EXECUTIVE BOARD

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION No. 46

EXECUTIVE BOARD

ELEVENTH SESSION

HELD IN GENEVA FROM 12 JANUARY TO 4 FEBRUARY 1953

RESOLUTIONS

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

INCLUDING THE

REPORT ON THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR 1954

ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

PALAIS DES NATIONS GENEVA

April 1953

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ABBREVIATIONS

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

ACC CIOMS ECAFE ECE ECLA FAO ICAO ICITO ILO ITU OIHP PASB PASO TAA TAB TAC UNESCO

UNICEF UNKRA UNRWAPRNE

WFUNA

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WMO

- Administrative Committee on Co- ordination

- Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences

- Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

- Economic Commission for Europe

- Economic

Commission for Latin America

- Food and Agriculture Organization

- International Civil Aviation Organization

- Interim Commission of the International Trade Organization - International Labour Organisation (Office)

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

- Pan American Sanitary Bureau

- Pan American Sanitary Organization - Technical Assistance Administration - Technical Assistance Board

- Technical Assistance Committee

- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - United Nations. International Children's Emergency Fund

- United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

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

World Meteorological Organization

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Part 1 of this volume contains the resolutions adopted by the Executive Board at its eleventh session. Part 2 contains the Board's comments and recommendations on the Proposed Programme and Budget Estimates for 1954, together with its reports on the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, on the education and training programme, and on regionalization.

The minutes of the session have been deposited in mimeographed form with the depart - ments of health of Member Governments.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

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 (first edition), they have been grouped by title in the table of contents under the Handbook subject- headings.

There has also been added, beneath each resolution, a reference to the section of the Handbook containing previous resolutions on the same subject.

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Introduction

For Index to Resolutions, see page 261.

Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia, Report on Eleventh

Session ; Sub -Committee on Non -Proprietary Names, Report on Fifth Session ⁶

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Page EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EB11.R53 Organizational Study on Education and Training Programme ²²

EB11.R61 Maintenance and Travel Costs of National Candidates attending National Training

Courses organized with the help of WHO 32

Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel

EB 11.R52 Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary

Personnel : Second Report ²²

Fellowships

EB11.R64 Priorities in awarding Fellowships ³⁴

EPIDEMI OLOGICAL SERVICES

Epidemiological Intelligence

EB11.R22 Recording and Transmission of Epidemiological Information ⁷

International Sanitary Conventions and Regulations

EB11.R20 Procedure for Examination of Reservations to the International Sanitary Regula-

tions (WHO Regulations No. 2) ⁶

EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS AND COMMITTEES

Establishment, General Programme and Meetings

EB11.R19 Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees ⁶

PUBLIC - HEALTH SERVICES

Public -Health Administration (Certain Aspects)

EB11.R59 Dental Hygiene and Preventive Dentistry ³¹

Social and Occupational Health

EB11.R16 Joint ILO /WHO Committee on Occupational Health : Report on Second Session ⁵

PUBLICATIONS AND REFERENCE SERVICES

EB11.R42 Distribution and Sale of WHO Publications ¹⁶

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET BUDGET ESTIMATES AND LEVELS OF EXPENDITURE

EB11.R36 Transfers between Sections of the 1953 Appropriation Resolution ¹⁴

EB11.R62 Proposed Programme and Budget Estimates for 1954 ³³

For 1952

EB11.R35 Transfers between Sections of the 1952 Appropriation Resolution ¹³

PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF THE PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

EB11.R65 Procedure for Consideration of the 1954 Programme and Budget Estimates by

the Sixth World Health Assembly ³⁴

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UNDER- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Page EB11.R57 WHO Participation in the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical

Assistance ²⁴

EB 1 1.857.1 Legislative Responsibility for Review and Approval of the Technical Assistance

Programme ²⁵

EB I I .R57.2 Technical Assistance Programme : Administrative Structure and Costs ²⁵ EB 1 1.857.3 Co- ordination of Assistance to Governments under the Technical Assistance

Programme ²⁵

EB 1 1.857.4 Financial Resources Available or expected to be Available for the Technical Assis-

tance Programme in 1953 ²⁶

EB11.R57.5

Participation of Member States in Certain Costs incurred in the Operation of

Technical Assistance Projects ²⁸

EB11.R57.6 Criteria for the Development of Health Aspects of the Technical Assistance Pro-

gramme 28

EB11.R57.7 Technical Assistance Programme : Conditions of Service for Experts 30 EB11.R57.8 Technical Assistance Programme : Central Administrative, Indirect Operational

and Project Costs ³⁰

EB11.R57.9 Long- Term Planning and Continued Financing of the Technical Assistance Pro-

gramme ³¹

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BOARD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

EB11.R66 Provisional Agenda for the Sixth World Health Assembly ³⁵

EB11.R68 Duration of Sessions of the Health Assembly ³⁵

Rules of Procedure

EB11.R24 Amendments to Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly ⁷ Technical Discussions on Special Subjects

EB11.R67 Technical Discussions at Future Health Assemblies 35

Time, Place and Frequency of Health Assemblies

EB11.R69 Frequency of Sessions of the Health Assembly ³⁶

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Representation at the Health Assembly

EB11.R1 Representation of the Executive Board at the Sixth World Health Assembly ¹ Rules of Procedure

EB11.R25 Amendment to Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Schedule of Meetings

EB11.R70 Date and Place of Twelfth Session of the Executive Board Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

EB11.R2 Method of Work of the Executive Board

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EB11.R9 EB11.R50 EB11.R71

REGIONAL QUESTIONS

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Reports of Regional Committees 3

Organizational Study on Regionalization 19

Allocation of Resources as between Regions 39

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

Delineation of and Assignment to Regions

EB11.R51 Assignment to Regions 21

SPECIFIC REGIONS Africa

EB11.R4 The Americas

EB11.R5 South -East Asia

EB11.R7

Appointment of Regional Director for Africa 2

Confirmation of Appointment of Regional Director for the Americas 2

Extension of Appointment of Regional Director for South -East Asia 3

Eastern Mediterranean EB11.R8

EBI1.R6

MEMBERSHIP

Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean 3

Confirmation of Appointment of Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean 3

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS Associate Members

EB11.R26 Rights and Obligations of Associate Members in Regional Committees

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

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Privileges and Immunities in Host Countries

EB11.R3 Host Agreement with the Government of France 2

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OR ASSETS TO WHO Office International d'Hygiène Publique

EB11.R38

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

Publique 15

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS BUDGET AND FINANCE

Assessments and Contributions EB11.R30

EB11.R31 EBI1.R34

Scale of Assessments ¹⁰

Collection of Contributions and Advances to the Working Capital Fund ¹¹

Assessment of China 12

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External Audit

EB11.R32 Examination of the Financial Report and the External Auditor's Report for 1951 ¹¹ EB11.R33 Ad Hoc Committee to examine the External Auditor's Report on the Accounts

of the Organization for 1952 12

Field Projects : Government Participation in Costs

EB11.R60 Local Costs to be borne by Governments 32

Special Funds and Other Sources of Additional Income

EB11.R46 Gift to World Health Organization ¹⁸

EB11.R43 Publications Revolving Fund 17

EB11.R37 WHO Seals 14

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY

EB11.R63 Suggestion for a Future Organizational Study 33

STAFF MATTERS

Director - General : Appointment and Contract

EB11.R47 Procedure for Nomination of the Director - General 18

EB11.R48 Nomination for the Post of Director -General 19

EB11.R49 Contract of the Director -General 19

Headquarters : Location and Office Accommodation

EB11.R56 Accommodation for Headquarters Office 23

Staff Regulations and Rules

EB11.R39 Amendments to Staff Rules 15

Tax Reimbursement

EB11.R45 Tax Reimbursement 18

CO- ORDINATION AND LIAISON CO- OPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

General

EB 11.R55 Decisions of the United Nations General Assembly and of the Economic and Social

Council 23

EB11.R29 Representation of WHO at Meetings of Other Organizations 10

Co- ordination of Work on Special Subjects

EB11.R40 Development and Concentration of Efforts in the Social Field 15

Trusteeship Council and Committee on Information from Non - Self -Governing Territories

EB11.R41 Co- operation with the Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on

Information from Non -Self- Governing Territories 16

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

EB11.R28 Procedure for Joint Development of UNICEF /WHO Health Programmes 9

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RELATIONS WITH NON -GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Principles governing Relationship

EB11.R54 Relations with Non -Governmental Organizations 22

PART 2 : REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

I. Proposed Programme and Budget Estimates for 1954 41

II. WHO Participation in the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 95

III. Organizational Study on the Education and Training Programme 131

IV. Organizational Study on Regionalization 157

ANNEXES

1. List of Attendances 187

2. Officers of the Executive Board and Membership of its Committees and Working Parties ^. 190

3. Report of the Representatives of the Executive Board at the Fifth World Health Assembly 191

4. Host Agreement with the Government of France 192

5. Rights and Obligations of Associate Members 198

6. Report on the Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen 202

7. Representation of the World Health Organization at Meetings of Other Organizations 216

8. Scale of Assessments 220

9. Scale of Assessments : Working Capital Fund 229

10. Transfers between Sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1952 230

11. Amendments to Staff Rules 232

12. Report on Distribution and Sale of WHO Publications 233

13. Contract of the Director - General ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. ^. 246

14. Assignment to Regions 247

15. Relations with Non - Governmental Organizations 258

Index to Resolutions ²⁶¹

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INTRODUCTION

The eleventh session of the Executive Board was held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 12 January

to 4 February 1953, under the chairmanship of Dr. M. Jafar, with Professor G. A. Canaperia and

Dr. H. B. Turbott as vice-chairmen.' Dr. S. Hayek and Dr. J. N. Togba were re- elected rapporteurs for the session. The list of attendances will be found in Annex 1 and the membership of the committees and working parties in Annex 2.

The method of work adopted by the Board for its eleventh session is indicated in resolution EB11.R2.

For the review of the Director -General's Proposed Programme and Budget Estimates for 1954, the Executive Board, in accordance with resolution EB10.R21, established the whole Board as the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance, and in that capacity held 11 meetings.

The Executive Board, in the course of 27 meetings, adopted the resolutions and the report contained in Parts 1 and 2 of this volume.

PART 1

RESOLUTIONS

EB11.R1 Representation of the Executive Board at the Sixth World Health Assembly The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the representatives of the Board at the Fifth World Health Assembly ;²

2. DECIDES that the Board shall be officially represented at the Sixth World Health Assembly by Professor G. A. Canaperia and Dr. M. Jafar or Dr. W. A. Karunaratne (alternate to Dr. Jafar) ; and

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to make suitable arrangements for the presentation of the Board's report by its representatives at the Sixth World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 4.2.2 (First meeting, 12 January 1953)

EB11.R2 Method of Work of the Executive Board The Executive Board,

In accordance with the decision as to its method of work which was taken at the tenth session (resolution EB10.R21),

DECIDES to discuss all items on the agenda of its eleventh session in plenary session and to appoint working parties to deal with particular aspects of problems only as and when these problems arise.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 4.2.6 (First meeting, 12 January 1953)

1 Dr. Turbott was elected vice -chairman in place of Dr. A. H. Taba, who since the previous session of the Board had been appointed Deputy Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.

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2 EXECUTIVE BOARD, ELEVENTH SESSION

EB11.R3 Host Agreement with the Government of France The Executive Board,

Having noted the proposed Host Agreement between the World Health Organization and the Govern- ment of France defining the privileges and immunities of the Organization and of its regional office in Africa, signed on 23 July and 1 August 1952, and the exchange of notes relating thereto,'

TRANSMITS these texts to the Sixth World Health Assembly with a recommendation that they be approved.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 6.4.2 (Second meeting, 12 January 1953)

EB11.R4 Appointment of Regional Director for Africa The Executive Board,

Having considered the recommendations of the Regional Committee for Africa and of the Director - General,

1. AUTHORIZES the Director -General

(1) to extend the appointment of Dr. F. Daubenton as Regional Director for Africa for a period of one year from 1 February 1953, under the same terms and conditions as those of the previous appointment ,

(2) to appoint Dr. F. J. Cambournac to succeed Dr. Daubenton as Regional Director, and

(3) to issue to him a contract for a period of five years, subject to the Staff Rules and Regulations, at a salary of $15,000 per annum, the effective date to be 1 February 1954 ;

2. AUTHORIZES the Director -General, in order to provide for an earlier appointment if this is possible, to appoint Dr. Cambournac for a temporary period of up to three months prior to the coming- into -force of the five -year contract on conditions similar to those contained therein.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 5.2.1 (Second meeting, 12 January 1953)

EB11.R5 Confirmation of Appointment of Regional Director for the Americas

Taking into consideration (1) that the XIIIth Pan American Sanitary Conference, serving as the Regional Committee for the Americas, recommended Dr. Fred L. Soper as Regional Director for the Americas for the period 1 February 1951 to 31 January 1955, and (2) that at the seventh session of the Executive Board (resolution EB7.R23) Dr. Soper was appointed Regional Director for the Americas for a period of four years from 1 February 1951 ;

Noting that Dr. Soper will reach the age of 60 on 13 December 1953, The Executive Board,

In accordance with Article 52 of the Constitution of WHO and in conformity with its Staff Rules and Regulations,

CONFIRMS this appointment until 31 January 1955, as originally decided at the seventh session of the Board.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 5.2.2.III (Second meeting, 12 January 1953)

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EB11.R6 Confirmation of Appointment of Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean The Executive Board,

In accordance with Article 52 of the Constitution of WHO and in conformity with its Staff Rules and Regulations,

CONFIRMS the appointment of Dr. Aly Tewfik Shousha as Regional Director for the Eastern Mediter- ranean, under the same terms and conditions as those of the previous appointment, for the period 1 January

1953 to 31 January 1953, and for a period of one year as from 1 February 1953, which periods are within the period of his original appointment made by the Executive Board at its third session.'

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 5.2.5.I1í (Second meeting, 12 January 1953)

EB11.R7 Extension of Appointment of Regional Director for South -East Asia The Executive Board,

Having considered the recommendations of the Regional Committee for South -East Asia,

AUTHORIZES the Director - General to extend the appointment of Dr. Chandra Mani as Regional Director for South -East Asia from 15 December 1953 to 28 February 1958, under the same terms and conditions as those of his previous appointment.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 5.2.3.I11 (Second meeting, 12 January 1953)

EB11.R8 Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean The Executive Board,

Having heard a statement made by the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the effect that, once again, for non- technical reasons, it has been impossible to convene a session of the Regional Committee in 1952,

1. EXPRESSES its regret at the prolongation of a situation prejudicial to the health interests of the Region ; 2. REQUESTS the Director -General

(1) to ask the Member States of the Region for their views on the position and for solutions which they may wish to suggest ;

(2) to report on this subject to the Sixth World Health Assembly ;

3. RECOMMENDS that when this report is presented the Health Assembly consider any measure which might put an end to this situation.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 5.2.5 (Fourth meeting, 13 January 1953)

EB11.R9 Reports of Regional Committees The Executive Board

NOTES the reports on the 1952 sessions of the following WHO regional committees :

(1) Regional Committee for Africa, second session ;

(2) Regional Committee for the Americas, sixth meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization and fourth meeting of the Regional Committee ;

' Off. Rec. World Hlth Org. 17, 16, para. 6.2 6 At its second meeting

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Regional Committee for Europe, second session ;

Regional Committee for South -East Asia, fifth session ; and Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, third session.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 5 (Second meeting, 12 January 1953)

EB11.R10 International Anti -Venereal -Disease Commission of the Rhine The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the International Anti -Venereal- Disease Commission of the Rhine on its second session ;

2. THANKS the members of the Commission and the Director - General for the work performed ;

3. NOTES the resolution of the Regional Committee for Europe requesting the Regional Director to study the desirability of establishing a health and social commission dealing with the wider problems of health and welfare of Rhine River boatmen and their families, and to report to the Regional Committee at its third session ;

4. TRANSFERS to the Regional Committee for Europe the provisions of the terms of reference of this Commission (resolution EB7.24) in so far as they refer to the Executive Board.6

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.3.23.VIII (Sixth meeting, 14 January 1953)

EB11.R11 Expert Committee on Bilharziasis : First Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Bilharziasis ; ⁷

2. THANKS the members of the committee for their work ; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.

EB11.R12 Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis : Second Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the second report of the Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis ; 2. THANKS the members of the committee for their work ; and

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.3.3.Ií (Fourth meeting, 13 January 1953)

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6 See resolution EB7.R24, paras. (6) and (11).

Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 65 8 Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 67

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EB11.R13 Expert Committee on Influenza : First Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Influenza ; ^S

EB11.R14 Expert Committee on Hepatitis : First Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Hepatitis ;

2. THANKS the members of the committee for their..work ; and

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EB11.R15 Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses : Fourth Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the fourth report of the Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses ; 11

2. THANKS the members of the committee for their work ;

3. DRAWS the attention of governments to relevant recommendations contained in the report, and

4. AUTHORIZES its publication.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.3.23.I1 (Fifth meeting, 14 January 1953)

EB11.R16 Joint ILO /WHO Committee on Occupational Health : Report on Second Session The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Joint ILO /WHO Committee on Occupational Health on its second session ; 12

2. THANKS the members of the committee for their work ;

3. THANKS the International Labour Organisation for its excellent collaboration ;

4. NOTES that the Governing Body of ILO has reviewed the report favourably, and

5. AUTHORIZES its publication and distribution.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.11.8 (Fifth meeting, 14 January 1953)

9 Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 64 10 Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 62 11 Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 63

12 Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 66 (as the first report of the committee)

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EB11.R17 Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : Sixth Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the sixth report of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization ; ¹³

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.5.3.Ií (Fourth meeting, ¹³ January 1953)

EB11.R18 Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia, Report on Eleventh Session, and Sub - Committee on Non -Proprietary Names, Report on Fifth Session

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia on its eleventh session, and the report of the Sub - Committee on Non -Proprietary Names on its fifth session ; ¹⁴

2. THANKS the members of the committee and of the sub -committee for their work ; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of these reports.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.5.4 (Fourth meeting, ¹³ January ¹⁹⁵³⁾

EB11.R19 Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees The Executive Board

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

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.8.1 (Sixth meeting, 14 January 1953)

EB11.R20 Procedure for Examination of Reservations to the International Sanitary Regulations (WHO Regulations No. 2)

The Executive Board,

Recognizing that the precedents established at the Fifth World Health Assembly in the examination of the reservations to the International Sanitary Regulations (WHO Regulations No. 2) submitted by

Member States will serve as a guide for the consideration of those submitted in respect of their overseas and outlying territories ;

Considering that the more recent reservations do not contain, as far as can now be judged, any complex legal or technical problems,

1. DECIDES to refer communications from governments in respect of their overseas and outlying territories directly to the Sixth World Health Assembly ;

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to make the necessary arrangements.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.7.2.I1 (Sixth meeting, 14 January ¹⁹⁵³⁾

13 Published as World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 68

14 Published in World Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. 1953, 69 (as the tenth and fourth reports respectively)

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RESOLUTIONS 7

EB11.R21 Toxic Hazards of Certain Insecticides and Similar Products The Executive Board

NOTES that a report concerning the toxic hazards to human beings and animals of certain insecticides and similar products has been prepared, as requested by the Executive Board at its eighth session (resolution EB8.R52), and will be published in the Monograph Series during the first quarter of 1953.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.3.11.X (Sixth meeting, 14 January 1953)

EB11.R22 Recording and Transmission of Epidemiological Information The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Director - General on the recording and transmission of epidemiological information, and the measures taken to improve the collection, handling and distribution of this information, as described in this report ;

2. APPROVES the arrangements which are being made in this field ;

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to invite Member States to give their full support to the epidemiological services provided by the Organization, inter alia by submitting to the Organization the returns required by the International Sanitary Regulations (WHO Regulations No. 2) and whenever possible other appro- priate epidemiological information ; and

4. REQUESTS the Director- General

(1) to continue to improve the epidemiological services which the Organization provides to national health administrations and other authorities along the lines indicated in the report, so far as may be financially possible and, in particular,

(2) to study the methods which, applied to the production and distribution of the Weekly Epidemio- logical Record, might reduce its cost without impairing its value to national quarantine services.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.7.1

EB11.R23 Approval of Yellow -Fever Vaccine The Executive Board

(Sixth meeting of the Board and fourth meeting of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance, 14 and 28 January 1953)

ACCORDS full approval, for the issue of international certificates of vaccination, to the yellow -fever vaccine produced by the Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent (United Kingdom).

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.3.24.íI (Sixth meeting, 14 January 1953)

EB11.R24 Amendments to Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly The Executive Board

I. TRANSMITS to the Sixth World Health Assembly the following draft amendments to Rules 51 and 106 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, with a recommendation that they be adopted :¹⁵ 15 The rules referred to in this resolution are numbered as in the Handbook of Basic Documents, fifth edition, August 1952.

Proposed additions are shown in italics and proposed deletions in square brackets.

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Rule 51

The reports of all committees established to consider items of the agenda shall, before being submitted to a plenary meeting for final disposition, be referred to the General Committee, or to a drafting committee appointed by it, for co- ordinating and editing. Such reports, including draft resolutions, shall, after being examined by the General Committee, be circulated, in so far as practic- able, at least twenty -four hours in advance of the plenary meetings at which they are to be considered, unless the General Committee decides to refer the report or the draft for re- examination to the com- petent committee. Where such reports have been so circulated twenty four hours in advance, they shall not normally be read aloud in the plenary meeting, unless the President decides otherwise.

Rule 106

The approval by the World Health Assembly of any request made by a Member or other authority having responsibility for the international relations of a territory or group of territories on behalf of such territory or group of territories shall be communicated immediately to the Government of the Member or other authority which has submitted the request. Such Government or other authority shall give notice to the Director - General of acceptance on behalf of the Associate Member of associate membership [on the conditions existing at the date of admission]. The territory or group of territories shall become an Associate Member from the date of the receipt of such notice.

II. Having considered the anomaly which exists in Rule 68 because of the provisions of Rule 66, which makes it possible for a roll -call vote to be taken even on a proposal to vote by secret ballot ;

Having discussed various possibilities for amending Rule 68,

REQUESTS the Director- General to submit for the consideration of the Health Assembly a study of this question, taking into account the amendments to Rule 68 which he has suggested as well as the views expressed by the members of the Executive Board at its eleventh session.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 4.1.1.Ií (Seventh meeting, 15 January 1953)

EB11.R25 Amendment to Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board The Executive Board

AMENDS Rule 25 of its Rules of Procedure by substituting the words " Any member " for " Any delegate or representative of an Associate Member ".

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 4.2.4.íI (Eighth meeting, 15 January 1953)

EB11.R26 Rights and Obligations of Associate Members in Regional Committees The Executive Board,

Pursuant to the resolution (EB10.R5) on the rights and obligations of Associate Members, adopted by the Board at its tenth session ; and

Having considered a report made by the Director - General on the results obtained from his communication with Member States on this subject,'°

1. RECOMMENDS to the Sixth World Health Assembly that Associate Members should be given the right to vote in the meetings of regional committees ; and, further,

2. RECOMMENDS the adoption of the following resolution : The Sixth World Health Assembly,

Having considered a report of the Executive Board on the rights and obligations of Associate Members ; and

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RESOLUTIONS 9

Noting a recommendation of the Board that Associate Members should be given the right to vote in meetings of regional committees,

1. RESOLVES to amend paragraph 3 (2) of resolution WHA2.103 of the Second World Health Assem- bly by deleting the phrase " with the exception that they will have no vote in plenary meetings of the Regional Committee, nor in sub -divisions dealing with finance or constitutional matters, " so that the paragraph now reads : " Associate Members shall have all rights and obligations in the regional organizations."

II. Believing that the Sixth World Health Assembly might wish to reconsider the scale of assessments for Associate Members in the light of the foregoing action ; and

After reviewing the decisions taken on the scale of assessments for Associate Members by the Second World Health Assembly, by the Executive Board at its fourth session, and by the Third World Health

Assembly,17

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

Having decided to change the rights of Associate Members in regional committees,

1. CONSIDERS that this increase in rights should carry with it an increase in obligations ; and, therefore, 2. DECIDES that for 1954 and future years the assessment of all Associate Members should be established at four units.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., for paragraph I : 6.3.2.I ; (Eighth and ninth meetings, 15 and 16 January 1953) for paragraph II : 7.1.1.III

EB11.R27 Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen, regarding the work done during the last two years,'$

1. TAKES NOTE of the wide and important work which it has accomplished in the field of BCG vaccination during that period ;

2. CONGRATULATES the Director - General on the way in which investigations have been carried out ;

3. RECOMMENDS that the Tuberculosis Research Office enlarge the field of co- operation with other groups at present interested in this special type of work ;

4. REQUESTS the Director -General to report to a future session of the Board on the results of this co- operation.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.3.20.VI (Tenth meeting, 16 January 1953)

EB11.R28 Procedure for Joint Development of UNICEF /WHO Health Programmes The Executive Board,

Having been informed that the present arrangements for joint operating procedure and joint policy - forming machinery between UNICEF and WHO are working satisfactorily,

CONSIDERS that no change need be made.

Handb. Res., Ist ed., 8.1.5 (Tenth meeting, 16 January 1953)

17 Off. Rec. World Hltli Org. 21, 42 ; 22, 11 ; 28, 53 18 Annex 6

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EB11.R29 Representation of WHO at Meetings of Other Organizations The Executive Board,

Having studied the report by the Director - General on representation of the World Health Organiza- tion at meetings of other organizations,19which was called for by resolution WHA5.67 of the Fifth World Health Assembly,

1. SUBMITS this report to the Sixth World Health Assembly ;

2. REQUESTS the Director - General, when considering invitations received : (1) to keep in mind the criteria outlined in this report ;

(2) to comply, as far as possible, with the suggestions of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to the Economic and Social Council ^{; 20}

(3) to ensure that representation is on the highest level possible ; and further

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to draw the attention of the United Nations to the desirability of holding a reasonable number of its meetings in Europe, where the specialized agencies responsible for social activities are situated.

Handb. Res. 1st ed., 8.1.1.I1 (Tenth meeting, 16 January 1953)

EB11.R30 Scale of Assessments ²¹ The Executive Board,

Having considered the study and analysis presented by the Director - General on the scale of assessments, as well as the proposal made by a member of the Executive Board on the assessments for advances to the Working Capital Fund ^{; 22}

Noting

(1) that, although the assessments of Members of WHO have been made according to the criteria used by the United Nations and in accordance with principles similar to those on which the contributions of Members of the United Nations are based, there are variations due to the adjustments which have been made in the United Nations scale of assessments since the WHO scale was adopted by the First World Health Assembly ;

(2) that it is difficult to make direct comparison between the WHO and the United Nations scales because of :

(a) the difference in the percentage paid by the largest contributor ;

(b) the difference in membership ;

(c) the application of the per capita provision of the WHO assessment resolutions, which, by limiting the per capita contribution of any country to the per capita contribution of the Member making the highest contribution, provides for a reduction in the amount of the full assessment of certain Members, and to this extent alters the basic assessment ;

(3) that in 1954 the assessment of the largest contributor to the United Nations will be reduced to one -third of the total assessments, thus making the United Nations scale for 1954 in this respect the same as the present WHO scale ;

(4) that it would be possible, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 311 B (IV) to submit the WHO scale of assessments to the United Nations Committee on Contributions for its recommendations and advice,

19Annex 7

20See section 4 of Annex 7.

21See also resolution EB11.R34 below.

22Annexes 8 and 9

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RESOLUTIONS 11 1. CONSIDERS that the proposal made regarding assessments for advances to the Working Capital Fund has merit in that it would remove anomalies which have arisen in the advances to this Fund made by certain Members ;

2. DECIDES, however, that the application of any such plan should be held in abeyance until a general revision of the scale of assessments has been made ;

3. RESOLVES to postpone until its first session in 1954 the review of the scale of assessments and assessments for advances to the Working Capital Fund, requested by the Fifth World Health Assembly (resolution WHA5.57), since at that time additional information will be available on which to base the review ;

4. REQUESTS the Director - General to ask the United Nations Committee on Contributions to review the present WHO scale of assessments and furnish such advice and recommendations as would, in the opinion of that committee, assist the Board in bringing this scale into line with the United Nations scale, taking all relevant factors into account ;

5. RECOMMENDS to the Sixth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Sixth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Executive Board on the review of the scale of assessments ; Realizing that the Board, in order to make the study requested by the Fifth World Health Assembly, should have all available information at its disposal,

1. CONCURS in the Board's decision that this study should be postponed until the first session of the Board to be held in 1954 and that the matter should be submitted to the United Nations Committee on Contributions for recommendations and advice ; and

2. REQUESTS the Executive Board to report to the Seventh World Health Assembly on this subject.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.1.1 ; 7.1.7 (Ninth meeting, 16 January 1953)

EB11.R31 Collection of Contributions and Advances to the Working Capital Fund The Executive Board

1. NOTES the situation with regard to the collection of contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund, as on 31 December 1952 ; and

2. REQUESTS the Director - General to forward current information on this subject to the Sixth World Health Assembly, as well as a report on any Members whose assessments for 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951 have not yet been paid, in accordance with resolution WHA5.13.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.1.V ; 7.1.7 (Thirteenth meeting, 19 January 1953)

EB11.R32 Examination of the Financial Report and the External Auditor's Report for 1951 The Executive Board,

Noting resolution WHA5.35 and the request of the Fifth World Health Assembly that the Board at its eleventh session examine in detail the Director -General's Financial Report for 1951 and the Report of the External Auditor ;

Having considered the various documents submitted on this subject,

1. NOTES with satisfaction the action which has been taken by the Director- General ; and

2. DECIDES that the Executive Board, at its first session to be held in each year, shall examine the Director - General's Financial Report and the Report of the External Auditor thereon for the financial year preceding the year which has just elapsed.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.2.I11 (Thirteenth meeting, 19 January 1953)

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EB11.R33 Ad Hoc Committee to examine the External Auditor's Report on the Accounts of the Organization for 1952

The Executive Board,

Considering that there will not be a formal session of the Executive Board between the date of the receipt of the Report of the External Auditor on the accounts of the Organization for the year 1952 and that of the convening of the Sixth World Health Assembly ; ^and

Considering the requirement that the comments of the Board on this report must be submitted to the Sixth World Health Assembly,

ESTABLISHES an ad hoc committee of the Executive Board, consisting of (1) Dr. M. Jafar (or Dr. W. A. Karunaratne, alternate),

(2) Professor G. A. Canaperia, and (3) Dr. Melville Mackenzie,

to meet on 4 May 1953 to consider the report of the External Auditor on the accounts of the Organization for the year 1952 and to submit to the Sixth World Health Assembly, on behalf of the Board, such comments as it deems necessary.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.2.I11 (Thirteenth meeting, 19 January 1953)

EB11.R34 Assessment of China²³ The Executive Board,

Considering the request of the Fifth World Health Assembly (resolution WHA5.56) that the Executive Board should study the communication from the Republic of China containing proposals on its financial contributions to the World Health Organization, and submit a report thereon to the Sixth World Health Assembly ;

Having examined the report of the Director - General on this matter ^{; 24}

Considering the statement of the Third World Health Assembly (in resolution WHA3.90) " that the resumption by China of full participation in the work of the Organization will be welcomed " ;

Noting that the United Nations General Assembly, in establishing the 1953 scale of assessments, fixed the assessment of China at nearly the same percentage as its present assessment in WHO ; and

Noting further that the amount proposed by the Republic of China represents a very small fraction of this current assessment,

1. BELIEVES nevertheless that a plan should be developed in order to enable China to resume active participation in the Organization ;

2. RECOGNIZES that there are two or more alternative methods of making an adjustment, either in the scale of assessments itself or by an arrangement to accept an extraordinary reduced payment as fully discharging the annual assessment of China toward the annual budget of the Organization ;

3. REQUESTS the Director -General to provide for the Sixth World Health Assembly (1) copies of all communications on this subject with the Republic of China ;

(2) the various alternative methods of dealing with this matter ;

(3) any other relevant data ;

23See also resolution EB11.R30 above.

24See Annex 8.

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RESOLUTIONS 13 4. RECOMMENDS to the Sixth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution :

The Sixth World Health Assembly,

I. Having considered the report of the Executive Board on the communication from the Republic of China containing proposals which would enable China to resume active participation in the Organization,

WELCOMES the return of China to active participation ;

II. Taking into account the present situation of the Republic of China, which makes it difficult for that Government to fulfil at this time its total financial obligations to the World Health Organization,

1. RESOLVES :

(1) that for the purpose of establishing the scale of assessments for 1954 and future years the assessment of China shall remain at 720 units ;

(2) that an extraordinary reduced contribution from China for 1954 and future years in the amount equivalent to .... 25 units shall be accepted as fully discharging the assessment of China for each year ;

(3) that, notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 5.6, the payment by China of this amount for 1954 and future years shall be credited to income for the year in which it was assessed rather than to the arrears of earlier years ; and further

(4) that at such time as the condition of China improves, its assessment shall be reconsidered by the Executive Board and /or the Health Assembly ;

2. DECIDES :

(1) that the token payment of US $15,000, to be applied to the arrears due to the Organization for 1953 and prior years, shall be accepted ;

(2) that, notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 5.6, this payment shall be credited to the assessment of 1948 ; and

(3) that the balance of the arrears of China for the years prior to 1954 shall be subject to future arrangements, when the financial condition of this country improves.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.1.V ; (Thirteenth meeting, 19 January 1953)

for paragraph 4(I) : 6.3.3

EB11.R35 Transfers between Sections of the 1952 Appropriation Resolution The Executive Board,

Having noted the report of the Director- General 26 on transfers of credits between sections of the 1952 Appropriation Resolution which, pursuant to the authorization given by the Executive Board at its tenth session (resolution EB10.R9), were previously concurred in by correspondence,

CONFIRMS its concurrence in these transfers.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 2.1.3.íI1 (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

25 Figure to be inserted by the Health Assembly, on the basis of the data to be submitted by the Director- General under paragraph 3 above

26 Annex 10

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EB11.R36 Transfers between Sections of the 1953 Appropriation Resolution The Executive Board

CONCURS in the transfers proposed by the Director -General between sections of the 1953 Appropriation Resolution 27 as follows :

Appropriation

section Purpose of appropriation Amount voted

by Fifth World Health Assembly

Transfers authorized

Revised appropriation

US $ US $ US $

PART I : ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

1. World Health Assembly 154,400 12,900 167,300

2. Executive Board and its Committees . ^. ^. 77,680 8,270 85,950

3. Regional Committees 34,750 8,650 43,400

Total - Part I

^266,830 29,820 296,650

- - -- - - -- - - --

PART II : OPERATING PROGRAMME

4. Central Technical Services 1,563,866 (62,707) 1,501,159

5. Advisory Services 4,285,141 104,520 4,389,661

6. Regional Offices 1,052,371 53,224 1,105,595

7. Expert Committees and Conferences ^. ^. ^. 184,178

-

^184,178

Total - Part II

7,085,556 95,037 7,180,593 PART III : ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

8. Administrative Services 1,132,709 (124,857) 1,007,852

Total - Part III

1,132,709 (124,857) 1,007,852

Sub -Total - Parts I, II and III 8,485,095

-

^8,485,095

PART IV : RESERVE

9. Undistributed Reserve 1,347,659

-

^1,347,659

Total - Part IV

1,347,659

-

^1,347,659

TOTAL - ALL PARTS 9,832,754

-

^9,832,754

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 2.1 (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R37 WHO Seals The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Director -General on the sale of WHO seals and the status of the special fund for seals established by the Fourth World Health Assembly (resolution WHA4.48) ;

27 Resolution WHA5.37

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RES OLUTI ONS 15 2. DECIDES that the Board should periodically review the situation with regard to the sale of seals in order to assess the value of the campaign ; and therefore

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to submit a progress report to the first session of the Board to be held in each year.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.6.IV (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R38 Arrears of Contributions due in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director - General regarding the arrears of contributions due in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique,

1. NOTES

(1) that the Director - General has notified the States concerned of the amounts due ; and

(2) that the replies received from certain States would require negotiations between the States and the Organization in order to arrive at a settlement ;

2. RECOMMENDS that the Director - General be authorized to negotiate with these States in order to obtain a settlement ; and, therefore,

Having considered the resolution of the Executive Board concerning the arrears of contributions due in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique,

1. AUTHORIZES the Director - General to negotiate with the States concerned in order to arrive at a settlement of these debts as to both amount and currency of payment ;

2. RESOLVES to delegate to the Executive Board full powers to approve the final settlement of these debts ; and

3. REQUESTS the Board to submit a report to the Seventh World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 6.5.2 (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R39 Amendments to the Staff Rules The Executive Board

CONFIRMS the changes in the Staff Rules as reported by the Director-General.28

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.3.10.1I (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R40 Development and Concentration of Efforts in the Social Field The Executive Board

1. NOTES resolution 434 A (XIV) of the Economic and Social Council on the development and concentration of the efforts in the social field of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and the preliminary report on the world social situation to the Economic and Social Council, issued by the United Nations ^; ²⁹

28 See Annex 11.

29UN document E/CN.5/267

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2. NOTES the report of the Director - General on co- operation with the agencies concerned in the prepara- tion of the programme of concerted practical action in this field, proposed in resolution 535 (VI) of the General Assembly ;

3. REQUESTS the Director- General to communicate with Member governments, inviting their attention to the resolution of the Economic and Social Council referred to above, and asking for their suggestions and recommendations on the establishment of the proposed programme and on the report on the world social situation ; and further

4. REQUESTS the Director - General to submit to the Sixth World Health Assembly the results of these communications, and to make available to delegations at that Assembly copies of both the preliminary report on the world social situation and the programme of concerted practical action in the social field.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 8.1.2 (Fifteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R41 Co- operation with the Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Information from Non -Self -Governing Territories

The Executive Board

NOTES with appreciation that the Director- General has co- operated with the Committee of the General Assembly on Information from Non -Self- Governing Territories by providing advice on the health aspects of social conditions in these territories.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 8.1.4 (Fifteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R42 Distribution and Sale of WHO Publications The Executive Board,

Having continued its study on the free distribution and sales of WHO publications as requested by the Fifth World Health Assembly in resolution WHA5.24,

1. ENDORSES the general conclusions contained in the Director -General's report on the distribution and sale of WHO publications and the postulates contained in Appendix 3 to that report ; ^3°

2. EXPRESSES satisfaction with the co- ordination which has developed with the United Nations and other specialized agencies in the study of problems of distribution and sale of publications, through the Working Group on Publications of the Administrative Committee on Co- ordination and otherwise ;

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to continue to give attention, in consultation with the United Nations and other specialized agencies, to the promotion of distribution as an essential element of the publishing programme and to report on progress made to a future session of the Executive Board ;

4. TRANSMITS the Director- General's report on the distribution and sale of WHO publications to the Sixth World Health Assembly with the above comments.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 1.12 (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

80 Annex 12

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RESOLUTIONS 17

EB11.R43 Publications Revolving Fund The Executive Board,

Having considered a report of the Director - General on the status of the Publications Revolving Fund as at 31 December 1952 31 and a report on the distribution and sale of WHO publications ; 32 and

Noting resolution WHA5.23 of the Fifth World Health Assembly in which the Assembly authorized certain expenditures to be made from the Fund for the purpose of giving publicity to and improving the sale of WHO publications,

1. ENDORSES the measures already taken by the Director- General as well as those which he has recommended to implement the above resolution ;

2. AUTHORIZES the Director -General to appoint a distribution and sales officer, the cost of this post to be a charge against the amount the Director - General was authorized by the Fifth World Health Assembly to withdraw from the Publications Revolving Fund in 1953 to give publicity to WHO publications and to improve their sales ;

Having considered a report of the Executive Board on the Publications Revolving Fund ; Noting that the Board had considered a report of the Director - General on the distribution and sale of WHO publications ; and

Further noting that the Board endorses the measures taken as well as those recommended by the Director - General to give publicity to and to improve the sale of WHO publications,

1. AUTHORIZES the Director - General to draw on the Publications Revolving Fund an amount not to exceed $10,000 in 1954 to be used to give publicity to WHO publications, to improve the sale of such publications, and to defray the costs of the post of distribution and sales officer authorized by the Executive Board ;

2. REQUESTS the Director - General and the Executive Board to continue to study the staff and financial implications 'of measures necessary to secure effective distribution and sale of WHO publications ;

3. REQUESTS the Executive Board, at its first session in 1954, to review the status of the Publications Revolving Fund in order to determine the purpose for which any accumulated sums should be used.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.6.II ; 1.12 (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R44 Periodical Reports on Projects The Executive Board,

Having examined a statement of projects which was prepared by the Director- General in pursuance of resolution EB9.R75,

1. REQUESTS the Director -General to continue issuing such statements periodically ;

2. LEAVES to his discretion the precise manner of publication and the frequency of issue of such statements in the Chronicle of the World Health Organization ;

31 Appendix 2 to Annex 12 32 See preceding resolution.

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18 EXECUTIVE BOARD, ELEVENTH SESSION 3. RECOMMENDS that the Director - General include in his Annual Report :

(1) a complete review of current activities of the year, classified by region, country, and major type of activity ; and

(2) a list of projects completed during the period covered, with an appraisal of the results achieved.

Handb. Res., 1st ed. 1.2.1; (Fifteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

for paragraph 2 : 1.12.1.I1I

EB11.R45 Tax Reimbursement The Executive Board

NOTES that no further progress has been reported by governments in exempting certain staff members from taxes on income received from the World Health Organization.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.3.11 (Fourteenth meeting, 20 January 1953)

EB11.R46 Gift to the World Health Organization The Executive Board,

Having been informed that the Organization has received a cash gift of US $100 from the Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church, Moscow, Idaho (USA),

1. ACCEPTS the gift in accordance with the provisions of Article 57 of the Constitution ;

2. REQUESTS the Director -General, on behalf of WHO, to express to the donors gratitude for and appreciation of this gift.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.1.6.I (Nineteenth meeting, 22 January 1953)

EB11.R47 Procedure for Nomination of the Director - General The Executive Board,

Considering that its Rules of Procedure contain no precise directive for voting on the nomination of the Director - General,

DECIDES to vote on this nomination in the following manner :

(1) A list of candidates shall be established by secret ballot and the names presented in alphabetical order ;

(2) A series of secret ballots shall be taken. Each member of the Board shall write down the name of a single candidate which he chooses from the list of candidates which has been established. The name of the candidate who receives the least number of votes shall be eliminated at each balloting ;

(3) When the number of candidates has been reduced to two there shall be as many ballots as are

necessary in order to secure a majority for either candidate. In the event of a tie between the

remaining candidates after three votes, the whole procedure shall start again.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.3.2 (Twenty- second meeting, 27 January 1953)

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RESOLUTIONS 19

EB11.R48 Nomination for the Post of Director -General The Executive Board

1. NOMINATES Dr. Marcolino Gomes Candau for the post of Director -General of the World Health Organization, in accordance with Article 31 of the Constitution ;

2. SUBMITS this nomination to the Sixth World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.3.2

EB11.R49 Contract of the Director -General

(The Executive Board, at a secret session on 27 January 1953, and by a secret ballot, voted in favour of the nomination of Dr. Marcolino Gomes Candau for the post of Director -General of the World Health Organization)

In accordance with the requirements of Rule 97 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly, The Executive Board

1. SUBMITS to the Sixth World Health Assembly the attached draft contract establishing the terms and conditions of appointment of the Director - General ; 33

Pursuant to Article 31 of the WHO Constitution and Rule 98 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly,

1. APPROVES the attached contract establishing the terms and conditions of appointment, salary and other emoluments for the post of Director - General ; and,

Pursuant to Rule 100 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly,

2. AUTHORIZES the President of the Sixth World Health Assembly to sign this contract in the name of the Organization ; and, further,

3. AGREES with the recommendation of the Executive Board at its eleventh session that the new Director - General should, if possible, enter upon his duties some weeks before the departure of the outgoing Director - General ; and, consequently,

4. AUTHORIZES the commencement of the salary and allowances of the new Director - General upon his departure from his current place of residence for Geneva at any time after 15 June 1953, the

exact date to be inserted in paragraph II (1) and (2) of the contract by arrangement with him.

Handb. Res., 1st ed., 7.3.2 (Twenty -first meeting, 26 January 1953)

EB11.R50 Organizational Study on Regionalization The Executive Board,

In conformity with the request of the Fifth Health Assembly (resolution WHA5.63) that the Board should undertake, at its eleventh session, a study of regionalization ; and

Having made such an investigation,

1. SUBMITS it for the consideration of the Sixth World Health Assembly ; S4 and

2. RECOMMENDS to the Sixth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Sixth World Health Assembly

1. REAFFIRMS the principles which prompted the establishment of regionalization and finds that they have been justified in practice ;

33 Annex 13 34 See page 157.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION No. 46

EXECUTIVE BOARD

ELEVENTH SESSION

HELD IN GENEVA FROM 12 JANUARY TO 4 FEBRUARY 1953

RESOLUTIONS

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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- Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

- Economic

- Food and Agriculture Organization

- Pan American Sanitary Bureau

NO TE

156 G

For Index to Resolutions, see page 261.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia, Report on Eleventh

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Participation of Member States in Certain Costs incurred in the Operation of

- VII -..

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

- IX -

to 4 February 1953, under the chairmanship of Dr. M. Jafar, with Professor G. A. Canaperia and

RESOLUTIONS

Total - Part I

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Total - Part II

Total - Part III

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Total - Part IV

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necessary in order to secure a majority for either candidate. In the event of a tie between the

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