tant Professor of Hygiene and Social Medicine, Stockholm

Advisers:

Miss M. ANDRELL, Director, Nursing Section, Royal Medical Board

Dr. D. KNUTSON, President of the Swedish Medical Association

SWITZERLAND

Delegates:

Dr. P. VOLLENWEIDER, Directeur du Service fédéral de l'Hygiene publique (Chief Delegate)

Dr. Th. MULLER, Chef du Service d'Hygiène, Bale Professeur E. GRASSET, Directeur de l'Institut

d'Hygiène de l'Université de Genève Advisers:

M. J. RUEDI, Attaché de légation au Département politique fédéral

Professeur H. MOOSER, Directeur de l'Institut d'Hygiene de l'Université de Zürich

SYRIA

Delegates:

Dr. M. SADAT, Under-Secretary of State for Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. J. A RACTINGI, Director of Laboratories, Ministry of Health

THAILAND

Delegates:

Dr. Phya Boriraksh VEJJAKAR, Minister of Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. Svasti DAENGSVANG, Deputy Director- General, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health

Dr. Pramern CHANDAVIMOL, Director, Com- municable Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA Delegates:

Dr. F. W. P. CLUVER, Deputy Chief Health Officer, Union Department of Health (Chief Delegate) Dr. B. M. CLARK, Deputy Chief Health Officer,

Union Department of Health

Mr. C. H. TALJAARD, South African Legation, Brussels.

UNITED KINGDOM Delegates:

Dr. Melville D. MACKENZIE, Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Health (Chief Delegate) Dr. A. M. W. RAE, Deputy Chief Medical Officer,

Colonial Office

Mr. W. H. BOUCHER, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Health

Advisers:

Sir John CHARLES, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health

Sir Andrew DAVIDSON, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health for Scotland

Dr. M. T. MORGAN, Medical Officer, Port of London Authority

Mr. J. BEITH, Permanent Delegation to the European Office of the United Nations Dr. G. NORTH, Registrar-General

Mr. F. A. MELLS, Ministry of Health Mr. A. E. Jou.,, General Register Office Dr. W. P. D. LOGAN, General Register Office Mr. D. C. HASELGROVE, Ministry of Transport Dr. R. H. BARRETT, Ministry of Health

Mr. N. M. BRILLIANT, Ministry of Health Miss J. A. C. GUTTERIDGE, Foreign Office

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Delegates:

Dr. L. A. SCHEELE, Surgeon-General, US Public Health Service (Chief Delegate)

Dr. R. L. CLEERE, Executive Director, Colorado State Department of Health

Mrs. India EDWARDS, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Com- mittee

Alternates:

Dr. F. J. BRADY, Medical Director, US Public Health Service

Mr. H. B. CALDERWOOD, Office of United Nations Economic and Social Affairs, Department of State

Dr. H. HYDE, Medical Director, US Public Health Service

Mr. G. M. INGRAM, Chief, Division of International Administration, Department of State

Congressional advisers:

The Hon. Herbert H. LEHMAN, Senate The Hon. Richard M. NIXSON, Senate

The Hon. Homer D. ANGELL, House of Represen- tatives

The Hon. Thomas E. MORGAN, House of Repre- sentatives

Advisers:

Dr. Gaylord W. ANDERSON, Director, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Dr. W. E.

GILBERTSON, Sanitary Engineering Director, Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta Dr. M. T. MACEACHERN, Director Emeritus,

American College of Surgeons

Dr. R.

S. MEILING, Chairman, Armed Forces Medical Policy Council, Department of Defense Dr. H. B. MULHOLLAND, Assistant Dean and Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Virginia

Miss A.

STEFFEN,

Assistant Dean, School of

Nursing, University of California

Mr. K. STOWMAN, Foreign Affairs Health Adviser,

Division of International Health, US Public

Health Service

URUGUAY

Delegates:

Dr. C. FABINI, Ex-Minister of Public Health (Chief Delegate)

Dr. R. CAPPELETTI, Chief, Division of Hygiene, Ministry of Public Health

VENEZUELA

Delegate

Dr. C. L. GONZALEZ, Director of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

VIET NAM Delegates:

Dr. PHAN HUY DAN, Ancien Ministre (Chief Delegate)

Dr. H. MARCEL, Médecin Directeur de l'Hôpital La lung Bonnaire, Cho Ion

Dr. PHAM-LE-TIEP, Ophtalmologiste ; President fondateur de la Croix-Rouge vietnamienne Dr. TRAN LAM BAO, chargé des relations avec

1 'OMS au Ministére de la Santé Advisers:

Dr. PHAM HUY-CO Dr. NGUYEN-VAN-BUU

YUGOSLAVIA

Delegates:

Dr. P. GREGORIÓ, President, Council for Public Health and Social Welfare (Chief Delegate) Dr. G. 2ARKovIá, Chief Medical Officer of Health,

Council for Public Health and Social Welfare Dr. Olga MILogEvIe, Secretary-General of the

Yugoslav Red Cross

Representatives of Associate Members SOUTHERN RHODESIA Delegate:

Dr. R. M. MORRIS, Secretary for Health, Director of Medical Services, Department of Health Observers for Non-Member States

COLOMBIA

Mr. G. GIRALDO-JARAMILLO, Consul-General in Switzerland

NEPAL

Dr. R. BAIDYA, Medical Officer, Nepal Government SAN MARINO

Dr. B. LIFSCHITZ, Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzer- land

Representatives of the Executive Board Dr. H. S. GEAR, Chairman

Dr. A. STAMPAR, Acting Chairman, Standing Com- mittee on Administration and Finance

Professor G. A. CANAPERIA, Alternate

Representatives of the United Nations and Other

International Organizations

UNITED NATIONS

Mr. M. HILL, Executive Office of the Secretary- General

Mr. A. LETHBRIDGE, Administrative and Financial Services, European Office

Dr. A. BARKHUUS, Senior Medical Officer, Depart- ment of Trusteeship and Information from Non- Self-Governing Territories

Mr. B. PICKARD, Liaison Section (Non-Governmental Organizations), European Office

Dr. P. WEIS, Representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees

PERMANENT CENTRAL OPIUM BOARD

Mr. A. E. FELKIN, Secretary to the Board Mr. L. F. ATZENWILER, Assistant Secretary

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND

Dr. Bo Retd, Senior Medical Adviser to the Executive Director

Mrs. H. GLASSEY, Chief of Mission Mr. Dudley WARD, Chief, London Office

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION Mr. D. A. MORSE, Director-General

Mr. C. W. JENKS, Assistant Director-General Dr. A. GRUT, Chief, Industrial Hygiene Division Mr. J. L. MOWAT, Chief, Maritime Division Dr. L. WILDMAN, Social Security Division Mme R. SCHIDLOF, Manpower Division

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Dr. W. R. AYKROYD, Director, Nutrition Division Mr. F. M. MCDOUGALL, Office of the Director-

General

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Dr. J. TAYLOR, Deputy Director-General

Mr. A. DE BLONAY, Head, External Relations Dr. Irina M. ZHUKOVA, Head, Science Co-operation

Division

Dr. J. BELEHRADEK, Head, Higher Education Section INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION

Mr. E. M. WELD, Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Air Transport

Mr. E. R. MARLIN, External Relations Officer INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION Dr. R. L. COIGNY, Director of Health

Miss S. HAINES, Chief Nursing Consultant

Observers for Non-Governmental Organizations in Relations with WHO

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS Professor G. MAURER, Vice-Chairman, Council on

European Affairs Dr. M. GILBERT, Geneva

BIOMETRIC SOCIETY Professor A. LINDER, President

COUNCIL FOR THE CO-ORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES OF MEDICAL

SCIENCES

Professor J. MAISIN, Chairman

Dr. K. SODDY, Member of the Executive Committee 1NTER-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SANITARY

ENGINEERING

Dr. F. HURTAD 0, Havana (also delegate of Cuba) INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF LEGAL MEDICINE

AND OF SOCIAL MEDICINE

Professeur M. DE LAET, (also member of the Belgian delegation)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK Mlle L DE HURTADO, Secretary-General for Europe

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES Miss D. C. BRIDGES, Executive Secretary

Mlle M. DUVILLARD, Directrice de l'Ecole et Asso- ciation d'Infirmières « Le Bon Secours Genève

INTERNATIONAL DENTAL FEDERATION Dr. A. E. ROWLETT, Honorary President

Dr. R. JACCARD, Honorary President of the Hygiene Committee

Dr. C. DE VERE GREEN, Committee Secretary INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL FEDERATION Dr. R. SAND, President

INTBRNATIONAL LEPROSY ASSOCIATION Dr. A. N. W. RAE (also member of the United Kingdom

delegation)

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE WELFARE OF CRIPPLES

Miss N. HILL, Central Council for the Care of

Cripples, London

INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER

Dr. J. DUBAS, Chef de Clinique adjoint, Hôpital cantonal, Genève

Dr. G. H. FALLET, Interne, Clinique chirurgicale universitaire de Genève

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CHILD WELFARE M. G. THÉLIN, Secretary-General

Mrs. J. M. SMALL, Deputy Secretary-General

Miss L. FRANKENSTEIN, Assistant Director, Research Department

LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES M. B. DE ROUGÉ, Secretary-General

Mlle Y. HENTSCH, Director, Nursing and Social Service Bureau

Dr. G. ALSTED, Director, Health Bureau

Dr. Z. S. HANTCHEF, Deputy Director, Health Bureau

WORLD FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH Dr. J. R. REES, Director

Dr. A. REP OND, Chairman of the European Com- mittee

Professor D. R. MACCALMAN, Professor of Psy- chiatry, University of Leeds, England

WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS

Mr. J. A. F. ENNALS, Secretary-General

Dr. E. MusIL, Director, Health Committee of the Austrian United Nations Association

Miss A. HALE, Secretary of the Education Office Dr. BERGHOFF, Health Committee of the Austrian

United Nations Association

WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Dr. L. H. BAUER, Secretary-General

Miss M. L. NATWICK, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General

Dr. J. MAYSTRE, Liaison Officer with WHO, Geneva

OFFICERS OF THE HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND MEMBERSHIP OF ITS COMMITTEES

President:

Dr. L. A. SCHEELE (United States of America) Vice-Presidents:

Dr. D. A. DOWLING (Australia) Dr. A. H. TABA (Iran)

Dr. K. EVANG (Norway) Secretary. :

Dr. Brock CHISHOLM, Director-General Deputy Secretary:

Dr. P. M. DOROLLE, Deputy Director-General Advisers to the Secretary:

Dr. Martha ELIOT, Assistant Director-General, Department of Advisory Services

Dr. S.

S. SOKHEY, Assistant Director-General, Department of Central Technical Services Mr. M. P. SIEGEL, Assistant Director-General,

Department of Administration and Finance Committee on Credentials

The Committee on Credentials was composed of delegates of the following countries : Ceylon, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Liberia, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay.

Chairman: M. J. Ruedi (Switzerland)

Vice-Chairman: Dr. N. Karabuda (Turkey) Rapporteur : Dr. R. ESPAILLAT DE LA MOTA (Domi-

nican Republic)

Secretary: Dr. E. KOHN, Chief, Exchange of Scien- tific Information Section

Committee on Nominations

The Committee on Nominations was composed of

delegates of the following countries :

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines,

Thailand, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: The Hon. Rajkumari AMRIT KAUR (India) Rapporteur : Dr. R. G. PADUA (Philippines)

Secretary: Dr. Brock CHISHOLM, Director-General General Committee

The General Committee was composed of the

President and Vice-Presidents of the Health Assembly and the chairmen of the main committees, together with delegates of the following countries : Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, India, Philippines,

Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: Dr. L. A. SCHEELE (United States of America)

Secretary Dr. Brock CHISHOLM, Director-General

Main Committees

Under Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, each delegation was entitled to be represented on each main committee by one of its members.

Programme Chairman: Dr. M. JAFAR (Pakistan) Vice-Chairman: Dr. A. KHAUM (Austria) Rapporteur : Dr. G. 2ARK owe (Yugoslavia)

Secretary: Dr. W. FORREST, Director, Division of Co-ordination of Planning and Liaison

Administration, Finance and Legal Matters Chairman: Professor G. A. CANAPERIA (Italy) Vice-Chairman: Mr. T. J. BRADY (Ireland) Rapporteur. : Dr. A. L. BRAVO (Chile)

Secretary Mr. M. P. SIEGEL, Assistant Director- General, Department of Administration and Finance

Legal Sub-Committee

Chairman: M. L. A. D. GEERAERTS (Belgium)

Committee on International Sanitary Regulations Chairman: Dr. M. T. MORGAN (United Kingdom) Vice-Chairman: Mr. E. CALDERON-PUIG (Mexico) Vice-Chairman: Dr. M. SADAT (Syria)

Rapporteur : Mr. C. H. TALJAARD (Union of South Rapporteur : Dr. K. C. K. E. RAJA (India) Africa)

Secretary : Dr. Y. BIRAUD, Director, Division of Secretary: M. A. ZARB, Chief, Legal Office Epidemiological Services

RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME

WHA4.1 Annual Report of the Director-General for 1950 The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the Annual Report of the Director-General for the year 1950,1

1. APPROVES the manner in which the work of the World Health Organization was carried forward in 1950 ;

2. NOTES the section of the report on administrative, financial and legal matters ; 2

3. NOTES with particular pleasure the progress made during 1950 towards : (1)

(2) (3) (4)

co-ordination of activities financed from various sources, decentralization of the means of investigation and action,

increasing concentration of effort on the problems peculiar to individual countries, and maintenance of effective continuity in the work of the Organization ;

4. THANKS the Director-General and the Executive Board for implementing the 1950 programme in conformity with the general policies laid down by previous World Health Assemblies.

(First

report of the

Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/3 Rev. 1]

WHA4.2 General Programme of Work covering a Specific Period The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the general programme of work for the specific period 1952-1955 inclusive, as proposed by the Executive Board at its seventh session,3

1. CONSIDERS that the programme of work as presented provides a broad general policy that will serve as an appropriate framework for the orderly development of the detailed yearly programmes within

this period ;

2. INSTRUCTS the Executive Board and the Director-General to continue to develop such long-range plans for the work of the Organization and to present them to each World Health Assembly for review, taking

into account the views expressed in the Committee on Programme of the previous Health Assembly.

(First

report of the

Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/19]

1 Off. Rec. World Hlth Org. 30

2 Off. Rec. World Huth Org. 30, 72 ; see also minutes of the first meeting of the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters.

3 Off. Rec. World HIM Org. 32, annex 10

- 17 -

WHA4.3 Health Statistics

The Fourth World Health Assembly

RESOLVES that, in future, general statements on the programme of the Organization should recognize, without prejudice to other objectives, that a main aim of the Organization should be :

(1) to build up gradually at headquarters a body of sound statistical information and advice, covering all parts of the world, by which the policy of the Organization, including the regions, can be guided and its operations and their results measured, and

(2) to encourage the various branches and regions of the Organization to make the fullest use of the statistical data and facilities so made available at headquarters.

(First

report of the

Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/20]

WHA4.4 Publications

The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report on publications submitted by the Director-General on measures adopted in application of resolution WHA3.63,4 and the observations made thereon by the Executive Board (resolution EB7.R16),

1. APPROVES the report submitted by the Director-General on publications ;

2. NOTES with satisfaction the improved quality and quantity of publications ;

3. REQUESTS the Director-General to continue efforts to improve the quality of translations ;

4. REAFFIRMS the importance of the programme of publications as an activity particularly favourable to the effectiveness and prestige of the Organization, while recognizing that the full development of this programme may be affected by budgetary limitations ;

5. ENDORSES the decision of the Executive Board that publications should be one of the two main subjects to be studied by the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance.5

(First report

of the

Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/2l]

WHA4.5 Dental Hygiene

The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having noted the report of the Director-General on dental hygiene made in accordance with the request of the Third World Health Assembly (resolution WHA3.33) ;

Considering that a dental-health programme is within the terms of the general programme of work for a specific period,

REQUESTS the Executive Board and the Director-General :

(1) to include such a programme in the plans for the future work of the Organization, taking into account the discussions in the Committee on Programme,'

4 Off. Rec. World Hltlz Org. 32, annex 5 5 Off. Rec. World Hlth Org. 33, 36 6 Annex 1

See minutes of the sixth meeting of the Committee on Programme, section 2.

(2) to start as soon as possible such dental-health activities in connexion with demonstration services as may be financially feasible, and

(3) to encourage the training of dental-health personnel through the WHO fellowship programme.

(First

report of the

Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/22]

WHA4.6 First Inter-American Sanitary Congress The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the proposal made by the Executive Board at its seventh session (resolution EB7.R21) that the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau be suitably recognized by sending a special representative of the World Health Organization to the First Inter- American Sanitary Congress to be held in Havana, Cuba, in 1952 ;

Considering that this congress is of great scientific importance and that the Organization's represen- tation is highly desirable,

REQUESTS the Executive Board to nominate a representative.

(First

report of the

Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/23 Rev. 1]

WHA4.7 Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Recognizing that the work undertaken by the Tuberculosis Research Office is of great importance to the World Health Organization and to international health ;

Recognizing that, in order to ensure definite results, such work should be continued for a reasonable period,

1. DECIDES that the Tuberculosis Research Office should be maintained, subject to review of the situation by the Executive Board every two years ;

2. REQUESTS that special emphasis be given to control studies for determining the value of BCG vaccina- tion, the duration of its effect, and related technical field and laboratory studies, limited to those bearing directly on evaluation and practice of vaccination ;

3. REQUESTS the Director-General to review the budget in the light of the above considerations ;

4. THANKS the Government of Denmark for its generous support of this activity.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/34]

WHA4.8 Prevention and Treatment of Severe Malnutrition in Times of Disaster The Fourth World Health Assembly

1. NOTES the report on the prevention and treatment of severe malnutrition of civilian populations during war periods ; 8

8 Mimeographed document A4/4 ; to be published, under its amended title, as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1951, 45

2. NOTES with pleasure that it was the result of a joint study organized by FAO and WHO ;

3. THANKS the experts for their work ;

4. REQUESTS the Director-General, when arranging for the publication of this report, to change the title to read " Prevention and treatment of severe malnutrition in times of disaster

5. REQUESTS the Director-General to draw the attention of governments and the International Committee of the Red Cross to this report.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/35]

WHA4.9 Technical Discussions at World Health Assemblies The Fourth World Health Assembly

1. DECIDES, on the basis of the experience gained -during its present session, that technical discussions should take place at subsequent World Health Assemblies ;

2. REQUESTS the Executive Board and the Director-General to select the subjects to be discussed at the Fifth World Health Assembly, taking into consideration the views expressed during the discussions at the Fourth World Health Assembly, and to take the necessary preparatory steps as far in advance as possible.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/36]

WHA4.10 Concentration of Effort and Resources of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies The Fourth World Health Assembly

1. NOTES that the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on the subject of the concentration of effort and resources, and the suggested criteria for priorities between programmes,' are in general accord with the policy of the Organization ;

2. POINTS OUT, however, that quantitatively demonstrable results are not always obtainable in public- health programmes ;

3. REQUESTS the Director-General to be guided by the resolutions on the subject of concentration of effort and resources in preparing the programme and budget estimates of the World Health Organization for 1953 and the years following, and in the execution of the programme ;

4. REQUESTS the Executive Board, in commenting on the proposed programme and budget estimates of the Organization for 1953 and the following years, to be guided by the same resolutions ;

5. REQUESTS the Director-General to send Official Records Nos. 30 to 34 to the Economic and Social Council, together with decisions affecting these documents as taken by the Fourth World Health Assembly.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/37]

° See Off. Rec. World HIM Org. 32, annex 6.

WHA4.11 Schedule of Work of the Economic and Social Council The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having in mind the constitutional responsibilities of the World Health Organization and Articles II and IV of its Agreement with the United Nations,

EXPRESSES its appreciation of the Secretary-General's efforts, in co-operation with the World Health Organization, in arranging schedules and otherwise facilitating the participation by WHO in appropriate meetings of the United Nations, and the hope that these efforts will meet with success.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/38]

WHA4.12 Active Support by Member States for the Work of Specialized Agencies The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Noting the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1950, and by the Economic and Social Council on 20 March 1951, concerning the development of a twenty- year programme for achieving peace through the United Nations ;

Noting the views concerning more vigorous use of the specialized agencies set forth in the Secretary- General's memorandum of 12 February 1951, to the Economic and Social Council at its twelfth session,"

1. AGREES with these views ;

2. RECOMMENDS to Member States that they take action to support the programmes of the World Health Organization by appropriate national measures to render these programmes effective, and use their good offices to increase the membership of the World Health Organization.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/39]

WHA4.13 Permanent Secretariat for the International Pharmacopoeia The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Noting with satisfaction that the Belgian Government, depositary of the Agreement revising the Agreement respecting the Unification of Pharmacopoeial Formulas for Potent Drugs, signed at Brussels on 20 August 1929, has, in application of Article 35 thereof and on behalf of the parties thereto, agreed that the World Health Organization shall henceforward ensure the functions of the permanent International Pharmocopoeia Secretariat in accordance with Article 34 of the said Agreement,

1. PAYS TRIBUTE to the spirit of international collaboration shown by the Belgian Government ; and, Considering Articles 2 (u) and 72 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization,

2. APPROVES the taking over by the World Health Organization, with effect from 1 January 1951, of the functions of the permanent International Pharmacopoeia Secretariat previously entrusted to the Belgian Pharmacopoeia Commission.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/40]

10 See annex 2.

WHA4.14 Adoption of Regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the Regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees approved by the Executive Board at its sixth session (in resolution EB6.R25) and amended by the Executive Board at its seventh session (in resolution EB7.R82),

ADOPTS these regulations 11 with an additional amendment to Regulation 15 (Entry-into-Force), the said regulation to read as follows :

These regulations shall apply as from the date of their approval by the World Health Assembly and replace the former regulations and provisional appointment regulations for expert committees and their sub-committees.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/12/41]

WHA4.15 Relations with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Whereas on 29 September 1950 an agreement was concluded between the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East on the basis of principles established by the Third World Health Assembly ^;12 Whereas the Executive Board at its seventh session approved (resolution EB7.R42) the extension of the duration of this agreement until 31 December 1951, or until the dissolution of the Agency if this should take place before that date ;

Considering that the World Health Organization should continue the technical direction of the health programme administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,

The Fourth World Health Assembly

AUTHORIZES the Director-General to extend the duration of the agreement until 30 June 1952, or until the dissolution of the Agency if this should take place before that date.

(Second report of the Committee on Programme, adopted at the tenth plenary meeting, 24 May 1951) [A4/R/421

WHA4.16 Long-Range Activities for Children and Relations with UNICEF The Fourth World Health Assembly,

Considering that the relevant programmes of the United Nations, including those of the Department of Social Affairs and UNICEF, and of ILO, FAO, UNESCO and WHO would, when fully co-ordinated, constitute a reasonably comprehensive and coherent plan for international assistance to national pro- grammes for the benefit of children,

1. APPROVES resolution EB7.R60 on continuing needs of children and relations with UNICEF, adopted by the Executive Board at its seventh session ;

2. APPROVES the report on long-range activities for children and relations with UNICEF, submitted to the Executive Board at its seventh session by the Director-General ^;13

31. The regulations as adopted are reproduced in the fourth edition of the Handbook of Basic Documents of the World Health Organization.

12 Annex 3

13Off. Rec. World Hlth Org. 32, annex 11