W O R L D H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N
FIRST WOULD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
12.2.5 Proposed Financial Regulations (Off.Reo.WHO, 10, pages 34-38) COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Suggested Drafting of Regulation 19 (Note from the Secretariat)
CORRIGENDUM
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
А/АР/З.Согг.1 29 June 1948 ORIGINAL:-ENGLISH
Page 2» the second paragraph should read as follows î
All but sixteen members chose to pay entirely in dollars, and the sixteen who elected to pay a part of their contributions in other currencies chose as follows :
French Francs United States dollars and French Francs and French Francs,
Netherlands guilders Netherlands guilders and Swiss Francs
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PREMIERE ASSEMBLEE MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
I2.2.5 Projet de règlement financier (Actes off.OMS, 10, pages 40-44)
COMMISSION DES QUESTIONS ADMINISTRATIVES ET FINANCIERES Projet de rédaction de l'article 19
(Note du Secrétariat) CORRIGENDUM
Page 2 s modifier le deuxième paragraphe comme suit ;
A l'exception de seize d'entre eux, les Etats Membres ont décidé de verser entièrement leur contribution en dollars, les seize premiers ayant opté pour le payement d'une^partie de leur contribution en d'autres monnaies et ayant arrêté leur choix comme suit :
Francs français Dollars dos Etats-Unis et Francs français et Francs français, Florins néerlandais • Fl^rir^ néerlandais
et Francs Suisses
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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
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28 June 1948
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
12„2.5 Proposed Financial Regulations (Off. Rec.mo, 10, pages 54-38) COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Suggested Drafting of Regulation 19 (Note from the Secretariat)
The drafting of Regulation 19, which should lay down the currency 3r currencies in which annual contributicrj: and advances to the working capital fund shall be assessed and paid, was left for the Health Assemblyc
For assistance in the consideration of that regulation which, it Wbuld appear, should, like all other regulations, be drafted with a view to its continued use asad not in such a way *hat it would require changes with fluctuations in general conditions, the following text is suggested:
"Annual contributions and advances to the working capital fund shall be assessed and paid in United States dollars."
It is recognized that the currency position is a matter of great concern to a number of members, and it is suggested th£.t, in order to meet this temporary condition, the Assembly might follow the example of the United Nations.
The United Nations Financial Regulations require that all con- tributions be made in United States dollars (Regulation 20). In Order to meet the wishes of members who requested that, to the greatest extent possible, contributions should be payable in currencies other than United States dollars, the United Nations, after considering a possible amendment of the Financial Regulations, decided, since the ourrency problem appeared to be one which might in the future be alleviated, to make the following previ sion in the resolution by which the regulations were adopted:
"(ii) that, notwithstanding the terms of Regulation 20 of the Provisional Financial Regulations the Secretary-General be empowered to accept, at his discretion, and after con-
sultation with the Chairman of the Committee cn C o n t r i b u t i o n s , a portion of the contributions of riember States for the
financial year 1948 in currencies other than United States ' dollars."
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Thereupon, the Secretary-General, after investigation, in- formed each ^member that the United Nations 1S&-8 budget was expected to be expended in the following currencies:
United States dollars Jj^/o
Swiss francs 12^2 French francs
Netherlands guilders
Total 10C#
and asked laembers for immediate notification as to whether they desired to pay any part of their l%-8 contributions in Swiss francs French francs, or Netherlands guilders. "
All but sixteen Lumbers chose to pay entirely in dollars, and the sixteen who elected to pay: a part of their contributions in other currencies chose as follows:
French" francs United States dollars and French francs, Nether- French francs and Nether- lands guilders and IL-rlds guilders t . Swiss francs
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Krovided the funds w-uld be available when needed, it appears that a plan of the same general nature might be successfully
adopted by WHO, Should the Assembly desire tn try such a plan it may wish to consider the following resolution:
"That, notwithstanding the terns of Regulation 19 of the Provisional Financial Regulations, the Director-General be emppv/ered to accept, at his discretion, a portion oí* the con- . tributions of Senber States to the budgets for the financial , •.:: . years 1%.8 and 19'+9 in currencies other than United States
dollars."
