EXECUTIVE BOARD

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

No. 91

EXECUTIVE BOARD

TWENTY -THIRD SESSION

GENEVA, 20 JANUARY - 3 FEBRUARY 1959

PART I

RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

PALAIS DES NATIONS

GENEVA

March 1959

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

ACC - Administrative Committee on Co- ordination

CCTA - Commission for Technical Co- operation in Africa South of the Sahara CIOMS -- Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences

ECAFE - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

ECE -- Economic Commission for Europe ECLA - Economic Commission for Latin America FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization

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

ITU - International Telecommunication Union OIHP ---- Office International d'Hygiène Publique PAHO - Pan American Health Organization

PASB

- Pan American Sanitary Bureau

TAB - Technical Assistance Board TAC - Technical Assistance Committee

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

UNKRA - United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees UNTAA - United Nations Technical Assistance Administration

WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations

WMO - World Meteorological Organization

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The twenty -third session of the Executive Board was convened in accordance with resolution EB22.R8, adopted by the Board at its twenty- second session.

In accordance with the instructions ^of the Board, the minutes of the Board and those of its Standing Committee on Administration and Finance have been sent in mimeographed form to Member governments.

in order to facilitate the use of the volume in conjunction with the Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, they have been grouped by title in the table of contents under the subject- headings of the Handbook. There has also been added, beneath each resolution, a reference to the section of the Handbook containing previous resolutions on the same subject. The fourth edition of the Handbook -which is indexed both by subject and by resolution symbol- contains most of the resolutions adopted up to and including the Tenth World Health Assembly and the twentieth session of the Executive Board.

The following reference list of sessions of the Health Assembly and Executive Board shows the resolution symbol applicable t o each session and the Official Records volume in which the resolutions were originally published.

First World Health Assembly Executive Board, First Session Executive Board, Second Session Executive Board, Third Session

Held

24 June - 24 July 1948 16 -28 July 1948

25 October - 11 November 1948 21 February - 9 March 1949

Resolution symbol

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Official Records No.

13 14 14 17

Second World Health Assembly 13 June - 2 July 1949 WHA2.- 21

Executive Board, Fourth Session 8 -19 July 1949 22

Executive Board, Fifth Session 16 January - 2 February 1950

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Third World Health Assembly 8 -27 May 1950 WHA3.- 28

Executive Board, Sixth Session 1 -9 June 1950 EB6.R- 29

Executive Board, Seventh Session 22 January - 5 February 1951 EB7.R- 32

Fourth World Health Assembly 7 -25 May 1951 WHA4.- 35

Executive Board, Eighth Session 1 -8 June 1951 EB8.R- 36

Executive Board, Ninth Session 21 January - 4 February 1952 EB9.R- 40

Fifth World Health Assembly 5 -22 May 1952 WHA5.- 42

Executive Board, Tenth Session

29 May - 3 June 1952

Executive Board, Eleventh Session 12 January - 4 February 1953 EB11.R- 46

Sixth World Health Assembly 5 -22 May 1953 WHA6.- 48

Executive Board, Twelfth Session 28 -30 May 1953 EB12.R- 49

Executive Board, Thirteenth Session 12 January - 2 February 1954 _EB13.R- 52

Seventh World Health Assembly 4 -21 May 1954 WHA7.- 55

Executive Board, Fourteenth Session 27 -28 May 1954 EB14.R- 57

Executive Board, Fifteenth Session 18 January - 4 February 1955 EB15.R- 60

Eighth World Health Assembly 10-27 May 1955 WHA8.- 63

Executive Board, Sixteenth Session 30 May 1955 EB16.R- 65

Executive Board, Seventeenth Session 17 January - 2 February 1956 EB17.R- 68

Ninth World Health Assembly 8 -25 May 1956 WHA9.- 71

Executive Board, Eighteenth Session 28 -30 May 1956 EB18.R- 73

Executive Board, Nineteenth Session 15 -30 January 1957 EB19.R- 76

Tenth World Health Assembly 7 -24 May 1957 WHA10.- 79

Executive Board, Twentieth Session 27 -28 May 1957 EB20.R- 80

Executive Board, Twenty -first Session 14 -28 January 1958 EB21.R- 83

Eleventh World Health Assembly 28 May - 13 June 1958 WHA11.- 87

Executive Board, Twenty- second Session 16 -17 June 1958 EB22.R- 88

Executive Board, Twenty -third Session 20 January - 3 February 1959 EB23.R- 91

CONTENTS

Page

Agenda for the Twenty -third Session ¹

Introduction 7

PART I

GENERAL PROGRAMME OF WORK COVERING A SPECIFIC PERIOD

EB23.R76 Third General Programme of Work covering a Specific Period 38

ATOMIC ENERGY AND IONIZING RADIATIONS IN RELATION TO HEALTH

EB23.R15 Expert Committee on Radiation : First Report (Effect of Radiation on Human Heredity - Investigation of Areas of High Natural Radiation)

EB23.R17 Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Radiochemical Methods of Analysis : Report

EB23.R67 Agreement between the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICAL SERVICES

13 13 34

International Quarantine

EB23.R44 Committee on International Quarantine : Sixth Report 21

Health Statistics

EB23.R19 Expert Committee on Health Statistics ^: Sixth Report 14

THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES

Biological Standardization EB23.R37

EB23.R38 EB23.R39 EB23. R40

Expert Committee on Biological

Report of the Study Group on

Vaccine

Standardization : Twelfth Report

Recommended Requirements for Poliomyelitis

19 19

Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological Sub-

stances (Yellow Fever Vaccine and Cholera Vaccine) 20

Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Smallpox Vaccine 20 Pharmaceutical Preparations (Specifications)

EB23.R20 Sub- Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on the Inter-

national Pharmacopoeia : Eighth Report 14

EB23.R22 Action in Respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs : The Single

Convention on Narcotic Drugs (Third Draft) ¹⁵

Health Laboratory Methods

EB23.R23 Expert Committee on Health Laboratory Methods : Second Report (Hospital

Laboratory Services) 15

PUBLICATIONS AND REFERENCE SERVICES

Publications Programme

EB23.R66 Organizational Study on Publications 33

COMMUNICABLE- DISEASE SERVICES

Malaria

EB23.R28 Expert Committee on Malaria : Seventh Report 17

EB23.R62 Development of Malaria Eradication Programme 31

EB23.R63 Malaria Eradication Special Account 32

EB23.R64 Malaria Eradication Special Account : Participation of Governments in Costs ^. 32 Tuberculosis

EB23.R83

Method of Financing Tuberculosis Control Pilot Projects of an Experimental

Scientific Research Nature 42

EB23.R16 Review of BCG Vaccination Programmes 13

Endemo- epidemic Diseases

EB23.R30 Expert Committee on Respiratory Virus Diseases : First Report ¹⁸

EB23.R71 Smallpox Eradication 35

EB23.R29 Expert Committee on Plague : Third Report 17

Zoonoses and Veterinary Public Health

EB23.R31 Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Zoonoses : Second Report 18 ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

Public Health Administration

EB23.R32 Expert Committee on Auxiliary Dental Personnel : First Report ¹⁸ Nursing

EB23.R34 Expert Committee on Nursing : Fourth Report (Public Health Nursing) 18

Social and Occupational Health

EB23.R33 Expert Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension : First Report 18

Mental Health EB23.R42 EB23.R36 EB23.R43

Report of the Study Group on Ataractic and Hallucinogenic Drugs in Psychiatry Expert Committee on Mental Health : Sixth Report (Mental Health Problems of

Aging and the Aged)

Report on the Meetings of the Study Group on the Psychobiological Development

of the

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20 19 20

Nutrition

EB23.R41 Report of the Study Group on Iron Deficiency Anaemia 20

ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION

EB23.R14 Expert Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation : First Report ^{. .} 12 EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EB23.R35 Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel : Sixth Report (The Foreign Student and Post -graduate Public Health

Courses) 19

EB23.R7 Fellowships 9

CO- ORDINATION OF RESEARCH

EB23.R13 The Role of WHO in Medical Research 12

EB23.R72 International Health and Medical Research Year 36

SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

Programme Supplies

EB23.R48 Supply Services to Member States 22

EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS AND COMMITTEES Appointments

EB23.R45 Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees 21

Resolutions on Programme and Budget

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

For 1959

EB23.R1 Transfers between Sections of th@ 1959 Appropriation Resolution 7

EB23.R10 Supplementary Budget Estimates for 1959 10

For 1960

EB23.R57 Proposed Appropriation Resolution for 1960 27

PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF THE PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

EB23.R18 Assembly Procedures

for Examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary

Administrative, Financial and Personnel Matters 13

Resolutions concerning WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for Economic Development

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

EB23.R77 WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance : Planning

for 1960 and Future Years 38

VII - --

EB23.R78 Financial Situation of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

SPECIAL ASPECTS

EB23.R79 Allocation of Administrative and Operational Services Costs between Regular and

Expanded Programme Budgets 39

Resolutions concerning the World Health Assembly and Executive Board

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Frequency ^ofSessions

EB23.R65 Frequency of World Health Assemblies 32

Rules ^of Procedure

EB23.R46 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly 21

Agenda

EB23.R84 Provisional Agenda for the Twelfth World Health Assembly 43

Method of Work

EB23.R59 Establishment of the Main Committees of the Twelfth World Health Assembly ^{. . .} 29 EB23.R60

Proposed Terms of Reference of the Main Committees of the Twelfth World

Health Assembly, including the Procedure for the Consideration of the 1960

Programme and Budget Estimates 30

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Sessions ^ofthe Board

EB23.R85 Date and Place of the Twenty- fourth Session of the Executive Board 43 Rules ^of Procedure

EB23.R47 Voting Procedure in the Executive Board concerning Decisions on the Amount of

the Effective Working Budget 22

Representation of the Board at the Health Assembly

EB23.R68 Representatives of the Executive Board at the World Health Assembly 34

Resolutions on Regional Matters

INDIVIDUAL REGIONS

EB23.R5 Reports of Regional Committees 9

Africa

EB23.R2 Appointment of Regional Director for Africa 8

The Americas

EB23.R3 Appointment of Regional Director for the Americas 8

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South -East Asia

EB23.R4 Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia 8

Western Pacific

EB23.R6 Accommodation for the Regional Office for the Western Pacific 9 STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Regional Offices

EB23.R50 Criteria for Provision of Regional Office Accommodation 24

Method of Appointing Regional Directors

EB23.R51 Method of Appointing Regional Directors 24

Resolutions on Constitutional and Legal Matters

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

Convention on the Privileges and Immunitiesofthe Specialized Agencies

EB23.R27 Specification of Categories of Officials under Section 18 of Article VI of the Con- vention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies 17 TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS

Office International d'Hygiène Publique

EB23.R70 Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique 35

Resolutions on Financial and Administrative Matters

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Assessments and Contributions

EB23.R54 Scale of Assessment, 1961 and Future Years 25

EB23.R55 Status of Collections of Annual Contributions and Advances to the Working Capital

Fund 26

Working Capital Fund

EB23.R58 Working Capital Fund for 1960 29

EB23.R61 Scale of Assessment for and Amount of Working Capital Fund 31

Publications Revolving Fund

EB23.R56 Revolving Sales Fund 26

Sources ^ofAdditional Income for the Regular Budget

EB23.R49 Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests 23

Fuuds based on Voluntary Contributions

EB23.R80 Report on the Establishment of the Special Fund by the General Assembly of the United Nations (Resolutions 1219 (XII) and 1240 .(XIII)) 41

Report on the Accounts for the Year 1958 34 STAFF MATTERS

Staff Regulations and Rules

EB23.R26 Amendment to Staff Regulations 16

EB23.R8 Amendments to Staff Rules 10

Recruitment

EB23.R25 Secondment of Staff from Member States 16

Salaries, Allowances and Benefits

EB23. R9 Review of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits 10

Tax Reimbursement

EB23.R53 Tax Reimbursement 25

Pension Fund

EB23.R24 Adjustments of Pensions for Retired OIHP Staff Members 15

WHO HEADQUARTERS

EB23.R52 Headquarters Accommodation 24

Resolutions on Co- ordination and External Relations

UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES General

EB23.R73 Co- operation with United Nations and Specialized Agencies 37

Social and Economic Matters

EB23.R74 Implementation of Resolution 665 C (XXIV) of the Economic and Social Council :

Programme Appraisals 37

EB23.R75 Resolution 680 B II (XXVI) of the Economic and Social Council : Ritual Operations 37

Co- operation with UNICEF

EB23.R11 UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy : Report on Eleventh Session 11

EB23.R12 Developments in Activities assisted jointly with UNICEF ¹¹

NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Relations with Individual Organizations

EB23.R81 Relations with Non- governmental Organizations 41

Miscellaneous Resolutions

AWARDS

Darling Foundation

EB23.R82 Darling Foundation Award ⁴²

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Page

1. List of Members and Other Participants ⁴⁷

2. Officers of the Executive Board and Membership of Committees and Working Parties ⁵¹

3. Report of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations ⁵²

4. Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests 53

5. Report of the Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International

d'Hygiène Publique 53

6. Report of the Darling Foundation Committee to the Executive Board ⁵⁴

7. Publications Revolving Fund ⁵⁵

8. Supplementary Budget Estimates for 1959 ⁵⁶

9. Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia 59

10. Accommodation for the Regional Office for the Western Pacific ⁶⁰

11. Criteria for Provision of Regional Office Accommodation ⁶¹

12. Headquarters Accommodation ⁶³

13. Fellowships 69

14. Confirmation of Amendments to Staff Rules 70

15. Review of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits ⁷⁴

16. UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy : Report on Eleventh Session 92

17. Activities Assisted Jointly by WHO and UNICEF ⁹⁶

18. Assembly Procedures for Examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary Administrative,

Financial and Personnel Matters ¹⁰⁰

19. Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs ¹⁰³

20. Specification of Categories of Officials under Section 18 of Article VI of the Convention on the

Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies 105

21. Frequency of World Health Assemblies 106

22. Report by Representatives of the Executive Board at the Eleventh World Health Assembly . ^. 116 23. Administrative and Budgetary Co- ordination between the United Nations and the Specialized

Agencies 117

24. Implementation of Economic and Social Council Resolution 665 C (XXIV) : Programme Appraisals 124 25. Resolution 680 B 11 (XXVI) of the Economic and Social Council : Ritual Operations ^{. . . .} 129 26. WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 130 27. Report on the Establishment of the Special Fund by the General Assembly of the United Nations

(resolutions 1219 (XII) and 1240 (XIII)) 138

28. Report of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance on the Scale of Assessment for and amount of the Working Capital Fund, and on the Malaria Eradication Special Account 143

Index to Resolutions 147

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[EB23 /1 Rev.1 -20 Jan. 1959]

1.1 Opening of the session

1.2 Appointment of rapporteurs

1.3 Adoption of the agenda

1.4 Report by representatives of the Board at the Eleventh World Health Assembly

PROGRAMME

2.1 General programme of work covering a specific period 2.2 Plan for an intensified research programme (progress report) 2.3 Organizational study on publications

2.4 Smallpox eradication 2.5 Fellowships

2.6 Action taken in respect of international conventions on narcotic drugs 2.7 Joint activities with UNICEF

2.7.1 Report of UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy : eleventh session 2.7.2 Developments in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF

2.8 Sixth report of the Committee on International Quarantine

2.9 Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees 2.10 Reports of expert committees

2.10.1 Expert Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation : first report

2.10.2 Expert Committee on Radiation : first report (Effect of Radiation on Human Heredity - Investigation of Areas of High Natural Radiation)

2.10.3 Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Radiochemical Methods of Analysis : report 2.10.4 Expert Committee on Health Statistics : sixth report

2.10.5 Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : twelfth report

2.10.6 Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia: Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names : eighth report

2.10.7 Expert Committee on Addiction- producing Drugs : ninth report 1 Adopted by the Board at its first meeting, 20 January 1959

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2.10 Reports of expert committees (continued)

2.10.8 Expert Committee on Health Laboratory Methods : second report (Hospital Laboratory

Services)

2.10.9 Expert Committee on Malaria : seventh report 2.10.10 Expert Committee on Plague : third report

2.10.11 Expert Committee on Respiratory Virus Diseases : first report 2.10.12 Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Zoonoses : second report

2.10.13 Expert Committee on Auxiliary Dental Personnel : first report

2.10.14 Expert Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension : first report 2.10.15 Expert Committee on Nursing : fourth report (Public Health Nursing)

2.10.16 Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel : sixth report (The Foreign Student and Post -graduate Public Health Courses) 2.10.17 Expert Committee on Mental Health : sixth report (Mental Health Problems of Aging

and the Aged)

2.11 Reports of study groups

2.11.1 Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Poliomyelitis Vaccine

2.11.2 Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Yellow Fever Vaccine and Cholera Vaccine 2.11.3 Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Smallpox Vaccine

2.11.4 Study Group on Iron Deficiency Anaemia

2.11.5 Study Group on Ataractic and Hallucinogenic Drugs in Psychiatry

2.12 Report on the meetings of the Study Group on the Psychobiological Development of the Child 2.13 International health and medical research year

(a) Proposal by the Government of the United States of America for the consideration of designating an international health and medical research year or of adopting other means for intensifying inter- national health co- operation against major killing and crippling diseases

(b) Resolution 1283 (XIII) of the General Assembly of the United Nations on an International Health and Medical Research Year

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

3.1 Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1959 3.2 Supplementary budget estimates for 1959

3.3* Review of the proposed programme and budget estimates for 1960

3.4 Assembly procedures for examining the programme, budget and ancillary administrative, financial and personnel matters

* Item referred by the Executive Board to the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

including the procedure for consideration of the 1960 programme and budget estimates

3.6 Method of financing tuberculosis control pilot projects of an experimental scientific research nature (item proposed by the Government of Tunisia)

MALARIA 4.1 Report on development of malaria eradication programme 4.2* Report on Malaria Eradication Special Account

EXPANDED PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

5.1 WHO participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BOARD

6.1 Frequency of World Health Assemblies

6.2 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly

6.3 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board

á,,

6.4 Proposals by the Director - General for the provisional agenda for the Twelfth World Health Assembly 6.5 Appointment of representatives of the Board at the Twelfth World Health Assembly

6.6 Date and place of the twenty- fourth session of the Executive Board

7.1 Africa 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.2 Americas

REGIONAL MATTERS Report on the eighth session of the Regional Committee Appointment of the Regional Director

7.2.1

Report on the tenth session of the Regional Committee /XV Pan American Sanitary

Conference

7.2.2 Appointment of the Regional Director

7.3 South -East Asia

7.3.1 Report on the eleventh session of the Regional Committee 7.3.2 Accommodation for the Regional Office

7.4 Europe

7.4.1 Report on the eighth session of the Regional Committee

* Item referred by the Executive Board to the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

7.5 Eastern Mediterranean

7.5.1 Report on the eighth session of the Regional Committee 7.6 Western Pacific

7.6.1 Report on the ninth session of the Regional Committee 7.6.2 Accommodation for the Regional Office

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

8.1* Status of collection of annual contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund 8.2* Scale of assessment for and amount of the Working Capital Fund

8.3 Arrears of contributions in respect of OIHP 8.4* Review of status of Publications Revolving Fund

8.5 Medical supply services to Member States

8.6 Consideration of methods of dealing with emergency conditions 8.7 Gifts or bequests : report of the Committee

8.8 Appointment of ad hoc committee of the Board to consider the report of the External Auditor on the accounts of the Organization for 1958 prior to the Twelfth World Health Assembly

8.9 Report on the establishment of the Special Fund by the General Assembly of the United Nations (resolutions 1219 (XII) and 1240 (XIII))

8.10 Headquarters accommodation

8.11 Criteria for provision of regional office accommodation 8.12 Method of appointing regional directors

8.13 Review of salaries, allowances and benefits 8.14 Tax reimbursement

8.15 Amendments to the Staff Regulations

8.16 Confirmation of amendments to Staff Rules

8.17 Secondment of staff from Member States

CO- OPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

9.1 Co- operation with United Nations and specialized agencies, and their decisions affecting WHO's activities

9.2 Implementation of resolution. 665 C (XXIV) of the Economic and Social Council

* Item referred by the. Executive Board to the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

9.3 Agreement between the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency 9.4 Non -governmental organizations : consideration of applications for official relations

AWARD

10.1 Mode of presentation of the Darling Foundation medal and prize

SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA

1. Specification of categories of officials under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies (item proposed by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

The twenty -third session of the Executive Board was held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 20 January to 3 February 1959, under the chairmanship of Dr P. E. Moore, with Dr A.

Habernoll and Dr C. Diaz- Coller as Vice -Chairmen. Dr Jaswant Singh and Dr M. Slim were elected Rapporteurs. The list of members and other participants is given in Annex 1 and the membership of committees and working parties in Annex 2.

At this session (the agenda for which appears on page 1), the Board adopted the resolutions contained in this volume.

The Standing Committee on Administration and Finance,l in the course of thirteen meetings, beginning on 13 January, considered the items falling within its terms of reference as laid down by resolutions EB16.R12 and EB21.R44. The report of the Board on these items, in- corporating the examination and recommendations of the Standing Committee as well as the Board's own examination and recommendations, is published separately as Official Records No. 92. The Standing Committee's report on two additional items referred to it by the Board

during the session is reproduced in the present volume as Annex 28.

The Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations 2 held two meetings, at which it considered new applications from organizations for admission to official relations.

Its report will be found in Annex 3.

PART I RESOLUTIONS

EB23.R1 Transfers between Sections of the 1959 Appropriation Resolution The Executive Board

CONCURS in the transfers proposed by the Director - General between sections of paragraph I of the Appropriation Resolution for 1959 (WHA11.47) as follows :

Appropriation

Section Purpose of Appropriation

PART I : ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

1. World Health Assembly 20 110

2. Executive Board and its Committees 15 770

3. Regional Committees 8 000

Amount of Transfer

Total - Part I

1 Established in accordance with resolutions EB16.R12 and EB22.R16

2 Established in accordance with paragraph 2 (i) of the Working Principles governing the Admission of Non -governmental Organizations into Relations with WHO, and with resolution EB22.R17

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PART II : OPERATING PROGRAMME

4. Central Technical Services (160 840)

5. Advisory Services (7 265)

6. Regional Offices 66 807

7. Expert Committees

Total - Part II

8. Administrative Services 57 418

Total - Part III

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 2.1 Third meeting, 21 January 1959

EB23.R2 Appointment of Regional Director for Africa The Executive Board,

Having considered the recommendation of the Regional Committee for Africa,'

AUTHORIZES the Director -General to extend the appointment of Dr F. J. C. Cambournac as Regional Director for Africa for a period of five years from 1 February 1959 without change in the terms and conditions of his appointment.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2.1.3 Third meeting, 21 January 1959

EB23.R3 Appointment of Regional Director for the Americas The Executive Board,

Having considered resolution XXXIII adopted at the XV Pan American Sanitary Conference, tenth session of the Regional Committee for the Americas,

1. APPOINTS Dr Abraham Horwitz as Regional Director for the Americas as from 1 February 1959; and

2. AUTHORIZES the Director -General to issue to Dr Horwitz a contract for a period of four years subject to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2.2.3 Third meeting, 21 January 1959

EB23.R4 Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia The Executive Board

1. NOTES with satisfaction the report of the Director -General on the accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia; 2 and

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to make a further progress report at the Board's twenty -fifth session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2.3.2 Fourth meeting, 21 January 1959

' At its eighth session, in resolution AFR /RC8 /R1 2 See Annex 9.

EB23.R5 Reports of Regional Committees The Executive Board

NOTES the reports on the 1958 sessions of the following regional committees :

(1) Regional Committee for Africa, eighth session;

(2) Regional Committee for the Americas /XV Pan American Sanitary Conference, tenth session of the Regional Committee;

(3) (4) (5) (6)

Regional Committee for South -East Asia, eleventh session;

Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, eighth session;

Regional Committee for Europe, eighth session; and Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, ninth session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2 Second, third and fourth meetings, 20 and 21 January 1959 EB23.R6 Accommodation for the Regional Office for the Western Pacific

The Executive Board,

Having considered a report by the Director -General on the accommodation for the Regional Office for the Western Pacific,'

1. EXPRESSES its satisfaction with the progress of the building, which will soon be completed and will provide the Regional Office with satisfactory accommodation;

2. NOTES that the contributions by governments towards the cost of the building have been so generous that the cost to the Organization will be less than expected;

3. THANKS the governments for these generous contributions towards the cost of the new building;

4. WISHES again to thank the Government of the Philippines for its constructive efforts, for its generous cash contribution and for the provision of the necessary land which has made possible the erection of the building;

5. EXPRESSES its thanks to those individuals who so generously contributed a plaque for the conference room, a mural for the entrance hall and a painting for the decoration of the new building; and

6. REQUESTS the Director- General to convey its appreciation to the individuals concerned.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 5.2.6.3 Fourth meeting, 21 January 1959

EB23.R7 Fellowships The Executive Board

I. NOTES the report of the Director - General on the study of the fellowships programme conducted by the Region of the Americas, as reported to the XV Pan American Sanitary Conference, and the action taken thereon; 2 and

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to keep under constant review, in consultation with other United Nations agencies, the amounts payable for stipends.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.10.4 Fourth meeting, 21 January 1959

1 See Annex 10.

2 See Annex 13.

EB23.R8 Amendments to Staff Rules The Executive Board,

In accordance with Staff Regulation 12.2,

CONFIRMS the amendments to the Staff Rules 1 made by the Director - General since the twenty -first session of the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.2.1.2 Fifth meeting, 22 January 1959

EB23.R9 Review of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits The Executive Board,

Having examined the report 2 of the Director -General on the study conducted by the Secretariat of certain aspects of the system of salaries, allowances and benefits, and on the developments among the United Nations and specialized agencies in this regard during 1958; and

Taking into account the comments and recommendations on this subject from the regional com- mittees,

1. SHARES the concern of the Director -General with regard to the adequacy of salary levels for the recruit- ment of staff of the calibre required by the programmes of the World Health Organization;

2. REQUESTS the Director - General to pursue this matter further through the Administrative Committee on Co- ordination at the earliest opportunity with a view to a co-ordinated recommendation for suitable adjustments of the salary scales for the Professional staffs of the organizations concerned;

3. DECIDES that as from 1 February 1959 minus post adjustments are to be suspended;

4. REQUESTS the Director - General to continue to consult together with his colleagues of ACC with a view to arriving at a definitive elimination of such minus adjustments; and

5. CONFIRMS the amendments to the Staff Rules proposed by the Director -General 2 in consequence of his study of salaries, allowances and benefits, and those in consequence of the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations regarding pensionable remuneration.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.2.4.2; 7.2.1.2 Fifth meeting, 22 January 1959

EB23.R10 Supplementary Budget Estimates for 1959 The Executive Board,

Having reviewed the Supplementary Estimates for 1959 submitted by the Director- General,3

1 RECOMMENDS the approval of these supplementary estimates by the Twelfth World Health Assembly;

2. RECOMMENDS that the Twelfth World Health Assembly adopt the following resolution The Twelfth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Director- General3 on advances from the Working Capital Fund in 1959 to meet unforeseen expenses relating to administrative and operational services costs

1 See Annex 14.

a See Annex 15.

$ See Annex 8.

Programme of Technical Assistance, additional requirements resulting from increases in the salary scales for General Services staff in Geneva, the increased pensionable remuneration of Professional staff, post adjustment reclassifications, and the suspension of minus post adjustments;

Having reviewed the Supplementary Estimates for 1959 submitted by the Director - General in the amount of $162 366, to provide for the reimbursement of the Working Capital Fund and the Executive Board Special Fund;

Having noted the recommendation of the Executive Board that these supplementary estimates be approved;

Having considered also the report of the Director - General on the availability of casual income,

1. APPROVES the Supplementary Estimates for 1959; and

2. DECIDES to add to the Appropriation Resolution for 1959 (WHA11.47) the following new paragraph:

" VIII. RESOLVES further to appropriate for 1959 an additional amount of $162 366 for the purposes of reimbursing the Working Capital Fund in respect of advances made in 1959 to meet unforeseen expenses amounting to $155 140, and the Executive Board Special Fund in respect of an advance of $7226 made in 1958, such appropriation to be financed from casual income available in addition to the amounts appropriated under paragraph III above, by transfer of $162366 from the cash portion of the Assembly Suspense Account. "

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 2.1 Fifth meeting, 22 January 1959

EB23.R11 UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy : Report on Eleventh Session The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy 1 on its eleventh session held in Geneva in October 1958,

1. NOTES the report; and

2. REQUESTS the Director- General, taking into account the discussions which took place at the twenty - third session of the Board, to study the terms of reference and procedure of the Committee in collaboration with the Executive Director of UNICEF, and to report to the Board at its twenty- fourth session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.1.4.1 Fourth and fifth meetings, 21 and 22 January 1959

EB23.R12 Developments in Activities Assisted jointly with UNICEF The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the development in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF; 2 and

Having noted the actions taken by the UNICEF Executive Board at its September 1958 session concerning questions which are of direct interest to WHO,

1. NOTES the report of the Director -General;

2. EXPRESSES to UNICEF :

(a) its appreciation for the substantial support to the malaria eradication programme, and

(b) the hope that its Executive Board will find it possible to maintain, until global malaria eradica- tion is achieved, the allocation for malaria eradication at or above the level reached during 1958;

1 See Annex 16.

2 See Annex 17.

3. EXPRESSES :

(a) its appreciation of the invaluable support given consistently by UNICEF to maternal and child health programmes and in particular to the personnel training, control of disease and nutrition components of such programmes; and

(b) its satisfaction with the continuing close and effective collaboration between the two organiza- tions.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 8.1.4.1 Fifth, sixth and seventh meetings, 22, 23 and 24 January 1959

EB23.R13 The Role of WHO in Medical Research The Executive Board,

Having studied the report of the Director -General pursuant to resolution WHA11.35 relating to a plan for an intensified research programme and specifically on the role of WHO in medical research;

Taking cognizance of the decision of the Eleventh World Health Assembly which represents an important step in the normal development of the World Health Organization; and

Taking into account that the time factor has not permitted the Director - General to prepare a detailed programme with cost estimates by the time of the twenty -third session of the Executive Board,

1. ENDORSES the principles outlined in the Director -General's study referred to above as a sound guide to the extension of the activities of WHO in medical research; and

2. AUTHORIZES the Director -General to complete his study as requested by the Eleventh World Health Assembly and to submit his proposals together with budget estimates to the Twelfth World Health Ass- embly, taking into account the discussions which took place during the twenty -third session of the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.11 Sixth meeting, 23 January 1959

EB23.R14 Expert Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation : First Report The Executive Board,

Recalling resolution EB22.R24,

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation;

2. NOTES the opinions and recommendations expressed by the Committee on International Quarantine in its sixth report;

3. TRANSMITS the first report of the Expert Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation to the Twelfth World Health Assembly for consideration together with the comments of the Committee on International Quarantine; and

4. AUTHORIZES the publication of the report together with the comments of the Committee on Inter- national Quarantine.1

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.9.3 Sixth meeting, 23 January 1959

1 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series

EB23.R15 Expert Committee on Radiation : First Report (Effect of Radiation on Human Heredity- Investi- gation of Areas of High Natural Radiation)

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Radiation (Effect of Radiation on Human Heredity);

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

3. EMPHASIZES the extreme importance of this type of study, and expresses the desire that the Organiza- tion give all possible assistance in furthering such investigations;

4. THANKS the Government of India for its help in the studies carried out preliminary to the work of the Committee; and

5. AUTHORIZES publication of the reporta

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.2 Sixth meeting, 23 January 1959

EB23.R16 Review of BCG Vaccination Programmes The Executive Board,

Considering it desirable to keep the BCG vaccination programmes under review,

REQUESTS the Director -General to present to the twenty- fourth session of the Executive Board a report on BCG vaccination programmes including the technical value of such vaccination and its place in tuberculosis control programmes, to the extent it is possible by that time, and to present a further report to the twenty -fifth session.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.2.2 Fifth, sixth and seventh meetings, 22, 23 and 24 January 1959

EB23.R17 Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Radiochemical Methods of Analysis : Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Radiochemical Methods of Analysis;

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

3. EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Food and Agriculture Organization for its excellent collaboration;

and

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.2; 1.8.7 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

EB23.R18 Assembly Procedures for Examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary Administrative, Financial and Personnel Matters

The Executive Board,

Considering resolution WHA11.20 of the Eleventh World Health Assembly;

Having considered the report of the Director -General on this subject; 2 and

' To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series 2 See Annex 18.

Considering the action taken by the General Assembly of the United Nations, at its thirteenth session, with respect to the work of its Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

1. DECIDES that consideration of the matters referred to in resolution WHA11.20 be deferred until its session in January 1960 for further consideration in the light of a report from the Director - General on the action taken by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the work of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; and

2. REQUESTS that the Director -General bring this matter to the attention of the Twelfth World Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 2.4 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

EB23.R19 Expert Committee on Health Statistics : Sixth Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the sixth report of the Expert Committee on Health Statistics, including the third report of the Sub -Committee on Cancer Statistics adopted by the Expert Committee on Health Statistics;

2. REQUESTS the Director - General to take into consideration the recommendations of the Expert Com- mittee;

3. THANKS the members of the Committee for their work; and

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report of the Expert Committee on Health Statistics together with

the report of its Sub -Committee on Cancer Statistics.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.3.2 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

EB23.R20 Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia : Eighth Report

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the eighth report of the Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on the International Pharmacopoeia; and

2. THANKS the members of the Sub -Committee for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.2.2 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

EB23.R21 Expert Committee on Addiction- producing Drugs : Ninth Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the ninth report of the Expert Committee on Addiction -producing Drugs;

2. NOTES the action taken by the Director -General 2 in compliance with resolution WHA7.6 with regard to the notifications forwarded to the Secretary -General of the United Nations;

3. THANKS the members of the Committee for their work;

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report; ' and

5. REQUESTS the Director- General to transmit the report to the Secretary -General of. the United Nations.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.3.1 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

1 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series 2 See Annex 19, section 1.

EB23.R22 Action in Respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs : The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (Third Draft)

The Executive Board,

Considering that the Economic and Social Council, in resolution 689 J (XXVI), invited the World Health Organization to transmit to the Secretary - General of the United Nations its comments on the third draft of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs;

Considering the decision taken by the Seventh World Health Assembly in its resolution WHA7.6;

and

Having noted the comments 1 suggested by the Director - General concerning those articles of the draft Single Convention affecting the functions of the World Health Organization in respect of the inter- national control of narcotic drugs,

RECOMMENDS to the Twelfth World Health Assembly that the Director - General be authorized to transmit these comments to the Secretary - General of the United Nations.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.3.3 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

EB23.R23 Expert Committee on Health Laboratory Methods : Second Report (Hospital Laboratory Services) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the second report of the Expert Committee on Health Laboratory Methods;

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

3. AUTHORIZES the publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.4 Seventh meeting, 24 January 1959

EB23.R24 Adjustments of Pensions for Retired OIHP Staff Members The Executive Board,

Having considered the situation of the pensioners of the OIHP in relation to that of persons receiving pensions from the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, and having regard particularly to recent improvements in the pensions of the latter; and

Believing that the World Health Organization, as the successor organization to the OIHP, has a moral responsibility to ameliorate the situation of the OIHP pensioners with regard to the increase in cost of living in a manner consistent with that approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations for pensioners of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension. Fund,

REQUESTS the Director - General to complete his study of this matter and, on the basis of his findings, to provide, as from 1 February 1959, such supplemental payments to these pensioners as will accord to them an adjustment, related to cost of living increases, similar to that recently granted to pensioners

of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.2.7 Eighth meeting, 26 January 1959

1 See Annex 19, section 2 and appendix. ^- ..

2 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series

EB23.R25 Secondment of Staff from Member States The Executive Board,

Having considered the study made by the Director - General on the subject of secondment of staff to the Organization by Member States, as well as the occasional short -term secondment of a staff member from the Organization to a government;

Noting that provision for the latter exists in the WHO Staff Rule governing leave of absence and in the regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund; and

Noting, however, that satisfactory national legislation regarding secondments to the Organization does not in many cases exist,

I. AGREES with the principles for such secondments suggested by the Director -General;

2. CONSIDERS that the following minimum conditions appear necessary to facilitate the secondment to the Organization of the national official concerned :

(a) he should be assured of his acquired seniority in his own service during the whole of the period of secondment;

(b) he should have the assurance of being able to return to a post at least equivalent to the one he occupied before his secondment; with total emoluments at least equal to those he would normally be receiving had he not been seconded;

(c) he should keep his acquired rights towards a pension;

(d) he should be enabled either to continue his affiliation to the national pension fund, or have the possibility of validating his period of secondment on his return from secondment;

3. CONSIDERS further that, apart from these basic conditions, the preservation of certain other benefits such as social security, leave entitlements, etc., might also be considered;

4. REQUESTS the Director -General to prepare on the basis of these considerations a document containing the principles which should govern secondment of national officials to the Organization, together with appropriate observations, and to circulate this document to Member States of the Organization, inviting their comments thereon;

5. RECOMMENDS that all Member States of the Organization which have not already done so include in their national legislation the necessary provisions regarding the secondment of their officials to inter- national organizations, including the World Health Organization; and

6. REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit this resolution to the Secretary -General of the United Nations and the executive heads of the other specialized agencies for any appropriate consideration by the governing bodies of those organizations.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.2.2 Eighth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R26 Amendment to Staff Regulations The Executive Board,

Having studied the proposals made by the Director - General for amendment of the Staff Regula- tions; and

Believing that the proposed amendment to Staff Regulation 11.2 requires further study,

1. DEFERS to a future session consideration of the proposed amendment to this regulation;

2. NOTES that in the interim the Organization will be utilizing the Administrative Tribunal of the Inter- national Labour Organisation; and

The Twelfth World Health Assembly

ADOPTS the amendments to Staff Regulations 1.11, 3.2, 3.3, 4.5, 6.1 and 6.2 as proposed by the Director - General and recommended by the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 7.2.1.1 Eighth and ninth meetings, 26 January 1959

EB23.R27 Specification of Categories of Officials under Section 18 of Article VI of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

The Executive Board,

Having considered the request made by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,'

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

Considering Section 18 of Article VI of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies which requires that each specialized agency will specify the categories of officials to which the provisions of that Article and Article VIII shall apply; and

Considering the practice hitherto followed by the World Health Organization and under which, in implementing the terms of Section 18 of the Convention, due account has been taken of the pro- visions of resolution 76 (I) of the General Assembly of the United Nations,

1. CONFIRMS this practice; and

2. APPROVES the granting of the privileges and immunities referred to in Articles VI and VIII of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies to all officials of the World Health Organization, with the exception of those who are recruited locally and are assigned to hourly rates.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 6.3.1

EB23.R28 Expert Committee on Malaria : Seventh Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the seventh report of the Expert Committee on Malaria;

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.2 Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.1.1

EB23.R29 Expert Committee on Plague : Third Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the third report of the Expert Committee on Plague;

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.2 Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.4.3

' See Annex 20.

2 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Serier

Eighth meeting, 26 January 1959

Eighth meeting, 26 January 1959

Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R30 Expert Committee on Respiratory Virus Diseases : First Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Respiratory Virus Diseases;

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.4.1 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R31 Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Zoonoses : Second Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the second report of the Joint WHO /FAO Expert Committee on Zoonoses;

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

3. EXPRESSES appreciation to the Food and Agriculture Organization for its collaboration; and

4. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.7.5.1 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R32 Expert Committee on Auxiliary Dental Personnel : First Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Auxiliary Dental Personnel;

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.1.2 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R33 Expert Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension : First Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the first report of the Expert Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension;

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.3.6 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R34 Expert Committee on Nursing : Fourth Report (Public Health Nursing) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the fourth report of the Expert Committee on Nursing concerning public health nursing;

' To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series

2.

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.2 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R35 Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel : Sixth Report (The Foreign Student and Post -graduate Public Health Courses)

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the sixth report of the Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel concerning the foreign student and post -graduate public health courses;

2. THANKS the members of the Expert Committee for their work; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.10.3 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R36 Expert Committee on Mental Health : Sixth Report (Mental Health Problems of Aging and the Aged)

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the sixth report of the Expert Committee on Mental Health concerning mental health problems of aging and the aged;

2. THANKS the members of the Expert Committee for their work; and

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.6.1 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R37 Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : Twelfth Report The Executive Board

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

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.1 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R38 Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Poliomyelitis Vaccine The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Poliomyelitis Vaccine;

and

2. THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.1.2; 1.7.4.1 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

1 To be published in the World Health Organization: Technical Report Series

EB23.R39 Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological Substances (Yellow Fever Vaccine and Cholera Vaccine)

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Biological Substances (concerning yellow fever vaccine and cholera vaccine); and

2. THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.1.2 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R40 Report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Smallpox Vaccine The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Recommended Requirements for Smallpox Vaccine; and

2. THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.4.1.2; 1.7.4.1 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R41 Report of the Study Group on Iron Deficiency Anaemia The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Iron Deficiency Anaemia; and

2. THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.7 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R42 Report of the Study Group on Ataractic and Hallucinogenic Drugs in Psychiatry The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Ataractic and Hallucinogenic Drugs in Psychiatry; and

2. THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Hand. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.6 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R43 Report on the Meetings of the Study Group on the Psychobiological Development of the Child The Executive Board

NOTES the report submitted by the Director - General on the meetings of the Study Group on the Psychobiological Development of the Child, and on the work performed by this group.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.8.6.6 Ninth meeting, 26 January 1959

EB23.R44 Committee on International Quarantine : Sixth Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the sixth report of the Committee on International Quarantine;

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

3. TRANSMITS the report to the Twelfth World Health Assembly for its consideration.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 1.3.1.6 Tenth meeting, 27 January 1959

E1323.R45 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., 4th ed., 1.13.2.2 Tenth meeting, 27 January 1959

EB23.R46 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly The Executive Board,

Having examined the suggestions put forward by the Director -General,

RECOMMENDS to the Twelfth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution : The Twelfth World Health Assembly

ADOPTS the following amendments to its Rules of Procedure : 1

Rule 33

The main Committees of the Health Assembly [shall establish at each session] shall be : (a) the Committee on Programme and Budget;

(b) the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters.

In addition to these two main committees, the Health Assembly may establish such other main Committees as it may consider necessary; [and]

The Health Assembly, after consideration of the recommendations of the Board and the General Committee, shall allocate to such main committees appropriate items on the agenda.

The Chairman of these main committees shall be elected by the Health Assembly after consideration of the report of the Committee on Nominations.

Rule 62

When an amendment to a proposal is moved, the amendment shall be voted on first. When two or more amendments to a proposal are moved, the Health Assembly shall first vote on the amendment deemed by the President to be furthest removed in substance from the original proposal, and then on the amendment next removed therefrom, and so on, until all the amend- ments have been put to the vote. If one or more amendments are adopted, the amended proposal shall then be voted upon. If an amendment to a proposal has been accepted by the original proposer 1 Words deleted are enclosed in brackets; those added are in italics.

such an amendment shall be deemed to be an integral part ^ofthe original proposal and no separate vote shall be required thereon. A motion is considered an amendment to a proposal if it merely adds to, deletes from or revises part of that proposal. A motion which constitutes a substitution for a proposal shall be considered as a proposal.

Rule 65

When a proposal has been adopted or rejected, it may not be reconsidered at the same session unless the Health Assembly, by a two- thirds majority of the Members present and voting, so decides. Permission to speak on a motion to reconsider shall be accorded only to two speakers opposing the motion, after which it shall immediately be put to a vote. The correction ^ofa clerical or arithmetical error in any document concerning a proposal which has already been adopted shall not be considered as requiring the reopening ^ofthe debate on such proposal by a two -thirds majority vote.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 4.1.4.5 Eleventh meeting, 28 January 1959

EB23.R47 Voting Procedure in the Executive Board concerning Decisions on the Amount of the Effective Working Budget

The Executive Board,

Having studied the findings of the Director - General,

CONCLUDES that, without having to proceed to the amendment of Rule 43 of its Rules of Procedure, decisions relating to the effective working budget shall be taken by a two -thirds majority vote.

Handb. Res., 4th ed., 4.2.3 Eleventh meeting, 28 January 1959

EB23.R48 Supply Services to Member States The Executive Board,

Having considered the basis on which supplies may be procured by the Organization on behalf of Member States as provided in resolution EB9.R90 and as modified by EB21.R38; and

Having reviewed a report of the Director - General on supply services to Member States,

DECIDES that the terms and conditions specified below shall apply to supply services to be provided by the Organization to Member States and Associate Members, to the United Nations and to specialized agencies and shall supersede the provisions of resolutions EB9.R90 and EB21.R38.

1. Non -emergency purchases for Member States

(a) WHO shall furnish procurement services only to agencies under the jurisdiction of the health administration or comparable authorities of the Member State or Associate Member, hereinafter referred to as the requesting authority.

(b) A charge of 3 per cent. shall be made for this service and shall be applied on the net cost of the items purchased, except that no charge for this service shall be applied where the purchases are being made in furtherance of an activity planned or carried out with the assistance of WHO.

(c) Before WHO makes commitments on behalf of a requesting authority, funds equal to the total cost as estimated by WHO shall be deposited in dollars (or in such other currencies as may be required

to effect the purchases) to the credit of WHO, in such a manner that WHO can draw freely upon the funds to make payments, including partial payments, as they become due. The necessary funds shall be provided either by cheque or bank draft payable on sight to WHO or by irrevocable documentary credit, payable

to WHO. If payment is by documentary credit, the credit must be payable on demand against a simple