EXECUTIVE BOARD

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

No. 112

EXECUTIVE BOARD

TWENTY -EIGHTH SESSION

GENEVA, 29 MAY - 1 JUNE 1961

RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GENEVA

August 1961

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations are used in the Official Records of the World Health Organization : ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

ACC -- Administrative Committee on Co- ordination BTAO Bureau of Technical Assistance Operations

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

ECA Economic Commission for Africa

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 ILO - International Labour Organisation (Office) ITU International Telecommunication Union MESA Malaria Eradication Special Account 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

UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNSCEAR --- United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

WFUNA World Federation of United Nations Associations WMO World Meteorological Organization

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This volume contains the resolutions (with relevant annexes)

^ofthe twenty- eighth session

of the Executive Board, which was convened in accordance with resolution EB27.R27, adopted by the Board at its twenty- seventh session.

In accordance with the instructions of the Board, the minutes

of

the Board have been

sent in mimeographed form to Member governments.

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In this volume the resolutions are reproduced in the numerical order in which they were adopted. However, 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 fifth 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 Twelfth World Health Assembly and the twenty- fourth session of the Executive Board.

The following reference list of sessions of the Health Assembly and Executive Board shows the resolution symbol applicable to 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

- - - -

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 -

25

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 EB10.R-

43

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

Twelfth World Health Assembly

12 -29 May 1959

WHAl2.-

95

Executive Board, Twenty- fourth Session

1 -2 June 1959

EB24.R-

96

Executive Board, Twenty -fifth Session 19 January - 1 February 1960 EB25.R-

99

Thirteenth World Health Assembly

3 -20 May 1960

WHA13.-

102

Executive Board, Twenty -sixth Session 25 October - 4 November 1960 EB26.R-

106

Executive Board, Twenty- seventh Session 30 January - 2 February 1961 EB27.R-

108

Fourteenth World Health Assembly

7 -24 February 1961

WHA14.-

110

Executive Board, Twenty- eighth Session 29 May - 1 June 1961 EB28.R-

112

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Index to Resolutions : page 65

Agenda

¹

Introduction

³

RESOLUTIONS

Resolutions on Programme

BIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Biological Standardization

EB28.R9 Report of the Study Group on Requirements for Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine

6 Addiction -Producing Drugs

EB28.R11

Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs

6

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Endemo- epidemic Diseases

EB28.R10 Report of the Study Group on Chagas' Disease

6

EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS AND COMMITTEES Appointments

EB28.R7 Expert Advisory Panels and Committees

5

Reports of Expert Committees

EB28.R8 Report on Expert Committee Meetings

6

Resolutions on Programme and Budget

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

EB28.R17 Transfers between Sections of the 1961 Appropriation Resolution

9

Reports on Allotments issued

EB28.R18 Allotments issued as at 15 May 1961

9

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

Development

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

EB28.R15 Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance: Programming Procedures

8

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Resolutions concerning the World Health Assembly and Executive Board

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Time and Place

EB28.R19

Date and Place of the Fifteenth World Health Assembly

9

Technical Discussions

EB28.R12

EB28. R 13

Appointment of General Chairman of the Technical Discussions at the Fifteenth World

Health Assembly

7

Subject for Technical Discussions at the Sixteenth or Seventeenth World Health Assembly

7 EXECUTIVE BOARD

Sessions of the Board

EB28.R24 Date and Place of the Twenty -ninth Session of the Executive Board

12

Rules of Procedure

EB28.R21

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board

10

Method of Work

EB28.R1

Chairmanship of the Executive Board between the Fourteenth World Health Assembly

and the Twenty- eighth Session of the Executive Board

4

EB28.R2 Membership of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance

4

Resolutions on Regional Matters

INDIVIDUAL REGIONS

Africa

EB28.R30 Accommodation for the Regional Office for Africa

14

Resolutions on Constitutional and Legal Matters

MEMBERSHIP

EB28.R22 Continued Assistance to Newly Independent States

11

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS

Office International d'Hygiène Publique

EB28.R6 Membership of the Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique

Resolutions on Financial and Administrative Matters

5

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Assessments and Contributions

EB28.R28 Currency of Payment of Contributions

13

Special Accounts for Programme Purposes

EB28.R25 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion: Report on Contributions Received

12

EB28.R26 Malaria Eradication Special Account

12

EB28.R27 Malaria Eradication Postage Stamps

13

Accounts and External Audit

EB28.R23

Financial Report on Accounts of WHO for the Year 1960 and Report of the External

Auditor

11

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Page STAFF MATTERS

Salaries, Allowances and Benefits

EB28.R31

Salaries and Allowances: Internationally Recruited Staff

14

WHO

HEADQUARTERS

EB28.R29 Headquarters Accommodation

14

ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES

EB28.R16 Organizational Study on Co- ordination with the United Nations and the Specialized

Agencies 9

Resolutions on Co- ordination and External Relations

UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES

Health of Children - Co- operation with UNICEF

EB28.R4 Membership of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy

5

EB28.R14 Developments in Activities assisted Jointly with UNICEF

7

Co- operation with the United Nations on Other Subjects

EB28.R20 Report on Assistance to the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville)

10 NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Procedure for Examination of Applications for Admission to Official Relations

EB28.R3

Membership of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations

Miscellaneous Resolutions

5

AWARDS

Léon Bernard Foundation

EB28.R5 Membership of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee

5

ANNEXES

1.

List of Members and Other Participants

17

2.

Officers of the Executive Board and Membership of Committees and Working Parties

₂₀

3.

Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs

21

4.

Developments in Activities assisted Jointly with UNICEF

₂₂

5.

Assistance to the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville)

₃₄

6.

Financial Report on Accounts of WHO for the Year 1960 and Report of the External Auditor: Report

of the Working Party

36

7.

Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion

37

8.

Malaria Eradication Special Account

₃₈

9.

Currency of Payment of Contributions

₄₀

10.

Headquarters Accommodation

₄₃

11.

Salaries and Allowances: Internationally Recruited Staff

44

Index to Resolutions

65

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AGENDA 1

[EB28 /1 Rev. 1 - 29 May 1961 1.1

Opening of the session

1.2

Adoption of the agenda

1.3

Election of Chairman, Vice -Chairmen and Rapporteurs

COMMITTEES 2.1

Committees of the Executive Board:

2.1.1

Standing Committee on Administration and Finance: Replacement of members whose terms of office on the Board have expired

2.1.2

Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations : Replacement of members whose terms of office on the Board have expired

2.2

UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy: Appointment of members and alternates in replace- ment of members who have retired from the Board

2.3

Léon Bernard Foundation Committee: Replacement of member whose term of office on the Board has expired

PROGRAMME

3.1

Report on assistance to the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville)

3.2

Continued assistance to newly independent States

3.3 Developments in activities jointly assisted with UNICEF

3.4

Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees

3.5

Report on expert committee meetings

3.6

Report of the Study Group on Requirements for Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Live Poliovirus Vaccine)

3.7

Action in respect of international conventions on narcotic drugs

3.8

Technical discussions :

3.8.1

Appointment of General Chairman at the Fifteenth World Health Assembly

3.8.2

Selection of the subject for the technical discussions to be held at the Sixteenth World Health Assembly

3.9

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance: Programming procedures

3.10

Organizational study on co- ordination with the United Nations and the specialized agencies

1 Adopted by the Board at its first meeting, 29 May 1961.

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PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 4.1

Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1961

4.2

Allotments issued under regular funds as at 15 May 1961

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BOARD 5.1

Date and place of the Fifteenth World Health Assembly

5.2

Date and place of the twenty -ninth session of the Executive Board

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

6.1

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly

6.2

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 7.1

Financial Report for 1960 and Report of the External Auditor

7.2

Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion: Report on contributions received

7.3

Report on the status of the Malaria Eradication Special Account

7.4

Malaria eradication postage stamps: Progress report

7.5

Currency of payment of contributions

7.6

Headquarters accommodation: Progress report

7.7

Accommodation for the Regional Office for Africa

SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS 1.

Report of the Study Group on Chagas' Disease

2.

Salaries and allowances -internationally recruited staff: Progress report by the Director -General

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INTRODUCTION

The twenty- eighth session of the Executive Board was held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 29 May to 1 June 1961.

Twenty -four members (or their alternates) participated in the session, the membership of the Board having been increased from eighteen to twenty -four as a result of the entry- into -force, on 25 October

1960, of the amendments to the Constitution adopted by the Twelfth World Health Assembly.

In accordance with resolution WHA13.43, part I, of the Thirteenth World Health Assembly, twelve new Members were elected by the Fourteenth World Health Assembly to designate persons to serve on the Board, six of these being in replacement of the retiring members.' It was determined by lot, in pursuance of Article 25 of the Constitution, that the terms of Chile and Nigeria should be one year and those of Iceland and Pakistan two years, the terms of the other eight Members elected being three years.

The election resulted in the following composition of the Board, the newly elected Members being denoted by asterisks:

Designating country Unexpired term of office at the

time of closure of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly

Argentina 2 years

*Chile 1 year

Ghana 2 years

*Iceland 2 years

*Iraq 3 years

Ireland

1 year

*Israel 3 years

*Italy 3 years

*Japan 3 years

Jordan 2 years

Korea, Republic of 2 years

Luxembourg

1 year

Nepal I year

*Nigeria

1 year

*Pakistan 2 years

Peru

1 year

*Poland 3 years

*Senegal

3 years

*Spain

3 years

Sudan

^{1 year}

Thailand 2 years

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 years

*United States of America 3 years

Venezuela

^{1 year}

Dr A. O. Abu Shamma was elected Chairman. The other officers elected were as follows: Vice - Chairmen, Dr A. Martínez Marchetti and Dr K. Suvarnakich; Rapporteurs, Dr A. Nabulsi and Dr S. Sigurdsson. The list of members will be found in Annex 1 of this volume and the membership of the committees in Annex 2.

In the course of the session the Board adopted the resolutions reproduced below.

1 The retiring members were those designated by Brazil, France, Guatemala, Iran, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of Viet -Nam.

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RESOLUTIONS

EB28.R1

Chairmanship of the Executive Board between the Fourteenth World Health Assembly and the Twenty - eighth Session of the Executive Board

The Executive Board,

Considering Rule 15 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board,

1.

APPROVES the arrangements made to provide for carrying out the duties of the Chairman of the Board during the interim period up to the opening of the twenty- eighth session of the Board; and

2.

EXPRESSES its thanks to Dr A. O. Abu Shamma for having assumed the duties of acting Chairman during this period.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 4.2.4.1

First meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R2 Membership of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance The Executive Board,

Recalling resolution WHA14.1; and

Recalling resolutions EB16.R12, EB21.R44 and EB24.R1,

1. DECIDES to increase from seven to nine the membership of its Standing Committee on Administration and

Finance ;

2.

APPOINTS Dr G. E. Godber, Dr H. van Zile Hyde, Professor M. Kacprzak and Dr T. Omura as members of the Standing Committee on Administration and Finance for the duration of their terms of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Dr R. Baidya, Dr D. Castillo, Dr J. D. Hourihane, Dr A. Nabulsi and Dr J. Adjei Schandorf, already members of the Standing Committee; and

3.

DECIDES that, if any member of this committee is unable to attend its meetings, his successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, shall participate in the work of the Committee.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R3 Membership of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations The Executive Board

1.

APPOINTS Colonel M. K. Afridi, Dr A. L. Bravo and Dr Jihad Shaheen as members of the Standing Com- mittee on Non -governmental Organizations for the duration of their terms of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Dr L. Molitor and Dr A. Lynch Cordero, already members of the Standing Committee; and

2.

DECIDES that, if any member of this committee is unable to attend, his successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, shall participate in the work of the Committee.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 8.2.2

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

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RESOLUTIONS 5

EB28.R4 Membership of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy The Executive Board

APPOINTS as members of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy Professor G. A. Canaperia and Dr S. Syman and as alternates Dr O. B. Alakija, Dr A. Martínez Marchetti and Dr J. Adjei Schandorf, the WHO membership of the Committee being now as follows: Members -Dr A. O. Abu Shamma, Professor G. A. Canaperia, Dr J. D. Hourihane, Dr A. Nabulsi, Dr S. Syman; Alternates -Dr O. B. Alakija, Dr A.

Martínez Marchetti, Dr L. Molitor, Dr J. Adjei Schandorf, Dr K. Suvarnakich.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R5 Membership of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee The Executive Board,

In accordance with the Statutes of the Léon Bernard Foundation; and Recalling resolution EB24.R10,

ELECTS Professor J. García Orcoyen and Dr S. Sigurdsson as members of the Léon Bernard Foundation Committee for the duration of their term of office on the Executive Board.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R6 Membership of the Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique

The Executive Board

1.

APPOINTS Dr M. Seck as member of the Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique for the duration of his term of office on the Executive Board, in addition to Dr A. Lynch Cordero and Dr Chubyung Pak, already members of the Committee;

2.

DECIDES that, if any member of this committee is unable to attend, his successor or the alternate member of the Board designated by the government concerned, in accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, shall participate in the work of the Committee.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R7 Expert Advisory Panels and Committees The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Director -General on membership of expert advisory panels and committees; and

2.

OFFERS its condolences to the families of the deceased members.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

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EB28.R8 Report on Expert Committee Meetings The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on reports of expert committee meetings,'

1.

NOTES the report of the Director- General; and

2.

THANKS those members of the expert advisory panels who have taken part in these meetings.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R9 Report of the Study Group on Requirements for Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Study Group on Requirements for Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Live Poliovirus Vaccine);2 and

2.

THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R10 Report of the Study Group on Chagas' Disease The Executive Board

1.

NOTES the report of the Study Group on Chagas' Disease;3 and

2.

THANKS the members of the Study Group for their work.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R11 Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs The Executive Board

NOTES the action taken by the Director -General 4 on the advice of the Expert Committee on Addiction - Producing Drugs 5 and in compliance with resolution WHA7.6, with regard to the notifications forwarded to the Secretary -General of the United Nations.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

' Expert Committee on Antibiotics, second report (Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1961, 210); Expert Committee on Chronic Cor Pulmonale (Wld Hith Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1961, 213); Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel, tenth report (Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1961, 216); Expert Committee on Public Health Administration, fourth report (Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1961, 215); Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations-Sub - Committee on Non -Proprietary Names, tenth report; and Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations, eighteenth report.

3 Mimeographed document EB28/6.

3 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 202.

4 Annex 3.

Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs, eleventh report, section 1 (Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1961, 211, 3).

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RESOLUTIONS 7

EB28.R12 Appointment of General Chairman of the Technical Discussions at the Fifteenth World Health

Assembly

The Executive Board,

Considering resolution WHA10.33;

Having received the communication from the President of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly nominating Sir Samuel Manuwa, of the Federation of Nigeria, as General Chairman of the technical discus- sions at the Fifteenth World Health Assembly,

I. APPROVES this nomination; and

2.

REQUESTS the Director -General to invite Sir Samuel Manuwa to accept this appointment.

Second meeting, 29 May 1961

EB28.R13 Subject for Technical Discussions at the Sixteenth or Seventeenth World Health Assembly The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the question of technical discussions at the Sixteenth World Health Assembly; and

Taking into account resolution WHA10.33, paragraph (3), of the Tenth World Health Assembly on technical discussions at future World Health Assemblies,

1.

SELECTS " Education and training of the physician for the preventive and social aspects of clinical practice "

as the subject for the technical discussions to be held after the Fifteenth World Health Assembly; and

2.

RECOMMENDS that the decision as to whether these discussions are to take place at the Sixteenth or at the Seventeenth World Health Assembly should be held in abeyance until a decision as to the site of the Sixteenth World Health Assembly has been taken, and -should it be away from Geneva -until the wishes of the host government are known as to the use of the time customarily devoted to technical discussions.

Second and third meetings, 29 and 30 May 1961

EB28.R14

Developments in Activities Assisted Jointly with UNICEF The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on developments in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF;'

Having noted the recommendation made by the Director -General in that document; and

Considering the needs of children especially in the new and developing countries, as ascertained over the years by objective fact -finding surveys carried out in jointly assisted projects for maternal and child health, social paediatrics and related activities,

1 Annex 4.

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NOTES the report of the Director -General;'

2.

CONCURS with the recommendation therein;

3.

REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit to the UNICEF Executive Board the " Study of WHO/

UNICEF jointly assisted training for permanent health services benefiting mothers and children ", as amended in the course of the discussion ;2

4.

RECOMMENDS that the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy keep under constant review and report to the Executive Boards of UNICEF and WHO the ways in which international funds are used in subsidizing, through international grants and stipends, programmes for higher education related to maternal and child health, with a view to ascertaining the impact of such support on related educational programmes and determining to what extent their respective stated aims and objectives are being met;

5.

DIRECTS special attention to the concept that obstetrics and midwifery are an integral part of comprehen- sive maternal and child health services;

6.

CONCURS with the proposal of the Director -General to make a further WHO study in this regard;

7.

BELIEVES that the results of the various surveys and studies carried out by the World Health Organization in the last decade provide ample justification for the major emphasis that the UNICEF Executive Board has

so consistently put on the health needs of children in all their aspects;

8.

EXPRESSES the hope that in view of the great needs in the field of health, the UNICEF Executive Board will find it possible to increase progressively the support UNICEF gives to health programmes for mothers and children, which has contributed so immeasurably to their success; and

9.

CALLS THE ATTENTION of the Executive Board of UNICEF to the importance of continuing at least at the present level its generous and invaluable assistance to the malaria eradication programme

Third and fourth meetings, 30 May 1961

EB28.R15 Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance : Programming Procedures The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the programming procedures which the Technical Assistance Board is recommending to the Technical Assistance Committee,

1.

EXPRESSES its appreciation of this further step in the development of the programming procedures of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance; and, further,

2.

EXPRESSES the hope that the programmes to be carried out in any period will be approved by the Technical Assistance Committee sufficiently in advance of the beginning of the programme period to permit full imple- mentation of the planned programme; and

3.

REQUESTS the Director -General to report on further developments to the Executive Board at its twenty - ninth session.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 3.3

Fourth meeting, 30 May 1961

' Annex 4.

2Appendix to Annex 4.

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RESOLUTIONS 9

EB28.R16 Organizational Study on Co- ordination with the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies The Executive Board,

Having considered the further draft prepared by the Director -General on the organizational study on co- ordination with the United Nations and the specialized agencies to be undertaken by the Board in pur- suance of resolution WHA13.61,

REQUESTS the Director -General to present a definitive paper for study by the Board at its twenty -ninth session, on the lines indicated in the documents considered by the Board at its twenty- seventh and twenty - eighth sessions, taking into account the views expressed during the discussions.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.5; 8.1.1.4

Fourth meeting, 30 May 1961

EB28.R17 Transfers between Sections of the 1961 Appropriation Resolution The Executive Board

CONCURS in the proposal of the Director- General to transfer in 1961 an amount not exceeding $48 000 to Appropriation Section 5 (Regional Offices) from the following appropriation sections:

US $

Appropriation Section 4 (Programme Activities)

30 000

Appropriation Section 7 (Other Statutory Staff Costs)

18 000

Total

48 000

Fourth meeting, 30 May 1961

EB28.R18 Allotments issued as at 15 May 1961 The Executive Board

NOTES the report of the Director -General on the allotments issued under regular funds as at 15 May 1961.

Fourth meeting, 30 May 1961

EB28.R19

Date and Place of the Fifteenth World Health Assembly The Executive Board,

Having noted resolution WHA14.33 on the place of the Fifteenth World Health Assembly; and Considering the provisions of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution,

DECIDES

(1)

that the Fifteenth World Health Assembly shall be held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva; and

(2)

that, subject to consultation with the Secretary -General of the United Nations, this Assembly shall start on Tuesday, 8 May 1962.

Fifth meeting, 31 May 1961

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EB28.R20 Report on Assistance to the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on assistance to the Republic of the Congo

(Leopoldville) ;1

Having considered also resolution WHA14.26 of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly,

1. NOTES the report;

2.

EXPRESSES its appreciation of the fact that this programme continues to develop satisfactorily in spite of difficulties encountered;

3.

AGREES with the emphasis placed by the Director - General on a long -term programme of education and training of Congolese health staff of all categories while maintaining medical services and concurrently developing advisory services;

4.

REQUESTS the Director -General to continue to keep the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board informed of developments in the assistance of the Organization to the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville);

5.

EXPRESSES the hope that the resources made available to the United Nations for civil operations in the Congo will make it possible to increase the strength of health personnel; and

6.

RENEWS its appreciation to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies for their invaluable and continuing assistance, as well as to those governments which have gene- rously contributed to WHO's programme in the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville).

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 8.1.5; 7.1.8

Fourth and fifth meetings, 30 and 31 May 1961

EB28.R21 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board The Executive Board

DECIDES to amend Rules 6 and 15 of its Rules of Procedure as follows :

Rule 6.

Delete the present text and replace by the following:

The Director -General shall also convene the Board at the joint request of any eight members, addressed to him in writing and stating the reason for the request. In this case the Board shall be con- vened within thirty days following receipt of the request and the session shall be held at headquarters unless the Director -General, in consultation with the Chairman, determines otherwise. The agenda of such a session shall be limited to the questions having necessitated that session.

If events occur requiring immediate action under Article 28 (i) of the Constitution the Director - General may, in consultation with the Chairman, convene the Board in a special session and shall fix the date and determine the place of the session.

Rule 15.

Delete the present text and replace by the following:

If the Chairman for any reason is unable to complete his term of office, the Board shall elect a new Chairman for the remaining period of his term.

If the Chairman is unable to act in between sessions, one of the Vice -Chairmen shall act in his place.

The order in which the Vice -Chairmen shall be requested to serve shall be determined by lot at the session at which the election takes place.

Fifth meeting, 31 May 1961

1 Annex 5.

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RESOLUTIONS 11

EB28.R22 Continued Assistance to Newly Independent States The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on continued assistance to newly independent States;

Recalling the past programme of WHO for non -self -governing territories in Africa and elsewhere prior to and since their independence, and its impact on the health conditions of these territories, within the general socio- economic development;

Cognizant of the importance of the current aid being given by WHO to newly independent States parti- cularly in the planning of their health services and, above all, in the training of their national staff; and

Recalling the co- ordinating role of WHO,

1.

NOTES the report of the Director -General;

2.

COMMENDS the Director -General for the effective way in which WHO is providing assistance to govern- ments in developing their health programmes;

3.

EMPHASIZES that co- ordination to be effective has to be ensured at the country level;

4.

CALLS THE ATTENTION of governments to the importance of national health planning in order to ensure that all available resources from whatever source may be effectively and economically used;

5.

BELIEVES that WHO can best promote effective co- ordination of international health aid from all sources by assisting recipient governments in developing national plans and co- ordinating mechanisms;

6.

APPEALS to those Member States, intergovernmental and non -governmental organizations which are in a position to render assistance in the field of health, to co- ordinate their activities in conjunction with WHO and the recipient governments so as to ensure a systematic utilization of all aid available;

7.

REQUESTS the Director -General to provide such assistance, within available resources, as governments may request; and, further,

8.

REQUESTS the Director -General to continue to give attention to assistance in the various aspects of health problems of newly independent States, and to report to the Board at its twenty -ninth session on the develop- ment of the programmes of the Organization in these new States.

Fourth and fifth meetings, 30 and 31 May 1961

EB28.R23

Financial Report on Accounts of WHO for the Year 1960 and Report of the External Auditor The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of its working party 1 established to review the Financial Report of the Director -General for the period 1 January to 31 December 1960 and the Report of the External Auditor for the same financial period,

1. APPROVES the report of its working party ;1 and

2.

RECOMMENDS to the Fifteenth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:

The Fifteenth World Health Assembly,

Having examined the Financial Report of the Director -General for the period 1 January to 31 Decem- ber 1960 and the Report of the External Auditor for the same financial period, as contained in Official Records No. 109; and

Having considered the report of the Executive Board on its examination of these reports,

ACCEPTS the Director -General's Financial Report and the Report of the External Auditor for the financial year 1960.

Fifth meeting, 31 May 1961

1 Annex 6.

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12 EXECUTIVE BOARD, TWENTY -EIGHTH SESSION

EB28.R24 Date and Place of the Twenty -ninth Session of the Executive Board The Executive Board

1.

DECIDES to hold its twenty -ninth session in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, commencing on Monday, 15 January 1962;

2.

DECIDES that its Standing Committee on Administration and Finance shall meet in the same place, commencing on Tuesday, 9 January 1962;

3.

INVITES those members of the Board who are not members of the Standing Committee, and who may wish to do so, to attend the meetings of this committee for the purpose of following its deliberations; and

4.

REQUESTS the Director -General, in the light of actual experience at the twenty -ninth session, to review the situation as discussed previously on several occasions and more recently at the present session, and to report thereon to the Executive Board at its thirtieth session.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 4.2.2; 4.2.4.2

Fifth and sixth meetings, 31 May 1961

EB28.R25 Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion : Report on Contributions Received The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director- General on contributions to the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion,'

1.

NOTES with appreciation the contributions made to this Fund; and

2.

THANKS the donors for their generous contributions to the Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion.

Sixth meeting, 31 May 1961

EB28.R26 Malaria Eradication Special Account The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the Malaria Eradication Special

^Account;2

Bearing in mind the measures adopted by the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in resolution WHA14.15 to ensure the financing of the malaria eradication programme;

Recognizing that the implementation of the plan for financing the entire programme through the regular budget by stages requires adequate voluntary contributions during the transitional period; and

Noting resolution WHA14.27 adopted by the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in which, inter alia, the Health Assembly expressed the conviction that voluntary contributions will remain essential to the success of the programme in order to provide additional resources to enable more rapid and broader prosecution of the programme,

1. NOTES the report;2

2. EXPRESSES its appreciation to the donors;

3.

CALLS ATTENTION to the decision of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in resolution WHA14.27 which includes the following provisions:

" 3.

EXPRESSES the conviction that voluntary contributions will remain essential to the success of the programme in order:

(a)

to maintain the programme and to provide additional resources to enable more rapid and broader prosecution of the programme; and

(b)

to provide funds for the payment of credits;

1Annex 7.

z Annex 8.

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RESOLUTIONS 13

" 4.

URGES Member States, and especially the more economically developed countries, to consider making substantial voluntary contributions to the Malaria Eradication Special Account in kind as well as in cash, in the light of the consideration in paragraph 3 above;

" 5.

REQUESTS the Director- General to continue his efforts to obtain voluntary contributions from all possible sources, including governments, voluntary health organizations, foundations, industries, labour organizations, institutions and individuals; "

4.

REITERATES its appeal to voluntary organizations, foundations, industries, labour organizations, institu- tions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to the Malaria Eradication Special Account for the purposes stated in paragraph 3 above.

Sixth and seventh meetings, 31 May and 1 June 1961

EB28.R27 Malaria Eradication Postage Stamps The Executive Board,

Having considered the Director -General's report on the plan for the issue of malaria eradication postage stamps,

1.

NOTES with satisfaction the encouraging response given so far in respect of the participation of Members in this project;

2.

APPRECIATES the intention of the United Nations postal administration to issue stamps devoted to the malaria eradication programme;

3.

THANKS the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union for its valuable co- operation and

assistance ;

4.

APPEALS to those Members which have not yet decided to issue the proposed stamps to do so and thus contribute to the Organization's efforts in disseminating information on and stimulating interest in the malaria

eradication programme;

5.

EXPRESSES the hope that those Members which have informed the Organization that they could not parti- cipate in this project will reconsider their decision and make every possible effort to issue the proposed stamps;

6.

WELCOMES any contribution given to the Malaria Eradication Special Account in connexion with the plan for the issue of postage stamps;

7.

SUGGESTS that the Members carrying out an eradication programme explore various existing possibilities of securing some income from the issue of the proposed stamps to augment the funds available for their own national antimalaria programmes; and

8.

REQUESTS the Director -General to pursue his efforts in order to ensure as large a participation as possible in this project and to report on its developments to the twenty -ninth session of the Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.1.8.1; 1.4.2

Sixth and seventh meetings, 31 May and 1 June 1961

EB28.R28 Currency of Payment of Contributions The Executive Board,

Having considered resolution WHA14.32 of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly requesting the Board and the Director -General to consider further the problem of payment of contributions to the regular budget in currencies other than US dollars, Swiss francs or pounds sterling;

Having considered the report of the Director -General on currency of payment of contributions;' Bearing in mind the provisions of Financial Regulation 5.5; and

1 Annex 9.

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Recalling resolution WHA2.58 of the Second World Health Assembly, which established the principle that all Member governments shall have equal rights in paying a proportionate share of their contributions in such currencies as may be acceptable,

1.

CONSIDERS that it is not in the best interests of the Organization as a whole to change the present practice of accepting contributions in US dollars, Swiss francs and pounds sterling;

2.

DECIDES, in view of the need to maintain flexibility in the financial arrangements of the Organization, to retain this practice; and

3.

REQUESTS the Director- General to continue to study the matter and to report further to the Executive Board at such time as his study warrants a change in the present practice.

Sixth and seventh meetings, 31 May and 1 June 1961

EB28.R29 Headquarters Accommodation The Executive Board,

Having examined the report by the Director -General on the progress of the preparatory work for the erection of the headquarters building,'

1. NOTES the report; and

2.

STRESSES the importance of settling as quickly as possible the problem of the access to the land.

Sixth and seventh meetings, 31 May and 1 June 1961

EB28.R30 Accommodation for the Regional Office for Africa The Executive Board

1.

NOTES that the Director -General is continuing his negotiations to develop a plan for adequate accommo- dation for the Regional Office for Africa; and

2.

REQUESTS the Director -General to submit a progress report to the twenty -ninth session of the Executive Board.

Seventh meeting, 1 June 1961

EB28.R31

Salaries and Allowances : Internationally Recruited Staff The Executive Board

1.

NOTES with satisfaction the progress report 2 of the Director -General concerning the measures which have been taken to give effect to resolution EB23.R9;

2.

EXPRESSES its appreciation to the International Civil Service Advisory Board for its thoughtful considera- tion of the issues recently before it concerning adequacy of salary levels for internationally recruited staff and the application of minus post adjustments; and

3.

REQUESTS the Director- General to present to the Board at its twenty -ninth session a report on the further developments which have taken place by that time, together with his recommendations for any appropriate action.

Seventh meeting, 1 June 1961

' Annex 10.

a Annex 11.

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ANNEXES

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Annex 1

LIST OF MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS

1. MEMBERS, ALTERNATES AND ADVISERS

Designated by:

Dr A. O. Asu SHAMMA, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Khartoum, Chairman

Dr A. MARTÍNEZ MARCHETTI, Under -Secretary of Social Welfare and Public Health, Argentina Buenos Aires, Vice -Chairman

Dr K. SUVARNAKICH, Director -General, Department of Health, Bangkok, Vice - Chairman

Thailand Dr A. NABULSI, Director, International Medicine Section, Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan

Rapporteur

Dr S. SIGURDSSON, Director -General of Public Health, Reykjavik, Rapporteur Iceland Colonel M. K. AFRIDI, Vice -Chancellor, University of Peshawar Pakistan Dr O. B. ALAKIJA, Acting Chief Medical Adviser to the Federal Government, Lagos Nigeria

Dr R. BAIDYA, Director of Health Services, Kathmandu Nepal

Dr A. L. BRAVO, Chief, Technical Department, National Health Service, Santiago Chile Professor G. A. CANAPERIA, Director of International and Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Italy

Health, Rome

Dr D. CASTILLO, Assistant to the Director of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Venezuela Welfare, Caracas

Professor J. GARCÍA ORCOYEN, Director -General of Health, Madrid Spain Alternates :

Marqués DE ROBLEDO, Deputy Permanent Delegate to the International Organizations in Geneva

Dr G. CLAVERO DEL CAMPO, Director, National School of Health, Madrid Mr V. DÍEZ DEL CORRAL, Secretary -General, Directorate General of Health, Madrid

Adviser :

Dr F. PÉREZ GALLARDO, Chief, National School of Health, Madrid Dr G. E. GODBER, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, London

Alternate :

Mr H. N. ROFFEY, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Health, London

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Dr J. D. HOURIHANE, Deputy Chief Medical Adviser, Department of Health, Dublin Ireland

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Designated by:

Dr H. van Zile HYDE, Chief, Division of International Health, United States Public United States of

Health Service, Washington D.C. America

Professor M. KACPRZAK, Rector, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw Poland Alternate :

Dr M. JUCHNIEWICZ, Director, External Relations Office, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Warsaw

Dr A. LYNCH CORDERO, Director, Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs, Lima Peru

Dr L. MOLITOR, Director of Public Health, Luxembourg Luxembourg

Dr T. OMURA, Director, Public Health Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo Japan Alternate :

Mr Y. SAITO, Counsellor and Chief Liaison Officer, International Affairs, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo

Adviser :

Mr K. HASEGAWA, Attaché, Permanent Delegation of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva

Dr Chubyung PAK, Director, National Medical Centre, Seoul (Alternate to Dr Pyung Republic of Korea Hak Lee)

Alternate :

Mr Ho Eul WHANG, First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to International Organizations in Geneva

Dr J. Adjei SCHANDORF, Executive Member of the Medical and Dental Board of Ghana; Ghana Vice -President, Ghana Medical Association, Accra

Alternate :

Dr J. N. ROBERTSON, Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Accra

Dr M. SECK, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Dakar (Alternate to Mr A. B. Sar)

Senegal Adviser :

Dr A. -M. M. LACAN, Director, Department of Endemic Diseases Control, Dakar

Dr J. SHAHEEN, Director of Tuberculosis Control Directorate, Baghdad Iraq Dr S. SYMAN, Director -General, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem Israel

2. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES

United Nations

Mr G. YATES, Director, Division of Narcotic Drugs Mr N. G. LUKER, External Relations Officer, European

Office

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Dr J. S. MCKENZIE POLLOCK, Director, Health Divi-

sion

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ANNEX 1 19 Permanent Central Opium Board

Mr L. ATZENWILER, Secretary, Permanent Central Opium Board and Drug Supervisory Body

International Labour Organisation

Dr R. A. MÉTALL, Chief, International Organisations Division

Dr A. ANNONI, Occupational Safety and Health Division

Mr M. PARANHOS DA SILVA, International Organisa- tions Division

International Atomic Energy Agency

Dr B. GROSS, Director, Division of Scientific and Technical Information

3. REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Commission for Technical Co- operation in Africa South of the

Sahara

Mr L. S. HAWKINS, Assistant Secretary -General

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration

Dr K. G. WATSON, Chief Medical Officer

International Committee of Military Medicine and Pharmacy Général Médecin J. VONCKEN, Secretary -General

League of Arab States

Dr A. T. SHOUSHA, Supervisor, Health Department

United International Bureaux for the Protection of Industrial Property, Literary and Artistic Works

Professor J. SECRETAN, Director

4. REPRESENTATIVES OF NON -GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OFFICIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH WHO

International Association for Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions

Dr D. A. VAN KREVELEN, President

International Association of Microbiological Societies Professor F. CHODAT

International Association for Prevention of Blindness Professor A. FRANCESCHETTI, President

Professor D. KLEIN

Dr. F. AMMANN

International Committee of Catholic Nurses Miss M. CALLOU, Secretary - General

Miss M. L. REY

International Committee of the Red Cross Dr M. JUNOD

Mrs C. MATHEZ

International Dental Federation Dr C. L. BOUVIER

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

International Fertility Association

Professor G. TESAURO, Vice -President

International Society for Blood Transfusion

Dr R. FISCHER, Honorary Member

International Society of Cardiology

Dr P. W. DUCHOSAL, Second Vice -President

International Union of Architects Mr W. F. VETTER

International Union for Child Welfare

Miss M. ESNARD, Research Department

International Union for Health Education Professor G. A. CANAPERIA, President

Miss F. S. KING -HALL, Executive Secretary

International Union of Local Authorities

Dr B. VOLET

Mr F. COTTIER, Member of Executive Committee

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20 EXECUTIVE BOARD, TWENTY- EIGHTH SESSION International Union against Tuberculosis

Dr M. GILBERT, Member of Executive Committee

International Union against the Venereal Diseases and the

Treponematoses

Professor G. A. CANAPERIA, Secretary -General League of Red Cross Societies

Dr Z. S. HANTCHEF, Director, Medico -Social Bureau

Medical Women's International Association

Dr Vera J. PETERSON, Honorary Secretary

Dr Anne AUDÉOUD- NAVILLE

World Federation for Mental Health Dr Anne AUDÉOUD- NAVILLE

World Federation of Neurology

Professor P. BAILEY, Secretary- Treasurer General

World Federation of United Nations Associations

Mrs L. BRUCE -CHWATT Mrs J. WINTERINGHAM Mrs N. SHOIB

World Medical Association Dr J. MAYSTRE World Veterans Federation

Mr A. RONCONI, Director, Geneva Office

Mrs E. BOBROWSKI -SELIGMANN

Annex 2

OFFICERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND WORKING PARTIES

1.

Officers of the Board Chairman :

Vice - Chairmen :

Rapporteurs : Secretary :

Dr A. O. Abu Shamma Dr A. Martínez Marchetti Dr K. Suvarnakich Dr A. Nabulsi Dr S. Sigurdsson

Dr M. G. Candau, Director - General

2.

Standing Committee on Administration and

Finance 1

Dr R. Baidya, Dr D. Castillo, Dr G. E. Godber, Dr J. D. Hourihane, Dr H. van Zile Hyde, Professor M. Kacprzak, Dr A. Nabulsi, Dr T. Omura, Dr J. Adjei Schandorf

3.

Standing Committee on Non -governmental

Organizations 2

Colonel M. K. Afridi, Dr A. L. Bravo, Dr A. Lynch Cordero, Dr L. Molitor, Dr J. Shaheen

1 See resolution EB28.R2.

4.

Standing Committee on Headquarters

Accommodation 3

Professor E. J. Y. Aujaleu (Chairman), Dr J. D.

Hourihane, Dr L. Molitor, and the Chairman of the Executive Board ex officio

5.

Committee on Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique 4

Dr A. Lynch Cordero, Dr Chubyung Pak, Dr M. Seck

6.

UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy 5 WHO members : Dr A. O. Abu Shamma, Professor G. A. Canaperia, Dr J. D. Hourihane, Dr A. Nabulsi, Dr S. Syman; Alternates : Dr O. B. Alakija, Dr A.

Martínez Marchetti, Dr L. Molitor, Dr J.

Adjei

Schandorf, Dr K. Suvarnakich

2 See resolutions WHAI 3.46 and EB26.R13. The members of this committee, with the exception of the Chairman of the Board, hold office until the completion of the building project.

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ANNEX 3 21 7.

Léon Bernard Foundation Committee 1

8.

Working Party to consider the Report of the External

Auditor on the Accounts of WHO for 1960 The Chairman and Vice -Chairmen of the Board

ex officio, Professor J. García Orcoyen, Dr S. Sigurds- son

Colonel M.

K.

Afridi (Chairman), Professor G. A. Canaperia, Dr G. E. Godber, Dr H. van Zile Hyde

Annex 3

ACTION IN RESPECT OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON NARCOTIC DRUGS

²

REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL

The Seventh World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA7.6, decided that the Director -General, upon receipt of the appropriate expert advice, should take decisions as to the classification of substances under certain international agreements, and that he should inform the Executive Board of all such decisions.

The Director -General accordingly has the honour to inform the Board that, after having 'received advice from the Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs,3 he has forwarded to the Secretary- General of the United Nations,

as required by Article 1 of the Protocol of 19 Novem- ber 1948 bringing under international control drugs outside the scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success on 11 December 1946, ten notifications concerning the following

drugs :

7-(p-methoxybenzoyl)-2- morpholinomethyl - 1,4-benzodioxane

1 See resolution EB28.R5 and the Statutes of the Foundation (Off Rec. Wld Hith Org. 17, Annex 5; resolution WHA3.52; and Of Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 63, Annex 1, section 1).

s Expert Committee on Addiction -Producing Drugs, eleventh report, section 1 (Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1961, 211, 3).

[EB28/2 - 17 April 1961]

7- benzoyl- 2- piperidinomethyl- 1,4- benzodioxane

clonitazene 4

1 -cyclohexyl-2, 2-di- diethylaminomethyl - 1- phenylethane

dextro- phenomorphan 4 diampromide 4

diphenoxylate 4 ethoheptazine 4 etonitazene 4 phenampromide 4

phenoperidine ;4

as required by Article 11 of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success on 11 Decem- ber 1946, one notification concerning the drug

hydromorphinol;4

as required by Article 8 of the International Opium Convention signed at Geneva on 19 February 1925, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success on 11 December 1946, two notifications concerning two preparations containing the above -mentioned

drug diphenoxylate.4

4 Proposed international non -proprietary name; for chemical formula, see the report of the expert committee, as under foot- note 3 above.

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Annex 4

DEVELOPMENTS IN ACTIVITIES ASSISTED JOINTLY WITH UNICEF 1

REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR - GENERAL

I. GENERAL

At the Fourteenth World Health Assembly, the Director -General submitted a report 2 on the develop- ments in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF up to and including those related to the March 1960 session of the UNICEF Executive Board.

The present document reports the developments that have taken place since that date, and in particular the decisions taken by the UNICEF Executive Board at its January 1961 session that have a bearing on the work of WHO.

II.

THE UNICEF EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY 1961

1.

Allocation of UNICEF Funds

1.1

On the recommendation of its Programme Com- mittee, the UNICEF Executive Board approved pro- gramme allocations for 122 projects located in sixty - two countries and territories, and four inter -regional projects. Of these 122 projects: thirty -five were for health services for mothers and children, sixty were for

disease control (of which thirty -two were antimalaria projects), eighteen for nutrition, six for family and child welfare services, two for primary education,

and one was an emergency aid operation.

1.2

The following table shows the percentage distri- bution of allocations approved by the UNICEF Exe- cutive Board for 1961, and compares it with the distribution for the three previous years:

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOCATIONS APPROVED BY UNICEF EXECUTIVE BOARD, 1958 -1961

1958 1959 1960 1961

Health services 29.0 19.4 19.6 18.92

Family and child welfare ser-

vices 0.3 0.5 3.2 0.86

Disease control _56.6 _44.3 _51.5 _47.12

Nutrition 12.2 30.6 23.8 30.10

Primary education

- - -

^0.98

Emergency aid 1.9 5.2 1.2 2.02

Preparation of projects and

training survey

- -

^0.7

-

See resolution EB28.R14.

2 Of Rec. Wld Hith Org. 110, Annex 7.

[EB28/8 - 15 May 1961]

2.

Statement by the Executive Director of UNICEF In his introductory statement the Executive Director outlined the programme of UNICEF's assistance to Africa. He shared with Board members the desire to do everything possible to meet demands by increasing the aid to Africa, commensurate with the continuing and expanding demands for UNICEF assistance from other under -developed areas. At present, the pro- gramme in Africa was being serviced by seven area or country offices. Further strengthening was envisaged in the administrative budget for 1961, which provided for the creation of a new regional office headed by a resident director having general responsibility for UNICEF activities in Africa south of the Sahara.

3.

Health Matters

3.1

Health Services

Thirty -five

pf/bjects providing health services for mothers and children received aid totalling $4 700 000, or 18 per cent. of the 1960 programme allocations.

These included three projects which were being assisted by UNICEF for the first time, namely, the Madagascar, Senegal and British Guiana projects.

At the Programme Committee, WHO was asked to confirm whether the activities of the International Children's Centre, particularly in the fields of research, information and documentation, were not duplicating work elsewhere. WHO, in reply, stated that the Centre's programme was examined in detail before technical approval was given to medical aspects of the recommendation. An allocation of $300 000 was made to complete the commitment undertaken by UNICEF to share equally with the French Govern- ment the financing of the Centre for the five -year

period 1957 -1961.

The Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board expected that the Programme Committee, at its next session, would wish to review the activities of the International Children's Centre in relation to UNICEF interests, the level of UNICEF support, and the ques- tion of control of the Centre's activities. This would entail a review in depth and detail.

3.2

Family and Child Welfare

Six projects were approved at the session under

review in the field of family and child welfare, all of

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them receiving UNICEF aid for the first time. These projects for social services for children often have a health aspect- implicit in the very act of institu- tionalization of the child -which calls for WHO's

advice.

3.3

Malaria Eradication and Control

The Executive Board of UNICEF approved alloca- tions totalling $5 900 000 for continuing assistance to thirty -two antimalaria projects. This brought anti - malaria allocations for 1960 to $9 800 000, or 36 per cent. of all programme allocations for the year.

During the discussion of the Programme Committee on this subject, some representatives expressed reluct- ance to allocate funds to projects which might not in the end prove successful. These included pilot projects which might not lead to eradication projects. It was agreed, however, that it would be wasteful to jeopardize the success of projects in which UNICEF has already made a substantial investment. The high level of UNICEF aid to malaria projects was questioned, par- ticularly in relation to the amount of aid for pro- grammes offering " more direct benefits " to children.

The view was expressed that, although malaria was a scourge which affected children, it should not be UNICEF's main activity: the Fund should be very selective in aiding malaria projects and should con- centrate its efforts on those projects which demonstra- ted real progress and the expectation of eradication.

No new projects should be approved before the next review by the Board in June 1961.

The WHO representative, stressing that malaria represented a great danger for children and indicating that WHO would be submitting a world report on malaria eradication programmes to the UNICEF Executive Board at its June 1961 session, requested that no decision

be

taken prematurely, without awaiting the overall report and technical advice of WHO.

In commenting on the Programme Committee's report, several Board members stressed the value of malaria eradication projects; they included representa- tives of governments receiving UNICEF aid for malaria eradication.

3.4

Communicable Diseases

Of the twenty -eight allocations made to disease control other than malaria eradication and control, the following represent assistance given for the first time:

three antituberculosis projects, for Malaya, Sarawak and Viet -Nam; four leprosy projects, in India, Pakis- tan, Brazil and Colombia; a trachoma project in Pakistan; and a bilharziasis control pilot project in the Philippines.

3.5

Nutrition

The UNICEF Executive Board approved nine pro- jects for nutrition education and related activities:

projects in India, Thailand, Libya, Turkey, Spain, Colombia, Nicaragua, and two regional seminars on nutrition education, in co- operation with WHO and FAO, to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in Mexico City in the fall of 1961.

In connexion with child feeding, the milk supply situation which UNICEF faced in 1960 has consider- ably improved. The quantities of milk available from the United States, Canada and Switzerland have made it possible to restore many of the cuts made and to resume approximately the earlier levels of distribution.

Vitamin capsules were being used mostly to supple- ment the supply of skim milk, though some were distributed separately through health centres.

Tests

were currently being conducted on fortifying powdered skim milk with vitamins A and D. No major difficult- ies have thus far been found. If the tests are successful and the costs not too great, substantial reductions could be foreseen in the future in the provision of capsules by UNICEF.

Further assistance in the field of nutrition included allocations to six milk conservation projects, and an allocation to Paraguay to provide equipment for

iodizing salt for goitre control.

The UNICEF Executive Board also approved allo- cations for two projects in the health and nutrition aspects of primary education, one for Thailand and one for the Upper Volta.

In the Programme Committee, and subsequently in the Board, a question arose about the financial rela- tions between FAO and UNICEF and, specifically, the proposals for allocations of $502 000 to cover pay- ments to FAO in 1961 for FAO project personnel and fellowships in respect of jointly assisted projects.

The UNICEF Executive Board expressed the belief that the payment by UNICEF of the costs of employ- ment by FAO of technical personnel on jointly assisted projects should be of a temporary character and should be reduced and eliminated within a reasonably short period of time. It requested the Executive Director to report to the Board at its session in June 1961 detailed information on the projects for which payment is being made to FAO, and on the type of personnel and the costs involved.