UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
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D E LA SANTÉ
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE THIRD TOKLD HEALTH
A3-4/SR/15 11 April 1951 ASSEMBLY TO CONSIDER
THE DRAFT INTERNATIONAL SANITARY REGULATIONS
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
DRAFT INTERNATIONAL SANITARY REGULATIONS Sanitary Organization at Seaports and Airports
Articles 12 to 17
Note by the United Kingdom Delegation
In the view of the United Kingdom Delegation the requirements in Articles 12 to 16' of the draft Regulations are, in general, much too detailed, and in their present form they are likely to give rise to objections to their
acceptance by many countries.
The United Kingdom Delegation does not consider it necessary to introduce into international regulations the proposed new category of "sanitary seaport".
Further, it is considered that it is no longer necessary to retain in their present detailed form the provisions in the existing Conventions relating to sanitary airports.
The Delegation is of the opinion that the needs of international health would best be served by stating in the Regulations that seaports and airports
should as far as possible have at their disposal adequate medical and sanitary facilities to meet the needs of their international traffic.
At the same time the Delegation has taken into consideration the. footnote to Article 46 on page 42 of the draft Regulations relating to Deratting
Certificates and Deratting Exemption Certificates. It would probably be best
if there were two kinds of "approved ports'' - one at which there were available
the staff and equipment for inspecting and deratting ships and the issue of
both Deratting Certificates and Deratting Exemption Certificates, and the other
which did net have at its disposal the necessary staff and equipment for
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deratting but where inspection could be carried out and Deratting Exemption Certificates issued.
The United Kingdom Delegation therefore proposes that the following new Articles 12 and 13 should be substituted for Articles 12 to 16 in the draft Regulations, that Article 17 should be amended as shown below and that for the definition of "approved port" there should be substituted the two new definitions following:
Article 12
1. Each health administration shall as far as possible ensure that ports and airports in its territory shall have at their disposal an organization and equipment sufficient for the application of the measures provided for in these Regulations.
2. In any case there shall be available to the larger ports and airports, in proportion to the importance of their international trade and intercourse, an organized medical service with adequate staff, equipment and premises, and in particular facilities for the prompt isolation and care of infected persons, for disinfection or any other prophylactic measure required by these Regulations, and for bacteriological investigation.
3. There shall be in every port and airport an efficient
organization for the destruction of rodents in all port and airport installations. Every effort shall be made to extend rat-proofing to such installations.
Article 13
1. Each health administration shall ensure that there is available at a sufficient number of the ports in its territory the personnel competent to inspect ships with a view to the issue of the Deratting Exemption Certificates referred to in Article 46 and the health administration shall approve such ports for that purpose.
2. The health administration shall designate a number of the approved ports in its territory, in proportion to the importance of its international trade and intercourse, as having at their
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disposal the equipment and personnel necessary for the deratting of ships with a view to the issue of the Deratting Certificates referred to in Article 46.Article 17
1. Each health administration shall:
(a) send to the Organization lists of the approved ports and designated approved ports in its territory;
(b) notify to the Organization any change which may occur from time to time in the lists required by sub-paragraph
(a) of this paragraph.
Definitions
"approved port" means a port approved in accordance with paragraph 1. of Article 13.
"designated approved port" means an approved port designated in accordance with paragraph 2. of Article 13.
10 April 1951
