EB34.R22 Award of a Prize for Research Work on Mental Disability
The Executive Board,
Having considered the correspondence exchanged between Dr A. J. H. Bartels, Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Public Health of the Government of the Netherlands, and the Director-General, regarding the award by D r Bartels of an amount of Dutch florins 2200 as a prize for research work on mental disability,3
1. T H A N K S the donor for his generous proposal;
2. DECIDES to accept this gift pursuant to Article 57 of the Constitution;
3. REQUESTS the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee to act as a selection committee in the choice of a scientist whose work has made, inter alia, an important contribution to a deeper insight into the nature and causes of mental disability; and
4. REQUESTS the Director-General to establish the procedure for the award of this prize.
Handb. Res., 7th ed., 1.7.2; 9.1.2 Fourth meeting, 27 May 1964