、W O R L D HEALTH ORGANIZATION A43/B/Conf.Paper N o . 7
叙 ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE 12 May 1990
F O R T Y ^ T H I R D W O R L D H E A L T H A S S E M B L Y A g e n d a item 32.1
C O L L A B O R A T I O N W I T H I N T H E U N I T E D N A T I O N S S Y S T E M Effects o n n u c l e a r w a r o n h e a l t h and h e a l t h s e r v i c e s (Draft r e s o l u t i o n p r o p o s e d b y the d e l e g a t i o n s of B h u t a n . K u w a i t .
M e x i c o . N a m i b i a . N e p a l . N i c a r a g u a a n d S e n e g a l )
T h e F o r t y - t h i r d W o r l d H e a l t h A s s e m b l y ,
B e a r i n g in m i n d the p r i n c i p l e laid d o w n in the W H O C o n s t i t u t i o n t h a t the h e a l t h o f a l l p e o p l e s is f u n d a m e n t a l to the a t t a i n m e n t of p e a c e and security;
R e c a l l i n g r e s o l u t i o n s W H A 3 4 . 3 8 , W H A 3 6 . 2 8 arid W H A 4 0 . 2 4 on the e f f e c t s of n u c l e a r w a r on h e a l t h and h e a l t h services;
A p p r e c i a t i n g the e f f o r t s to limit the n u m b e r of n u c l e a r w e a p o n s , w h i l e a t the same time n o t i n g that these w e a p o n s still e x i s t and c o n t i n u e to b e p r o d u c e d , thus m a k i n g it n e c e s s a r y for h e a l t h p r o f e s s i o n a l s to b e t r a i n e d in a n d h a v e a t h o r o u g h k n o w l e d g e of the m e d i c a l a s p e c t s of n u c l e a r w a r ;
H a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d the p r e v i o u s two r e p o r t s as w e l l as the p r e s e n t r e v i e w of o n g o i n g r e s e a r c h o n the e f f e c t s o f n u c l e a r w a r o n h e a l t h a n d h e a l t h s e r v i c e s p r e p a r e d b y the m a n a g e m e n t group on f o l l o w - u p of r e s o l u t i o n WHA40.24;
(1) T H A N K S the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l and the m a n a g e m e n t group;
(2) U R G E S the g o v e r n m e n t s o f M e m b e r States to take n o t e of the h e a l t h a s p e c t s of n u c l e a r w a r and s t r e n g t h e n their e f f o r t s to p r e v e n t it;
(3) R E Q U E S T S the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l :
(1) to c o n t i n u e to e n t r u s t the W H O M a n a g e m e n t Group w i t h the m o n i t o r i n g of
d e v e l o p m e n t s in r e s e a r c h r e l a t e d to the e f f e c t s of n u c l e a r w a r o n h e a l t h a n d h e a l t h s e r v i c e s , in c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h s c i e n t i f i c c o m m u n i t i e s e s t a b l i s h e d b y the U n i t e d N a t i o n s and other o r g a n i z a t i o n s , in order to ensure a c o n t i n u o u s e x c h a n g e of
i n f o r m a t i o n , to p r e v e n t o v e r l a p p i n g of a c t i v i t i e s and to i d e n t i f y r e l e v a n t h e a l t h a s p e c t s n o t c o v e r e d b y p r e v i o u s reports;
(2) to r e p o r t p e r i o d i c a l l y to the H e a l t h A s s e m b l y on p r o g r e s s in this field;
(3) to p r o m o t e u n d e r g r a d u a t e and p o s t g r a d u a t e t r a i n i n g of h e a l t h p e r s o n n e l in p r o b l e m s r e l a t e d to the e f f e c t s of n u c l e a r w a r on h e a l t h a n d h e a l t h s e r v i c e s .