EXECUTIVE BOARD

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

No. 99

EXECUTIVE BOARD

TWENTY -FIFTH SESSION

GENEVA, 19 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY 1960

PART I

RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

PALAIS DES NATIONS

GENEVA

March 1960

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

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

ECAFE - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

ECA - Economic Commission for Africa

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

WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations

WMO - World Meteorological Organization

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NOTE

The twenty-fifth session of the Executive Board was convened in accordance with resolution EB24.R24, adopted by the Board at its twenty-fourth 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.

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In this volume the resolutions are reproduced in the serial 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. 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 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 Second World Health Assembly

Executive Board, Fourth Session Executive Board, Fifth Session

Held

24 June ^- 24 July 1948 16 -28 July 1948

25 October ^- 11 November 1948 21 February ^- 9 March 1949 13 June ^- 2 July 1949 8 -19 July 1949

16 January ^- 2 February 1950

Resolution symbol

WHA2.-

Ofcial Records No.

13 14 14 17 21 22 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 EB 10. 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 EB 12. 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 EB 14. 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 EB 19.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

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Index to Resolutions: page 187

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Venereal Infections and Non -venereal Treponematoses

EB25.R31 Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses: Fifth Report . ^. ^. 16

EB25.R32 Venereal Disease Treatment of Seafarers (International Agreement of Brussels

of 1924) 16

Leprosy

EB25.R7 Expert Committee on Leprosy: Second Report 7

International Quarantine

EB25.R15 Committee on International Quarantine: Seventh Report

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

Public Health Administration

8

EB25.R33 Expert Committee on Public Health Administration: Third Report (Local Health

Service) 16

Health Education ^of the Public

EB25.R11

Joint WHO /UNESCO Expert Committee on Teacher Preparation for Health

Education 7

HEALTH PROTECTION AND PROMOTION

Mental Health

EB25.R47 World Mental Health Year 23

EB25.R9 Expert Committee on Mental Health: Eighth Report (Epidemiology of Mental

Disorders) 7

Cancer EB25.R8

ENVIRONMENTAL

EB25.R10 EB25.R34

EDUCATION AND EB25.R13

Expert Committee on Cancer: Second Report (Histopathology of Soft Tissue

Tumours) 7

SANITATION

Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Milk Hygiene: Second Report 7

Expert Committee on Insecticides: Tenth Report (Insect Resistance and Vector

Control) ¹⁷

TRAINING

Report of the Study Group on Appraisal of Fellowships ⁸

PUBLICATIONS AND REFERENCE SERVICES

Publications Programme

EB25.R42 Organizational Study on Publications 21

EB25.R44 Publications in Russian 21

RESEARCH

EB25.R46 Intensified Medical Research Programme 22

EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS AND COMMITTEES

Regulations and Rules ^ofProcedure

EB25.R35 Procedure for the Review by the Executive Board of Reports of Expert Committees 17

Appointments

EB25.R16 Appointments to Expert Advisory Panels and Committees ⁹

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Reports of Expert Committees

EB25.R35 Procedure for the Review by the Executive Board of Reports of Expert Committees ¹⁷ Resolutions on Programme and Budget

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

For 1960

EB25.R37 Transfers between Sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1960 18 PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF THE PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES

EB25.R67 Assembly Procedures for examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary Adminis-

trative, Financial and Personnel Matters 30

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

EB25.R52 WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 25

Resolutions concerning the World Health Assembly and Executive Board

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Time and Place

EB25.R38 Invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly outside Headquarters 18

Duration of Sessions

EB25.R56 Possibilities of reducing the Length of World Health Assemblies 26 Agenda

EB25.R73 Provisional Agenda for the Thirteenth World Health Assembly 33

Method of Work

EB25.R64 Terms of Reference of Main Committees of the World Health Assembly, including the Proposed Procedure for the Consideration of the Annual Programme and

Budget Estimates 29

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Sessions of the Board

EB25.R39 Date and Place of the Twenty -sixth Session of the Executive Board 19

Representation of the Board at the Health Assembly

EB25.R69 Representatives of the Executive Board at the World Health Assembly 32

Resolutions on Regional Matters

INDIVIDUAL REGIONS

EB25.R50 Reports of Regional Committees 24

South -East Asia

EB25.R27 Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia 14

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Resolutions on Constitutional and Legal Matters

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

EB25.R57 Amendments to the Constitution ²⁶

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS

Office International d'Hygiène Publique

EB25.R55 Arrears of Contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique ²⁶ Resolutions on Financial and Administrative Matters

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Regulations and Rules

EB25.R53 Provisions of the Constitution and of the Financial Regulations on the Submission of

Budget Estimates ²⁵

EB25.R54 Amendments to the Financial Regulations ²⁵

EB25.R24 Amendments to the Financial Rules ¹³

Assessments and Contributions

EB25.R49 Status of Collection of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the Working

Capital Fund ²⁴

Working Capital Fund

EB25.R20 Scale of Assessment for and Amount of the Working Capital Fund ¹⁰ Sources ^of Additional Income for the Regular Budget

EB25.R36 Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests ¹⁷

Special Accounts for Programme Purposes

EB25.R22 Amalgamation of Special Accounts into a Single Fund 12

EB25.R17 Contribution to the Malaria Eradication Special Account ⁹

EB25.R18 Contribution to the Malaria Eradication Special Account ⁹

EB25.R19 Malaria Eradication Special Account 9

EB25.R23 Contributions to the Special Account for Medical Research ¹³

EB25.R65 Contribution to the Special Account for the Community Water Supply Programme 30

Accounts and External Audit

EB25.R60

Appointment of an Ad Hoc Committee of the Board to consider the External

Auditor's Report on the Accounts for the Year 1959 27 UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL FUND

EB25.R58 Special Fund of the United Nations ²⁶

STAFF MATTERS

Staff Regulations and Rules

EB25.R25 Amendments to the Staff Rules ¹⁴

WHO HEADQUARTERS

EB25.R45 Headquarters Accommodation ²²

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Pages ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES

EB25.R43 Future Organizational Study by the Executive Board 21

EB25.R42 Organizational Study on Publications 21

Resolutions on Co- ordination and External Relations

UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES General

EB25.R26 Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency affecting WHO's Activities (Administrative, Budgetary and

Financial Questions) ¹⁴

EB25.R61 Co- operation with the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the Inter-

national Atomic Energy Agency 27

EB25.R62 WHO Activities in Promotion of Health in connexion with the Resolution concerning General and Complete Disarmament adopted by the General Assembly

of the United Nations at its Fourteenth Session ²⁷

EB25.R68 Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency affecting WHO's Activities : International Encouragement of

Scientific Research into the Control of Cancerous Diseases 31

EB25.R59 Programme Appraisals: Report on Action taken in Implementation of Resolu- tions 665 C (XXIV) and 694 D (XXVI) of the Economic and Social Council 27

Health of Children - Co- operation with UNICEF

EB25.R29 UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy : Report on Twelfth Session ¹⁵ EB25.R30 Terms of Reference of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy ^. ^. 15

EB25.R28 Developments in Activities assisted jointly with UNICEF 14

NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Relations with Individual Organizations

EB25.R70 Relations with Non -governmental Organizations 32

Co- operation with Individual Non -governmental Organizations

EB25.R48 Memorandum submitted by the International Union against Tuberculosis 23 INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER BODIES

EB25.R66 Relations with the League of Arab States 30

Miscellaneous Resolutions OFFICIAL SEAL OF WHO

EB25.R71 Adoption of a WHO Flag 32

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH YEAR

EB25.R72 World Health Year ³³

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1. List of Members and Other Participants 37

2. Officers of the Executive Board and Membership of Committees and Working Parties 41 3. Report of the Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations 42

4. Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests 43

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

d'Hygiène Publique 43

6. Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs 44

7. Scale of Assessment for and Amount of the Working Capital Fund 44

8. Amalgamation of Special Accounts into a Single Fund 49

9. Amendments to the Financial Rules 51

10. Amendments to the Staff Rules 52

11. Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies, and the International Atomic Energy Agency affecting WHO's Activities (Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Questions) 55

12. Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia 84

13. UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy: Report on Twelfth Session 84 14. Venereal Disease Treatment of Seafarers (International Agreement of Brussels

of 1924) 88

15. An Evaluation of the Internationally assisted BCG Vaccination Programmes 89

16. Tuberculosis Research Office 121

17. Organizational Study on Publications 123

18. WHO Participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 167

19. Report of the Working Party on the Financial Regulations 170

20. Special Fund of the United Nations 175

21. Assembly Procedures for examining the Programme, Budget and Ancillary Administrative, Financial and Personnel Matters: Report of the Working Party 178

Index to Resolutions 187

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AGENDA1

[EB25 /1 Rev. 1 -19 January 1960]

1.1 Opening of the session

1.2 Adoption of the agenda

1.3 Report by representatives of the Board at the Twelfth World Health Assembly PROGRAMME

2.1 General programme of work covering a specific period (1962 -1965) 2.2 Intensified WHO medical research programme

2.3 International Health and Medical Research Year

2.4 Organizational studies by the Executive Board:

(a) Organizational study on publications

(b) Future organizational studies 2.5 Joint activities with UNICEF

2.5.1 Developments in activities assisted jointly with UNICEF 2.5.2 UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy

(a) Report on the twelfth session

(b) Terms of reference

2.6 Review of BCG vaccination programmes 2.7 Tuberculosis Research Office

2.8 Seventh report of the Committee on International Quarantine

2.9 Report on appointments to expert advisory panels and committees

2.10 Procedure for the review by the Executive Board of reports of expert committees

2.11 Reports of expert committees:

2.11.1 Expert Committee on Radiation: second report (Medical Supervision in Radiation Work) 2.11.2 Expert Committee on Biological Standardization: thirteenth report

2.11.3 Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations: ninth report

1 Adopted by the Board at its first meeting, 19 January 1960

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2.11.4 (a) Expert Committee on Addiction -producing Drugs: tenth report

(b) Action in respect of International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs

2.11.5 Expert Committee on Tuberculosis: seventh report

2.11.6 Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses : fifth report 2.11.7 Expert Committee on Leprosy : second report

2.11.8 Expert Committee on Public Health Administration: third report (Local Health Service) 2.11.9 Expert Committee on Cancer: second report (Histopathology of Soft Tissue Tumours) 2.11.10 Expert Committee on Mental Health: eighth report (Epidemiology of Mental Disorders) 2.11.11 Expert Committee on Insecticides: tenth report (Insecticide Resistance and Vector Control) 2.11.12 Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Milk Hygiene: second report

2.12 Reports of study groups :

2.12.1 Study Group on Requirements for Biological Substances (General Requirements for Sterility) 2.12.2 Study Group on Appraisal of Fellowships

2.12.3 Joint IAEA /WHO Study Group on the Use of Radioisotope Teletherapy Units and Super - voltage Radiation in Radiotherapy

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

3.1 Transfers between sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1960 3.2* Review of the proposed programme and budget estimates for 1961

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

3.4 Proposed terms of reference of main committees of the Thirteenth World Health Assembly, including the procedure for consideration of the 1961 programme and budget estimates

3.5 Provisions of the Constitution and of the Financial Regulations on the submission of budget estimates 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 Preliminary consideration of possibilities of reducing length of World Health Assemblies

6.2 Proposals by the Director -General for the provisional agenda for the Thirteenth World Health Assembly

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

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AGENDA 3

6.3 Appointment of representatives of the Board at the Thirteenth World Health Assembly 6.4 Invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly outside headquarters

6.5 Date and place of the twenty -sixth session of the Executive Board CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

7.1 Amendment to the Constitution: increase in the membership of the Executive Board - Report on governments which have accepted the amendments

REGIONAL MATTERS

8.1 Africa

8.1.1 Report on the ninth session of the Regional Committee

8.2 The Americas

8.2.1 Report on the eleventh session of the Regional Committee /XI Meeting of the Directing Council of PAHO

8.3 South -East Asia

8.3.1 Report on the twelfth session of the Regional Committee 8.3.2 Accommodation for the Regional Office

8.4 Europe

8.5 Eastern Mediterranean

8.6 Western Pacific

8.6.1 Report on the tenth session of the Regional Committee

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

9.1* Status of collection of annual contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund

9.2 Scale of assessment for and amount of the Working Capital Fund

9.3 Arrears of contributions in respect of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique: report of the Committee

9.4 Gifts or bequests: report of the Committee

9.5 Appointment of^{ad hoc} committee of the Board to consider the report of the External Auditor on the accounts of the Organization for 1959 prior to the Thirteenth World Health Assembly

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9.6 Consideration of amalgamation of special accounts into a single fund 9.7 Report on contributions to the Special Account for Medical Research

9.8 Report on contributions to the Special Account for the Community Water Supply Programme 9.9 Headquarters accommodation

(a) Status of the plans for headquarters accommodation

(b) Status of the Headquarters Building Fund 9.10 Confirmation of amendments to the Staff Rules

9.11 Amendments to the Financial Regulations

9.12 Confirmation of amendments to the Financial Rules

CO- OPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

10.1 Decisions of the United Nations, specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency affecting WHO's activities

10.2 Special Fund of the United Nations

10.3 Implementation of resolutions 665 C (XXIV) and 694 D (XXVI) of the Economic and Social Council on programme appraisals: report on action taken

10.4 Relations with the League of Arab States

10.5 Non -governmental organizations: consideration of applications for official relations SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA

1. Joint WHO /UNESCO Expert Committee on Teacher Preparation for Health Education: report

2. Salaries and allowances for ungraded posts

3. Adoption of a WHO flag

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INTRODUCTION

The twenty -fifth session of the Executive Board was held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 19 January to 1 February 1960, under the chairmanship of Professor E. J. Y. Aujaleu, with Professor M. N. Etemadian and Dr H. M. Penido as Vice -Chairmen and Dr D. Castillo and Dr A. J. Metcalfe as 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,1 in the course of ten meetings, beginning on 12 January, considered the items falling within its terms of reference as laid down by resolution EB16.R12.2 The report of the Board on these items, incorporating the examination and recommendations of the Standing Committee as well as the Board's own, is published separately as Official Records No. 100.

The Standing Committee on Non -governmental Organizations 3 held two meetings, at which it considered new applications from organizations for admission to official relations. Its report will be found in Annex 3.

RESOLUTIONS

EB25.R1 Expert Committee on Radiation: Second Report (Medical Supervision in Radiation Work) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the second report of the Expert Committee on Radiation (Medical Supervision in Radiation Work);

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.'

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.3.1 First meeting, 19 January 1960

EB25.R2 Expert Committee on Biological Standardization: Thirteenth Report The Executive Board

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report.5

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.3.2.1 First meeting, 19 January 1960

1 Established in accordance with resolutions EB16.R12, EB24.R1 and EB24.R5

2 Except the procedure for consideration of the programme and budget estimates by the Health Assembly, which in agreement with the Chairman of the Standing Committee was dealt with directly by the Board in plenary session

3 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 EB24.R6

4 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 196 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 187

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EB25.R3 Sub -Committee on Non -proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations: Ninth Report

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the ninth report of the Sub -Committee on Non -Proprietary Names of the Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations; and

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

EB25.R4 Expert Committee on Addiction- producing Drugs: Tenth Report The Executive Board

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

2. NOTES the action taken by the Director -General,' 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; 3 and

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

EB25.R5 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;

Having noted the observations on the draft Single Convention made in the tenth report of the Expert Committee on Addiction -producing Drugs,3

1. APPROVES these observations; and

2. REQUESTS the Director - General to transmit them to the Secretary- General of the United Nations, together with any comments of a technical nature that may be deemed appropriate.

EB25.R6 Expert Committee on Tuberculosis: Seventh Report The Executive Board

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

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the report 4 and, in so far as the Director - General may deem it appropriate, of Annex 1 to that report.

1 See Annex 6.

a Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 188

3 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 188, 12 (section 6) 3 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 195

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RESOLUTIONS 7

EB25.R7 Expert Committee on Leprosy: Second Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the second report of the Expert Committee on Leprosy;

3. AUTHORIZES publication of the ^report.1

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.5.6 First and second meetings, 19 January 1960

EB25.R8 Expert Committee on Cancer: Second Report (Histopathology of Soft Tissue Tumours) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the second report of the Expert Committee on Cancer (Histopathology of Soft TissueTumours) ; and

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

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.7.6 Second meeting, 19 January 1960

EB25.R9 Expert Committee on Mental Health: Eighth Report (Epidemiology of Mental Disorders) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the eighth report of the Expert Committee on Mental Health (Epidemiology of Mental Disorders) ;

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.7.2.1 Second meeting, 19 January 1960

EB25.R10 Joint FAO /WHO Expert Committee on Milk Hygiene: Second Report The Executive Board

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

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

EB25.R11 Joint WHO /UNESCO Expert Committee on Teacher Preparation for Health Education The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Joint WHO /UNESCO Expert Committee on Teacher Preparation for Health Education;

1 Wld Hlth Org. techn., Rep. Ser., 1960, 189

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3. EXPRESSES its appreciation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for its continuing collaboration; and

EB25.R12 Report of the Study Group on Requirements for Biological Substances: (General Requirements for Sterility)

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Requirements for Biological Substances; and

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

EB25.R13 Report of the Study Group on Appraisal of Fellowships The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Study Group on Appraisal of Fellowships; 2 and

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

EB25.R14 Report of the Joint IAEA /WHO Study Group on the Use of Radioisotope Teletherapy Units and Supervoltage Radiation in Radiotherapy

The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Joint IAEA /WHO Study Group on the Use of Radioisotope Teletherapy Units and Supervoltage Radiation in Radiotherapy;

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

3. Is GRATIFIED to note this example of collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

EB25.R15 Committee on International Quarantine: Seventh Report The Executive Board

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

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

' Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 193 2 Wld Hith Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 186

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RESOLUTIONS 9

EB25.R16 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.

EB25.R17 Contribution to the Malaria Eradication Special Account The Executive Board,

Having taken cognizance of the report of the Director -General on the contribution offered by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Malaria Eradication Special Account;

and

Noting that, in the opinion of the Director -General, there are no restrictions on the use of this contribution,

1. ACCEPTS the contribution in question; and

2. THANKS the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.1.8.1 Third and fourth meetings, 20 January 1960

EB25.R18 Contribution to the Malaria Eradication Special Account The Executive Board,

Having taken cognizance of the report of the Director - General on the contribution received from the Government of Australia to the Malaria Eradication Special Account; and

Noting that, in the opinion of the Director- General, there are no restrictions on the use of this contribution,

1. ACCEPTS the contribution in question; and

2. THANKS the Government of Australia.

EB25.R19 Malaria Eradication Special Account The Executive Board,

Mindful of its responsibilities under resolution WHAl2.15 and earlier resolutions of the World Health Assembly on the Malaria Eradication Special Account;

Bearing in mind that malaria eradication is an urgent programme limited in time, which will probably require assistance from the Special Account for several years, after which time the problem should be so reduced that completion of the task could be financed by the governments concerned, with some assistance, if necessary, from the regular budget;

Having reviewed the report of the Director - General on the Special Account,

1. THANKS those donors whose contributions to the Malaria Eradication Special Account have made it possible to finance the programme to date;

2. COMMENDS the Director - General, his special representatives and his staff for the energetic efforts which they have made to secure additional contributions to the Special Account, as requested by the World Health Assembly;

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3. EXPRESSES its concern that up to the present time voluntary contributions to the Special Account have not been forthcoming in sufficient amounts to ensure the continued financing of the programme in the way envisaged by the decision of the Eighth World Health Assembly (resolution WHA8.30);

4. NOTES with gratification that the Director - General has received some encouraging indications of substantial support for the Special Account in the course of his discussions with high authorities of some Member States and has also recently received important new contributions from some Member States;

5. NOTES, further, that the Director - General believes that, if the additional contributions which he is hopeful of receiving in the near future materialize, it will be possible, with some readjustment of the programme, to avoid an unmanageable financial problem in 1960;

6. CONSIDERS that continuing efforts should be made to finance the malaria eradication programme on a voluntary basis;

7. EXPRESSES the hope that the economically more advanced countries will, in the light of the detailed programme plans and related costs and considering the results achieved to date, make substantial contributions in order to provide the resources to enable the World Health Organization to give the assistance required by the less well developed countries, which are already investing considerable sums for malaria eradication within their own countries;

8. CALLS THE ATTENTION of Member States to the need for support from individual governments in the effort to obtain contributions from industry or the general public;

9. REQUESTS the Director- General to report to the Thirteenth World Health Assembly on the situation which exists at that time;

10. DECIDES to keep the matter under review and to reappraise the financial situation at its meeting prior to the Fourteenth World Health Assembly, to which it will report.

EB25.R20 Scale of Assessment for and Amount of the Working Capital Fund The Executive Board,

Having studied the report of the Director - General on the Working Capital Fund; 1

Considering that prudent financial management requires that arrangements be made for an increase

in the Working Capital Fund; and

Recognizing that there are anomalies in the present scale of assessment for advances to the Working Capital Fund,

1. DECIDES that an adjustment in the Working Capital Fund is desirable, both in size and in the scale of assessment applied thereto; and

2. RECOMMENDS to the Thirteenth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:

The Thirteenth World Health Assembly,

Having studied the report of the Executive Board on the Working Capital Fund,

I

1. DECIDES that:

(1) the Working Capital Fund shall be established as from 1 January 1961 in the amount of $4 000 000 to which shall be added the assessments of any Members joining the Organization after 30 April 1960;

(2) the advances to the Working Capital Fund shall be assessed on the basis of the 1961 scale of assessment;

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(3) the additional advances will be due and payable prior to 31 December 1963;

(4) the credits due to Members shall be refunded on 1 January 1964 by applying these credits to any contributions outstanding on that date, or to the 1964 assessments;

2. REQUESTS the Member States concerned to provide in their national budgets for the payment of additional advances before 31 December 1963; and

3. AUTHORIZES the Director -General to credit the annual contributions to the budgets for the years 1961 through 1963 to the budgetary income for those years, notwithstanding Financial Regula- tion 5.6;

II

1. AUTHORIZES the Director -General:

(1) to advance from the Working Capital Fund such funds as may be necessary to finance the annual appropriations pending receipt of contributions from Members; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed to the Working Capital Fund as contributions shall become available;

(2) to advance such sums as may be necessary to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses and to increase the relevant appropriation sections accordingly, provided that not more than US $250 000 is used for such purposes, except that with the prior concurrence of the Executive

Board a total of US $500 000 may be so used; and

(3) to advance such sums as may be necessary for the provision of emergency supplies to Member States on a reimbursable basis; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed to the Working Capital Fund when payments are received from the Member States; provided that the total amount so withdrawn shall not exceed US $100 000 at any one time; and provided further that the credit extended to any one Member shall not exceed US $25 000 at any one time;

2. REQUESTS the Director -General to report annually to the Health Assembly:

(1) all advances made under the authority vested in him to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses and the circumstances relating thereto, and to make provision in the estimates for the reimbursement of the Working Capital Fund except when such advances are recoverable from other sources; and

(2) all advances made under the authority of paragraph II.1 (3) for the provision of emergency supplies to Member States, together with the status of reimbursement by Members ;

III

1. DECIDES that the assessments of advances to the Working Capital Fund should be reviewed every five years; and

2. REQUESTS the Executive Board to review the assessment of advances to the Working Capital Fund at its first session in 1965 and to submit a report to the Health Assembly.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.1.3.1; 7.1.3.2 Third, fourth and fifth meetings,

20 and 21 January 1960 EB25.R21 Development of the Malaria Eradication Programme

Having considered the report of the Director -General on the development of the malaria eradication programme,

1. NOTES with gratification that the world is now aware of the concept of malaria eradication;

2. EXPRESSES pride that sixty -five countries and territories have eradication programmes in operation and thirty -three countries and territories have realistic plans for initiating such programmes, which means

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that in terms of human values many hundreds of millions of persons are now profiting from antimalaria programmes and the disease has been eliminated from many regions where previously it was a health problem;

3. RECOGNIZES however that the continuing success of the campaign depends upon adequate staffing, operational supervision and epidemiological assessment;

4.

URGES governments concerned to take the necessary steps for the training and provision of

adequate technical and administrative personnel required for the more effective prosecution of their eradication programme;

5. URGES all national health authorities concerned to strengthen the supervisory and epidemiological assessment activities of their malaria eradication services; and

6. REQUESTS the Director -General to provide increased facilities for the training of the required national personnel and to make available to governments such technical advisory services as may be required to improve their supervisory and epidemiological assessment activities.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.4.2 Third, fourth and fifth meetings,

20 and 21 January 1960 EB25.R22 Amalgamation of Special Accounts into a Single Fund

Having considered a report by the Director -General on amalgamation of special accounts into a single fund;

Recognizing that because of its special nature the Malaria Eradication Special Account should not be included in such a single fund;

Noting that there would be advantages in amalgamating into one single fund, with appropriate sub - accounts, the other accounts established for specific purposes,

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

Having considered the report of the Director - General and the recommendations of the Executive Board on the amalgamation of special accounts into a single fund,

1. DECIDES :

(1) to establish a Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion;

(2) that this fund shall include the following sub-accounts:

(a) General Account for undesignated contributions

(b) Special Account for Smallpox Eradication

(c) Special Account for Medical Research

(d) Special Account for Community Water Supply

(e) any other special accounts which may be placed in the Fund by the Executive Board or the Health Assembly;

(3) that any of the above sub -accounts of the Fund shall be credited with:

(a) voluntary contributions received in any usable currency,

(b) the value of contributions in kind, whether in the form of services or supplies and equipment,

(c) interest earned on investments of moneys in the Fund;

(4)

that any undesignated gifts to the Organization shall be credited to the sub -account

established in paragraph (2) (a) - General Account for undesignated contributions;

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(5) that resources shall not be transferred between sub -accounts, except that resources which accrue in the General Account established in paragraph (2) (a) shall be utilized for purposes to be decided by the World Health Assembly from time to time;

(6) that the resources in the Fund shall be available for incurring obligations for the purposes set out in (7) below and that the unexpended balance(s) of the Fund shall be carried forward from one financial year to the next;

(7) that the Fund shall be used for such purposes as are necessary for the implementation of the programmes, approved by the World Health Assembly, to be financed from the Fund;

(8) that the operations planned to be financed from the Fund shall be presented separately in the annual programme and budget estimates; and

(9) that in accordance with Financial Regulation 11.3, the Fund shall be maintained as a separate account, and its operations shall be presented separately in the Director -General's annual financial report;

2. AUTHORIZES the Executive Board to accept contributions to any of the sub -accounts of the Fund as provided under Article 57 of the Constitution, and to delegate this authority to the Chairman of the Executive Board between sessions of the Board, provided the Director -General has determined that the contribution can be utilized in the programme;

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to report to each session of the Board the contributions to the Fund accepted between sessions of the Board under such authority as the Board may have delegated under the provisions of paragraph 2 above;

4. DECIDES that this resolution supersedes those earlier decisions of the World Health Assembly and of the Executive Board concerning the establishment of a Special Account for Smallpox Eradication, a Special Account for Medical Research and a Special Account for the Community Water Supply Programme; and

5. DECIDES further that assets in the special accounts concerned shall be transferred to the appropriate sub -account, as defined in paragraph 1 (2) of this resolution.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.1.8 Fourth and fifth meetings, 20 and 21 January 1960

EB25.R23 Contributions to the Special Account for Medical Research The Executive Board

Having considered the report of the Director- General on the Special Account for Medical Research,

1. NOTES the report of the Director -General; and

2. THANKS the Government of the United States of America for its generous contribution to the Special Account for Medical Research.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.1.8.3 Fifth meeting, 21 January 1960

EB25.R24 Amendments to the Financial Rules¹ The Executive Board,

In accordance with the provisions of Financial Regulation 16.1,

CONFIRMS the revisions in Rules 108.2, 115.6, 116.2, 116.3, 116.4 and 116.5.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.1.1.2 Sixth meeting, 21 January 1960

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EB25.R25 Amendments to the Staff Rules The Executive Board

1. CONFIRMS, in accordance with Staff Regulation 12.2, the amendments to Staff Rules as reported by the Director -General; 1 and

2. NOTES the launching on 1 January 1960 of a new health insurance scheme for all staff members and the establishment by the Director -General of a Trust Fund to that effect, in accordance with Financial

Regulation 6.6.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 7.3.1.2 Sixth meeting, 21 January 1960

EB25.R26 Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency affecting WHO's Activities (Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Questions) The Executive Board,

Having considered the report of the Director - General on co- ordination with and decisions of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency on administrative, budgetary and financial questions,'

NOTES the report.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 8.1.1.5 Seventh meeting, 22 January 1960

EB25.R27 Accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Director -General with regard to accommodation for the Regional Office for South -East Asia;

2. APPRECIATES that accommodation will be provided very soon; and

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to make a further progress report to the Board at its twenty -sixth session.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 5.2.3.2 Eighth meeting, 22 January 1960

EB25.R28 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,

1. NOTES the report of the Director -General;

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2. NOTES with satisfaction that the UNICEF Executive Board has decided to continue UNICEF's invaluable support for the programme of malaria eradication up to a ceiling of $ 10 million a year and to broaden the criteria for its assistance to this programme;

3. EXPRESSES the hope that UNICEF will find it possible to continue its present level of support to malaria eradication until this programme has been brought to a successful conclusion; and

4. EXPRESSES its satisfaction with the continuing close and effective collaboration between the two organizations.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 8.1.4.2 Ninth meeting, 23 January 1960

EB25.R29 UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy: Report on Twelfth Session The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy on its twelfth session; 1 and

2. THANKS the members of the Joint Committee.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 8.1.4.1 Second and ninth meetings, 19 and 23 January 1960

EB25.R30 Terms of Reference of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Director - General and the report of the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy on its twelfth session; 1

2. APPROVES the terms of reference proposed by the UNICEF /WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy,2 with the addition of the following words in paragraph (2), after the word " reports ", " presented either by the Director - General of the World Health Organization or the Executive Director of UNICEF ".

The terms of reference as amended would then read:

" (1) to review from time to time the overall needs of mothers and children in the health field and to recommend to the UNICEF Executive Board the types of health programmes having as their objectives the improvement of the health of mothers and children which could appropriately receive UNICEF support;

" (2) to receive and review progress and assessment reports presented either by the Director -General of the World Health Organization or the Executive Director of UNICEF on different types of jointly assisted health activities and to recommend to the UNICEF Executive Board any reorientation of health activities that may be necessary;

" (3) to consider any other matters of joint interest to WHO and UNICEF which the Executive Board or the Secretariat of the two organizations may refer to this committee, and to recommend sub- sequent action to UNICEF and, when appropriate, on non -technical matters to the World Health Organization and;

" (4) to report to the UNICEF and WHO Executive Boards on the foregoing matters. "; and

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2 See Annex 13, section 8.

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3. REQUESTS the Director -General to transmit these amended terms of reference to UNICEF for consideration by the UNICEF Executive Board.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 8.1.4.1 Second, ninth and tenth meetings,

19, 23 and 25 January 1960

EB25.R31 Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses: Fifth Report The Executive Board

1. NOTES the fifth report of the Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses;

EB25.R32 Venereal Disease Treatment of Seafarers (International Agreement of Brussels of 1924) The Executive Board,

Having considered that part of the fifth report of the Expert Committee on Venereal Infections and Treponematoses dealing with the International Agreement of Brussels of 1924 regarding venereal disease treatment of seafarers,2

1. TRANSMITS this report to the Thirteenth World Health Assembly; and

2. RECOMMENDS

(1) that the technical definitions, the minimum standards and the appraisal scheme outlined therein be recommended by the Health Assembly to the States Parties to the International Brussels Agreement as the basis for its application and for venereal disease control practice in seafarers; and

(2) that the recommended technical definitions and standards be periodically reviewed by WHO on the advice of its expert committee in the light of technical progress.

EB24.R33 Expert Committee on Public Health Administration: Third Report (Local Health Service) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the third report of the Expert Committee on Public Health Administration (Local Health Service);

1 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 190

2 Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 190. See also Annex 14 of this volume.

' Wld HIM Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1960, 194

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EB25.R34 Expert Committee on Insecticides: Tenth Report (Insect Resistance and Vector Control) The Executive Board

1. NOTES the tenth report of the Expert Committee on Insecticides;

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.8.6 Ninth meeting, 23 January 1960

EB25.R35 Procedure for the Review by the Executive Board of Reports of Expert Committees The Executive Board,

Having considered the information submitted by the Director -General on the present procedure for the review by the Executive Board of expert committees' reports,

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

The Thirteenth World Health Assembly

DECIDES to amend the regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees as follows:

(1) The present regulation 10.4 is to be deleted and replaced by the following:

" 10.4 The Director - General shall be responsible for authorizing the publication of reports of expert committees."

(2) Regulation 10.5 remains as it is.

" 10.6 The Director - General shall submit to each session of the Board a document on the action to be taken with reference to meetings of expert committees held since the previous session of the Board and annex to this document the texts of the reports of such expert committees."

" 10.7 The Executive Board shall consider the report of the Director -General and shall take appropriate action on any matter in that report brought to its attention."

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 1.14.1.2; 1.14.3 Ninth and tenth meetings,

23 and 25 January 1960

EB25.R36 Report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests The Executive Board

1. NOTES the report of the Committee on Gifts or Bequests^{; 2} and 2. THANKS the donors for these gifts.

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EB25.R37 Transfers between Sections of the Appropriation Resolution for 1960 The Executive Board

CONCURS in the transfers proposed by the Director -General between sections of paragraph I of the Appropriation Resolution for 1960 (WHAl2.50) as follows:

Appropria- tion Section

Purpose of Appropriation

PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

Amount voted by Twelfth World Health

Assembly US $

Transfers US$

Revised Appropria-

tions US$

1. World Health Assembly 227050 6 340 233 390

2. Executive Board and its Committees 132 670 ⁶ 590 139 260

3. Regional Committees ¹⁰⁰ 400 3 560 103 960

Total - Part I

460 120 16490 476 610 PART II: OPERATING PROGRAMME

4. Programme Activities 9 714 900 (73 365) 9 641 535

5. Regional Offices ¹ 776 662 41 119 ¹ 817 781

6. Expert Committees 218 920 218 920

7. Other Statutory Staff Costs 3 129 056 22202 3 151 258

Total - Part II

¹⁴ ^{839 538} (10044) 14829 494 PART III: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

8. Administrative Services ¹264 120 12085 ¹ 276 205

9. Other Statutory Staff Costs 354922 (18 531) 336 391

Total - Part III

¹ 619042 (6 446) ¹ 612 596

Total - Parts I, II and III

¹⁶ 918 700 16 918 700 PART IV: RESERVE

10. Undistributed Reserve ¹ 195060 1 195 060

Total - Part IV

¹ ¹⁹⁵⁰⁶⁰ ¹ ¹⁹⁵ ⁰⁶⁰

TOTAL - ALL PARTS 18 113 760 18 113 760

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 2.1.13 Ninth meeting, 23 January 1960

EB25.R38 Invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly outside Headquarters The Executive Board,

Having examined the Director -General's report on the invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly outside headquarters;

Recalling the provisions of resolution WHA5.48 adopted by the Fifth World Health Assembly;

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Noting with appreciation that an invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in India has been extended by the Government of India, which has also agreed to meet the extra costs resulting from the holding of the Assembly and a session of the Executive Board in New Delhi, up to a maximum of $250 000,

1. RECOMMENDS to the Thirteenth World Health Assembly that it accept the invitation of the Government of India ;

2. CONSIDERS that, if the Thirteenth World Health Assembly does so accept, and subject to the usual consultation with the Secretary- General of the United Nations :

(1) the Fourteenth World Health Assembly should be convened in New Delhi on 7 February 1961;

(2) the twenty- seventh session of the Executive Board should also be convened in New Delhi, in relation to that Assembly -the exact date to be decided by the Executive Board at its twenty -sixth session;

(3) the Director - General should make tentative arrangements for the twenty- eighth session of the Board in June 1961 in Geneva, the exact date to be decided by the Executive Board at its twenty - seventh session;

3. CALLS THE ATTENTION of the Thirteenth World Health Assembly to the fact that, should it accept the invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in India, with the consequential rearrangement of the schedule of meetings (listed in paragraph 2 above), it will be necessary to make provision in the appropriation for 1961 to meet the estimated net costs to the Organization for holding the Health Assembly and the Executive Board sessions in that year, which are in excess of the provisions in Official Records No. 97; 1 and

4. RECOMMENDS to the Thirteenth World Health Assembly that it adopt the following resolution:

Having noted the resolution of the Executive Board on the invitation to hold the Fourteenth World Health Assembly outside headquarters,

I

1. EXPRESSES its appreciation for the invitation extended by the Government of India, and for the offer of the Government of India to meet $250 000 of the extra costs resulting from the holding of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in New Delhi and the consequential changes in arrangements for sessions of the Board;

2. DECIDES that the Fourteenth World Health Assembly shall be held in India in 1961;

3. REQUESTS the Director - General to enter into an appropriate agreement with the Government of India with regard to the holding of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly and a session of the Board in New Delhi;

II

DECIDES to suspend the provisions of Rules 5 (c) and 89 (c) of the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, as they relate to the report on the accounts and the report of the external auditor for the year 1960.

Handb. Res., 5th ed., 4.1.1.2 Eighth and tenth meetings, 22 and 25 January 1960

EB25.R39 Date and Place of the Twenty -sixth Session of the Executive Board The Executive Board,

Considering the invitation to have the Fourteenth World Health Assembly in New Delhi in 1961, on which the Thirteenth World Health Assembly will make a decision; and

Taking account of the necessity, as reported by the Director -General, of rearranging the time -table of meetings should the invitation be accepted,

1 Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 100, Chapter IV, para. 13

EXECUTIVE BOARD

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

No. 99

EXECUTIVE BOARD

TWENTY -FIFTH SESSION

GENEVA, 19 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY 1960

PART I

RESOLUTIONS ANNEXES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

ECAFE - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

- Pan American Sanitary Bureau

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

WFUNA - World Federation of United Nations Associations

Index to Resolutions: page 187

CONTENTS

-V -

Joint WHO /UNESCO Expert Committee on Teacher Preparation for Health

Expert Committee on Cancer: Second Report (Histopathology of Soft Tissue

- VI -

- VII -

Appointment of an Ad Hoc Committee of the Board to consider the External

- IX -

-X -

AGENDA1

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INTRODUCTION

RESOLUTIONS

in the Working Capital Fund; and

Board a total of US $500 000 may be so used; and

URGES governments concerned to take the necessary steps for the training and provision of

that any undesignated gifts to the Organization shall be credited to the sub -account

Total - Part I

Total - Part II

Total - Part III

Total - Parts I, II and III

Total - Part IV