W O R L D H E A L T H
O R G A N I Z A T I O N ORGANISATION MONDIALE
DE LA SANTÉ
TENTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A10/P&B/27
23 May 1957
ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
DRAFT FIFTH, AND FINAL; REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET
At its eighteenth meeting held on 25 May 1957> the Committee on Programme and Budget decided to recommend to the Tenth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolutions :
1* Appropriation resolution for the financial year 1958 The Tenth World Health Assembly
RESOLVES to appropriate for the financial year 1958 an amount of US $ 1^
769 160
as follows :• •Appropriation Purpose of Appropriation Amount
Section US $
PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS 1, World Health Assembly , ...
2, Executive Board and its Committees
203
2k0115 260 86 300 UO^ 8OO З. Regional Committees
Total - Part I
PART II: OPERATING PROGRAMME 4. Central Technical Services . . ,
5. Advisory Services ...
6. Regional Offices
7. Expert Committees and Conferences
196
20011 88J+ I62 1 826 118 8 111
662
1 750 182
Total - Part II
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II.
III.
PART III: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
8. Administrative Services... 1 177 168 Total - Part III 1 177 168
PART IV: OTHER PURPOSES 9. Reimbursement of the Working Capital Fund . . .
Total - Part IV
100 100
000 000
Sub-Total - Parts I, II, III & IV 13 566 130
PART V: RESERVE 10.
Total - Part V
1 203 1 203
о оС1 Оо о
TOTAL - ALL PARTS 14 769 160
Amounts not exceeding the appropriations voted under paragraph I shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the period 1 January to 31 December 1958 in accordance with the provisions of the Financial
Regulations.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the Director-General shall limit the obligations to be incurred during the financial year 1958 to the effective working budget established by the World Health Assembly, i.e.
Parts I, II* III and IV.
The appropriation voted under paragraph I shall be financed by contributions frcin Members after deduction of:
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(i) the amount of $ 28 820, representing assessments on new Members from previous years
(ii) the amount of $ 280 065, representing miscellaneous income available for the purpose-*-
(iii) the amount of $ 20 115, available by transfer from the cash portion of the Assembly Suspense Account
(iv) the amount of $ 29 000, available by transfer from the Publications Revolving Fund
Total I 358 000
thus resulting in assessments against Members of $ 14 411 160.
IV. The Director-General is authorized, with the prior concurrence of the Executive Bfcard or of any committee to which it may delegate appropriate
authority, tb transfer credits between sections.
V. When the Executive Board or any committee to which it may have delegated appropriate authority is not in session, the Director-General is authorized, with the prior written concurrence of the majority of the members of the Board or such committee, to transfer credits between sections. The Director-General shall report such transfers to the Executive Board at its next session.
VI. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Financial Regulations, the Director- General is authorized to charge as an obligation against the 1958 appropriation the aosts, including transportation, of operational supplies and equipment for which contracts have been entered intu prior to 31 December 1958.
VII. In respect of the printing of publications, the Director-General is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of the Financial Regulations, to charge as an obligation against the 1958 appropriation the cost cf publications for which complete manuscripts shall have been delivered tu and received by the printer prior to 31 December 1958.
Including $ 10 347, representing the amount available from the transfer of the assets of the Office International d !Hygiène Publique.
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$ • fcrticipation by WHO in Broad Programmes off the Unlied Nations sod the Specialised Agencies in the Social and Economic Fields
The Tenth World Health Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Director-General to the nineteenth session Of the Executive Board on the participation by the World Health Organization in broad United Nations programmes in the social and economic fields
Having in mind the resolutions r.dopted by the Economic and Social Council relating to the development and co-ordination of economic and social and human rights programmes and activities of the United Nations and the specialized agencies
«6 a whole, its resolutions on the programme of concerted practical action in the social field and those relating to water resources development,, community develop
ment, industrialization and productivity, maintenance of family levels of living, and urbanization;
Having in mind Rule 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly; and Having considered the recommendations of the Executive Board at its nineteenth session,^
•* *' 1. NOTES with satisfaction the successful efforts made to ensure collaboration between the United Nations and the specialized agencies at the secretariat level in the fields of common interest;
2* EXPRESSES Ж Е HOPE that, in order further to develop this collaboration, the Economic and Social Council will consider establishing the necessary procedures in
order to associate the governing organs of the World Health Organization with the formulation of its decisions to initiate any broad programme under the leadership of the United Nations which might include activities within the competence of the World Health Organization;
3, AUTHORIZES the Executive Board*
(a) to review the proposal for any broad programme, as referred to In
paragraph 2 above, in the light of the principles and criteria set out in the Organization's programme of work for a specific period;
1 Off. Roc, ttld Hlth Org. J6, Annex 14 2 Resolution EBI9.RH
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(b) to determine the priorities for WHO participation in any such broad
programme in relation to the rest of the annual programme of the Organization;
(c) to instruct the Director-General to communicate to the Economic and Social Council the views of the Executive Board concerning the priority of WHO
participation in such a broad programme in relation to the rest of the annual programme of WHO and.the merits of such participation in relation to world, health conditions; and
(d) to request the Director-General, after consultation with the executive heads of the other United Nations organisations concerned, to provide in his annual progress» proposals and budget estimates the activities and
expenditures which will enable WHO to take its appropriate part in broad
programmes as approved by the respective directing organs of the organizations concerned.
3. Dee-isiona of United Nations Qr-gans and Specialized Ag^-acies affecting Wffi)»s activities
The Tenth World Health Assembly
it v. NOTES the report of the Director-General on decisions of United Nations organs and specialized agencies which relate to the activities of WHO.1
4. Convention of the International. Labour Organisation relating to the protection and integration of indigenous' and other ’ti'llai and' 'eeial.trfba'l ’po't^at'-ons in
independent countries
The Tenth World Health Assembly, .
Having studied the proposed Convention and Recommendation concerning the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in Independent Countries, which will be submitted to the fortieth session of the International Labour Conference for final adoption;
Having noted the provision of these two instruments related to health
(Article 20 of the proposed Convention, Chapter V of the proposed Recommendation);
1 Documents АЮ/р&в/б, АЮ/Р&в/б Add.l, and АЮ/Р&в/б Add.2
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Having been informed of the procedures in force in the International..labour— - Organisation for the application of such Сeftventions and of the proposals by the Director-Qeneral of the International Labour Office concerning the association
of the World Health Organization with the application of the proposed Convention;
Having noted the action t-r’xen by the Director-General in co-operation with the International Labour Office at the successive stages of preparation and processing of these Instruments,
1. ENDORSES the action taken by the Director-General;
2. APPROVES the text of the provisions of the proposed Convention and Recommendation related to health;
3» APPROVES of the association of the World Health Organization with the application of the proposed Convention as and when finally adopted by the International Labour Conference, and in conformity With the constitutional procedures of the International Labour Organisation; ...
4. IS OP THE OPINION that recognition of thé competence of the World Health Organization and of its future association with the application of the Convention would best be made by inserting an appropriate provision in the Convention;
5. AUTHORIZES the Director-General to take all necessary measures designed to ensure this association; and
6. . REQUESTS the Director-General tb communicate the present Resolution to the Director-General of the International Labour Office¿
