W O R L D H E A L T H ORGANIZATION
FOURTEENTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Agenda item З Л 1
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
AIVAFL/4I ^
21 February 19б1 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
AGREEMENT WITH THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES (FOR LEGAL-CONSIDERATION)
The Committee on 7r°Sr'arome a nd Budget has referred the agreement with the Office international des Epizootics to the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters for consideration of its legal aspects. Document A14/P&B/8
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containing the text of the agreement is therefore attached.
W O R L D H E A L T H
ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE
DE LA SANTE
FOURTEENTH WORED HEALTH ASSEMBLY aiVp&b/B
27 December I960 Provisional agenda item 2.12
ORIGINAL: FRENCH
AGREEMENT WITH TÍÍE Ш Е Ж Д Й О Ш р ' С И Г Х С Е OF EPIZOOTICS
The Director-General has the honour to inform the Health Assembly that on 4 and. 8 August I960 an exchange of letters took place between the World Health' Organization and the International Office of Epizootics in order to establish the basis for the relations between these two organizations.
The text of this exchange of letters is submitted to the Health Assembly for approval, in accordance with Article 70 of the Constitution, and is attached to this document.'1'
Thè following draft resolution has been drawn up for consideration, should the Health Assembly approve the .terms of this exchange:
"The Fourteenth World Health Assembly,
Having considered the.principles to govern the relations between the International Office ^f Epizootics and the World Health Organization set out in an exchange of letters of ^ and 8 August i960,
APPROVES the exchange e.f letters establishing the relations between these two organizations. и
Annexes I anc1 II
.. ••. ; ANNEX I
LETTER DATED 4 AUGUST i960 PROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO THE DIRECTOR- OP THE
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS
nI have the'honour to refer to the conversations held between-the"
representatives of the International Office of Epizootics and the World Health Organization concerning the institution of formal relations between our two organizations.
Pursuant tó these conversations, I would therefore propose that .-the following, provisions should govern the relations between the International Office of
Epizootics and the World Health Organization.
Co-operation and Consultation
1. To facilitate the accomplishment of their respective tasks as set forth in the Constitution of the World Health Organization and in the International Agreement for the creation of the International Office of Epizootics signed in Paris on 25 January 1924, the World Health Organization, hereinafter referred to as "WHO", and the International Office of Epizootics, hereinafter referred to as "OIE", agree to act in collaboration and to keep each other .informed on matters of common Interest, particularly those concerning zoonoses.
Reciprocal Representation
2. Representatives of WHO shall be invited to attend the sessions of the Permanent Committee and Regional Conferences of OIE and to participate without vote In the deliberations of these bodies with respect to items on their
agenda in which WHO has an interest.
3. Representatives of ОЗЕ shall be invited to attend the meetings of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board of WHO and to participate without vote in the deliberations of these bodies with respect to items on their agenda in which OIE has an interest.
4. Appropriate arrangements shall be made by agreement between the Director- General of WHO and the Director of OIE for participation of WHO and OIE in other meetings of a non-private character convened under their respective auspices which consider matters In which the ether organization has an interest.
A14/P&B/8 page 3 Annex I Exchange of Information and. Documents
5. - Each organization agrees to keep the other informed concerning projected activities and programmes' of work in which there may be mutual interest.
6. Subject to such arrangement as may be necessary for the safeguarding of confidential material, exchange of technical documents shall be made between WHO and CIE. "
• If these principles are acceptable to your Organization, I propose that this letter and your reply in similar terms be considered as establishing the basis for the relations between the International Office of Epizootics and.'
the-World Health Organization." .
ANNEX II
LETTER DATED 8 AUGUST i960 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
иI have the honour to refer to the conversations held between the
representatives of the International Office of Epizootics and the World Health Organization concerning the institution of formal relations between our two organizations, and to jrour letter dated 4 August i960.
The International Office of Epizootics agrees on its part that the follow- ing provisions should govern the relations between the World Health Organization and itself:
Co-operation and Consultation
1. To facilitate the accomplishment of their respective tasks as set forth in the Constitution of the World Health Organization and in the International Agreement for the creation of the International Office of Epizootics signed in Paris on 25 January 1924, the World Health Organization, hereinafter referred to as "WHO", and the International Office of Epizootics, hereinafter referred to as "OIE", agree to act in collaboration and to keep each other informed on matters of common interest, particularly those concerning zoonoses.
Reciprocal Representation
2. Representatives of WHO shall be invited to attend the sessions of the Permanent Committee and Regional Conferences of OIE and to participate without vote in the deliberations of these bodies with respect to items on their agenda in which WHO has an interest.
J. Representatives of OIE shall be invited to attend the meetings of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board of WHO and to participate without vote in the deliberations of these bodies with respect to items on their agenda in which OIE has an interest.
4. Appropriate arrangements shall be made by agreement between the Director- General of WHO and the Director of OIE for participation of WHO and OIE in other meetings of a non-private character convened under their respective
auspices which consider matters in which the other organization has an interest.
Annex II
Exchange of Information and Documents
5. Each organization agrees to keep the other informed concerning projected activities and programmes of work in which there may be mutual interest.
6. Subject to such arrangements as may be necessary for the safeguarding of confidential material, exchange of technical documents shall be made between WHO and OIE.
If these principles are acceptable to your Organization, I propose that this letter and your letter dated 4 August i960 in similar terms be considered as establishing the basis for the relations between the World Health Organization and the International Office of Epizootics."
