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TWELFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

DRAFT FOURTH REPORT' 0? THE С0Ш1ТТЕЕ ON PROGRAMME AND'BUDGET

At its eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth meetings held on 25 May, 26 May and 27 May 1959, the Committee on Programme and Budget decided to recommend to the Twelfth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolutions:

1. Environmental Sanitation

The Twelfth World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Director-General¹ on the work and achievements of the Organization in assisting governments in the field of environmental sanitation, together with his proposals for a future programme,

Recognizing that safe and adequate supplies of water to inhabitants of communities constitute an important measure for the protection and improvement of health and are indispensable for economic and social development,

Recognizing that the provxsion of community water supplies depends upon the closely co-ordinated efforts of engineering, financial and administrative personnel,

Considering that a primaiy deterrent to the early construction of community water supplies on an adequate scale is difficulty in financing, and that

ministries of health are not generally in a position independently to develop schemes for financing of such works, and

Considering that some governments may wish to make funds available to the World Health Organization to provide advisory services to governments in

community water supply programmes in addition to the work financed from the regular budget of the World Health Organization,

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I. 1. ENDORSES the principles and programmes as set forth in general terms in the report of the Director~General; and

2. REQUESTS the Director-General to co-operate with Member States in projects to provide adequate and safe supplies of water to inhabitants of their

communities, and, furthermore, to continue his study of ways and means of

rendering assistance, including an investigation of existing international loan or other funds which might be available for investment in such facilities;

II. RECOMMENDS to Member States

(a) that priority be given in national programmes to the provision of safe and adequate water supplies for communities;

(b) that wherever necessary, national or provincial water boards be established and given authority to deal with the various legal,

administrative and fiscal responsibilities involved in such a programme;

(c) that all available national and local resources of money, materials and services contributory to such a programme be mobilized;

(d) that within each country requiring such a facility a revolving fund be established to provide loans for water supply development to local agencies of governments; and

(e) that full advantage be taken of existing international, loan funds;

III. AUTHORIZES the Executive Board to accept any contributions which may be offered for the purpose of providing assistance to governments in planning, preparing for and providing other technical assistance in the development of community water supply; the Executive Board may delegate this authority to the Chairman of the Board;

2. REQUESTS the Director-General to establish under financial regulations 6.6 and 6.7 a special account for the purposes set forth in paragraph 111,1 above;

3. DECIDES that the funds in the special account shall be available for incurring obligations for the purposes set out in paragraph III.l of this resolution and that notwithstanding financial regulation the unexpended

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balance of the account shall be carried forward from one financial year to the next; and

Л. REQUESTS the Director-General to present the operations financed, or planned to be financed, from the special account separately in the Annual Programme and Budget Estimates and to include the operations of the account separately in the Annual Financial Report;

REQUESTS the Director-General to make adequate provision in future programmes and budgets to allow the Organization to maintain leadership in a co-ordinated global programme of community water supply and to provide the necessary technical and advisory services to governments;

INVITES all multilateral and bilateral agencies having an interest in this field to co-operate with the World Health Organization in carrying out a global water supply programme.

Malaria Eradication Programme

Having considered the Report of the Director-General on the Present Status of the World-Wide Malaria Eradication Effort¹ and the recommendations of the

Executive Board in resolution EB23.R62; , Noting with satisfaction that an increasing number of countries of the

world are undertaking programmes of malaria eradication;

Realizing that malaria eradication means the ending of the transmission of malaria and the elimination of the reservoir of infective cases in a campaign limited in time and carried to such a degree of perfection that, when it comes to an end, there is no resumption of transmission;

Appreciating that, in order to carry such a programme through to.ultimate success, it is essential that there should be not only sound technical planning and direction of operations but also a high degree of efficiency in

administration.and organization supported by adequate legislative action; and

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Realizing further that irx addition to the existing problems, new technical problems can be anticipated which will require a continuation and expansion of co-ordinated research and technical development both in the laboratory and in the fieldj

1. URGES -all governments concerned to ensure that their central and peripheral services for malaria eradication are provided with adequate administrative

machiner/ to meet the stringent demands of such time-limited programme ;

2. REQUESTS the Dire с tor-General to make available., on request, to governments . the requisite specialized administrative as well as technical advisory services, and

3. REQUESTS the Director-General to intensify research in the problems of malaria eradication.

3. Appropriation Resolution for I960

RESOLVES to appropriate for the financial year I960 an amount of US| 18 113 760 as follows г

I. Appropriation Amount

Section Purpose of Appropriation US$5 PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

1. World Health Assembly 227 050 2. Executive Board and its Committees . . 132 670 3. Regional Committees 100 400 Total - Part I 460 120 PART II: OPERATING PROGRAMME

4. Programme Activities 9 714 900 5. Regional Offices 1 776 662 6. Expert Committees 218 920 7. Other Statutory Staff Costs . . . . 3 129 056 Total - Part II 14 839 538

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Appropriation Amount Section Purpose of Appropriation US$

PART IIIî ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

8. Administrative Services 1 264 120 9. Other Statutory Staff Costs 354 922

Total - Part III 1 619 042 Sub-total - Parts I, II and III 16 918 700 PART IVs RESERVE

10. Undistributed Reserve 1 195 ОбО Total - Part IV 1 195 ОбО TOTAL - ALL PARTS 18 113 760

Amounts not exceeding the appropriation voted under paragraph I shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the period 1 January to 31 December 1960 in accordance with the provisions of the Financial

Regulations.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the Director-General shall limit the obligations to be incurred during the financial year I960 to the effective working budget established by the World Health Assembly, i.e.

Parts I, II and III.

The appropriation voted under paragraph I shall be financed by contributions from Members after deduction of:

(i) the amount of | 724 000 available by reimbursement from the Special Account of the Expanded Programme of

Technical Assistance

(ii) the amount of $ 31 960 representing assessments on new Members from previous years

(iii) the amount of 4> 441 040 representing miscellaneous income available for the purpose

(iv) the amount of & 27 000 available by transfer from the Revolving Sales Fund

1 224 000

thus resulting in assessments against Members of $ 16 889 760

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IV. The Director-General is authorized, with the prior concurrence of the Executive Board or of any committee to which it may delegate appropriate authority, to transfer credits between sections.

V, When the Executive Board or any committee to which it may have delegated appropriate authority is riot in session, the Director-General is authorized, with the prior written concurrence of the majority of the Members of the Board or such committee, to transfer credits between sections. The Director-General shall report such transfers to the Executive Board at its next session.

VI. -Notwithstanding the provisions of the Financial Regulations, the Director- General is authorized to charge as an obligation against the I960 appropriations the costs, including transportation, of operational supplies and equipment for which contracts have been entered into prior to 31 December I960.

VII» In respect of the printing of publications, the Director-General is authorized, notwithstanding, the provicions of the Financial Regulations, to charge as an obligation against the i960 appropriation the cost of publications for which complete manuscripts shall have been delivered to and received by the printer prior to 31 December I960»

VIII. . . - Notwithstanding the provisions of the Financial Regulations, the Director- General is authorized to charge as an obligation against the I960 appropriation - the entire"costs relating to short-term consultants whose period of assignment

may not have been completed by the end of the fiscal year.

4. Report on the Establishment of the Special Fund by the General Assembly of the United Nations (Resolutions 1219 (XII) and 12Д0 (XIII))

Having considered the report of the Director-General"¹" and the recommendations of the Executive Board on the establishment of the Special Fund by the General Assembly of the United Nations;

Considering the responsibility of the World Health Organization as laid down in its Constitution,

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1. DELEGATES to the Executive Board the authority to act on behalf of the World Health Assembly concerning any question related to the Special Fund, and

2. AUTHORIZES the Director-General to co-operate with the Special Fund and to enter into working arrangements for the provision of services and the execution of health projects.

Co-operation with United Nations and Specialized Agencies and Their Decisions Affecting WHO's Activities

Having examined the report of the Director-General on the Co-operation with United Nations and Specialized Agencies and their decisions affecting the

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Considering Resolution 1320 (XIII) adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the subject of Rosters of Scientific and Technical Personnel of the less-developed countriesj

Believing that, at all events in the sphere of competence of WHO, the preparation and keeping up to date of such Rosters would meet with considerable practical difficulties and require much time and heavy expenditurej and

Noting that, in the sphere of health, the regional offices of WHO keep themselves continually aware of the existence of scientific and technical personnel whose services might be utilized outside their respective countries, 1. BELIEVES that, in the sphere of health, the advantages to be derived from such Rosters would not counterbalance the considerable difficulties and the expenditure involved in preparing them and keeping them up to date; and 2. REQUESTS the Director-General to present these views to the Economic and Social Council at its twenty-eighth session.

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6. • Resolution 680 3 II (XXVI) of the Economic and Social Council; Ritual Operations

Noting resolution 680 В II (XXVI) of the Economic and Social Council inviting the World Health Organization to undertake a study of the persistence of customs which subject girls to ritual operations and of the measures

adopted or planned for putting a stop to such practices! and

Noting resolution EB23.R75 adopted by the Executive Board at its twenty- third session,

1. CONSIDERS that the ritual operations in question are based on social and cultural backgrounds, the study of which is outside the competence of the World Health Organization!

2. REQUESTS the Director-General, if the study envisaged by the Economic and Social Council is to be undertaken by other organizations, to provide any information of a medical character he may have available! and

3. REQUESTS the Director-General to communicate the present resolution to the Economic and Social Council.