Considering that the report of the Permanent Committee of the Executive Committee on Revision of the Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council (Document CE17/13) notes that amendments to the said Rules are necessarily dependent upon changes that may be introduced in the Constitution of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, and that the Permanent Committee has decided to postpone the presentation of a set of definitive draft Rules of Procedure until the proposed Constitution has been finally adopted by the Organization;
Considering that the aforesaid Permanent Committee has recommended that, as a temporary measure, Resolution XV adopted at the V Meeting of the Directing Council be implemented by appropriate amendments to the present Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council; and
Considering that the Executive Committee has concurred in the point of view of the Permanent Committee in this regard,
To adopt forthwith, on a provisional basis, the proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council as set forth in Resolution V, which was approved by the Executive Committee at its 17th Meeting.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 7
CD6.R2
The Directing Council,To transmit to the Governments of the Member States, as the annual report of the Directing Council to the Participating Governments, the Final Report of the VI Meeting of the Directing Council and the Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 8
CD6.R3
The Directing Council,To express its thanks to Dr. NAcianceno Romero (Chile), Chairman of the 16th Meeting of the Executive Committee, for the report presented on the activities of the Executive Committee (Document CD6/16) and to congratulate the Committee on the work done.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 8
CD6.R4
The Directing Council,Considering that the Director has presented Document CD6/15 on the status of the Working Capital Fund, according to which the balance of this Fund as of 1 January 1953 will be approximately $306,000 more than is necessary to finance the programs and operations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau in 1953,
1. To approve the expenditure of the estimated $306,000 surplus of the Working Capital Fund as of 31 December 1952 for the following specific purposes:
a) Construction and alteration work on the buildings of the interim headquarters, this sum to be expended as decided by the Permanent Subcommittee on Buildings and Installations, in consultation with the Director$135,180
b)Translation and publication of 2,000 copies of a book on public health administration$10,900
c) Program for the eradication of smallpox$ 75,000
d) Additional fellowships to be awarded in 1953$ 84,920
2. To authorize the Executive Committee to study, in consultation with the Director, whether or not it will be possible for the Bureau to finance construction and alteration work up to the total cost thereof, amounting to $209,820, and to authorize such expenditure if deemed advisable.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 8
CD6.R5
The Directing Council,Considering Resolution IX of the 17th Meeting of the Executive Committee and the accompanying documents on the work of the Subcommittee on Interim Headquarters (Document CE17/10),
1. To express its thanks to the Subcommittee on Interim Headquarters for the work accomplished.
2. To approve the action taken to date by the Subcommittee on Interim Headquarters.
3. To interpret the word "interim" as involving a period of at least ten years.
4. To establish a Permanent Subcommittee on Buildings and Installations, with a membership of three to be determined by the Executive Committee, for the purpose of advising the Director and the constituent bodies of the Organization on questions relating to [Headquarters] buildings and installations.
5. To instruct the Permanent Subcommittee to submit its reports to the Executive Committee to make comments thereon for transmittal to the Directing Council.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 9
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The Directing Council,1.To appropriate for the financial year 1953 an amount of $2,060,000, as follows:
2. [To approve that] amounts not exceeding the appropriation noted under paragraph 1 be [made] available for the payment of obligations estimated in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the Bureau during the period 1 January to 31 December 1953, inclusive.
3. [To approve that] the appropriations as noted above be financed by assessments from the Member Governments according to Article 60 of the Pan American Sanitary Code.
4. [To authorize] the Director to transfer credits between Parts I, II, and III of the budget, provided that such transfers of credits between parts do not exceed 10 per cent of the part from which the credits are transferred. Transfers of credits between these parts of the budget in excess of 10 per cent may be made with the prior concurrence of the Executive Committee, obtained by correspondence if necessary. All transfers of budget credits between these parts of the budget shall be reported to the Directing Council.
5. [To approve that] such income as may accrue to sums appropriated for the purpose of Building Loan retirement during 1953 be handled in accordance with the Financial Regulations, Article VI, Section 6.1.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 10
CD6.R7
The Directing Council,Considering that the Director has presented to the Executive Committee information and estimates on the cost of translating and publishing a textbook in Spanish on public health administration, pursuant to Resolution XVI of the 16th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
Considering that the Executive Committee adopted Resolution X at its 17th Meeting, recommending that the Directing Council approve the translation into Spanish and the publication by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau of the textbook Principles of Public Health Administration, by John J. Hanlon,
To approve the translation and the publication by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau of the textbook Principles of Public Health Administration, by John J. Hanlon.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 11
CD6.R8
The Directing Council,To take note of Document CD6/30, on the Pan American Public Health Association, as submitted by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 11
CD6.R9
The Directing Council,Considering that the fundamental purpose of the Pan American Sanitary Organization is to promote and coordinate efforts of the countries of the Western Hemisphere in order to combat disease, lengthen life, and promote the physical and mental health of the people;
Considering that the World Health Organization states, in Article 1 of its Constitution, that its objective shall be the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health;
Considering that the accomplishment of these objectives requires the combined experience and knowledge of experts selected for their efficiency and integrity-experts working in an executive secretariat of a permanent nature, as is the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, the Regional Office of the World Health Organization;
Recognizing that due consideration should be given the international character of the staff and its geographical distribution, thus ensuring the participation of all the countries in the achievement of the aims pursued by the aforementioned organizations;
Considering that the activities of the international staff, in accordance with the principles that shape the efforts of the organizations, benefit all the countries of the Hemisphere;
Considering that the ultimate aim with regard to staff is the creation of an international career service of public health workers; and
Considering that a more effective performance of their duties would be assured if the experts could retain their positions in their own countries and remain subject to the legal provisions protecting civil servants,
To instruct the Director to request the Member Governments to submit opinions on the question of retainment of positions in their own countries by the international staff of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 11
CD6.R10
The Directing Council,Considering Resolution XV of the 14th Meeting of the Executive Committee and the report and draft revised Constitution presented by the Permanent Committee on Revision of the Constitution;
Having been informed of the report of the Committee on Inter-American Organizations of the Council of the Organization of American States on the proposed revisions of the Constitution of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, a document not yet transmitted to the Member Governments; and
Deeming it advisable to postpone such revision until there is more information on the opinions of the Governments and the interested agencies,
1. To postpone the revision of the Constitution until the opinions of the majority of the Governments and the interested agencies are known.
2. To refer to the Governments the existing documents, the opinions of other Governments, the report of the Council of the Organization of American States, and the opinion of the World Health Organization on the proposed revision of the Constitution.
3. To transmit the additional documents on the subject to the Permanent Committee on Revision of the Constitution, which was appointed by the Executive Committee at its 15th Meeting and is composed of the Representatives of Chile, the Dominican Republic, and the United States of America, so that it may prepare a new draft revision or reaffirm the present revised text.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 12
CD6.R11
The Directing Council,Having noted the approval given by the Executive Committee at its 16th Meeting (Resolution XI) to the Financial Report of the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for the Financial Year 1951, and having considered both reports,
To approve the Financial Report of the Director and the Report of the External Auditor for the Financial Year 1951.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 13
CD6.R12
The Directing Council,Having considered the report of the Director on agreements between the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and the Member Governments concerning privileges and immunities granted to the Bureau (Document CD6/8),
To note and approve the aforementioned report of the Director.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 13
CD6.R13
The Directing Council,1. To take note of the Staff Rules of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau as amended by the Director and confirmed, with certain modifications, by the Executive Committee at its 16th Meeting (Resolution XII) and at its 17th Meeting (Resolution VI).
2.To request the Director to prepare draft regulations on the promotion of personnel from within the Bureau and present them at the 19th Meeting of the Executive Committee.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 13
CD6.R14
The Directing Council,Considering that Document CD6/5, Summary of Proposed Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for 1954, has been presented to the Directing Council; and
Considering that, in the course of the discussion to which that document gave rise, the majority of the representatives expressed the opinion that the budget of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for 1954 could not be approved at this meeting,
To request the Director to transmit the Summary of Proposed Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for 1954 to the Governments, requesting them to make known their observations thereon before the 19th Meeting of the Executive Committee, which will be held in 1953.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 14
CD6.R15
The Directing Council,Considering that the Proposed Program and Budget of the World Health Organization for the Region of the Americas for 1954, prepared by the Director, has been presented to the Directing Council,
To transmit this Proposed Program and Budget for the Region of the Americas for 1954 (Document CD6/6) to the Director-General of the World Health Organization so that he may take it into consideration in the preparation of the budget of the World Health Organization and so that the Executive Board may formulate its observations and the Sixth World Health Assembly take action thereon.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 14
CD6.R16
The Directing Council,Considering that the payment of per diem and travel expenses to Technical Assistance employees under the policies of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the performance of technical services has created financial and constitutional difficulties; and
Considering these requirements with regard to foreign specialists not only represent an additional expense but also encumber the procedures for engaging experts needed in essential programs,
1. To express the desire of the American public health organizations that negotiations be undertaken in the United Nations to obtain the elimination of the payment of per diem and travel expenses, by the interested countries, to employees sent on Technical Assistance missions.
2. To request the Director of the Bureau to call this resolution to the special attention of the ministries of public health and foreign affairs of the Member Countries.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 15
CD6.R17
The Directing Council,Considering that the members of the Directing Council and the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau have expressed their desire that a program of economies and decentralization be carried out in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau; and,
Considering that it is desirable that this purpose be achieved promptly, without affecting the fundamental activities of the Bureau,
1.To establish a committee of three members of the Directing Council, [whose duties would be to] study the measures that would be appropriate to take in order to effect economies and decentralize the activities of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and to report periodically thereon to the Executive Committee and the Directing Council at their meetings in 1953 and, if necessary, at their later meetings. This committee will be composed of representatives of Chile, Mexico, and the United States of America.
2.To authorize the Director to defray the expenses of this committee.
3.To authorize the committee to utilize, if necessary, the services of expert advisers and to take into consideration the suggestions made.
4. o authorize the Executive Committee to apply any economies effected to additional projects in field programs.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 15
CD6.R18
The Directing Council,Considering that the Executive Committee and the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau have complied with paragraph 4 of Resolution VI on Program and Budget Policy of the Pan American Sanitary Organization adopted by the Directing Council at its V Meeting;
Considering that the Executive Committee at its 16th Meeting adopted Resolution V approving the development of a long-range program; and
Considering that the Executive Committee has submitted to the Directing Council for approval certain guiding principles for continuous planning, requesting at the same time that the Director be entrusted with the preparation of budgets in harmony with this program,
1. To postpone its decision on this important matter in order to make possible a fuller exchange of information and opinions among the Member States, and between them and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
2. To request the Director to continue the studies on this topic and submit the documents he compiles to the Executive Committee for consideration and to the VII Meeting of the Directing Council for final decision.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 16
CD6.R19
The Directing Council,Considering that the Directing Council has taken into consideration Resolution II adopted at the 17th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
Considering that it is convinced of the need to promote administrative measures that will benefit equally the international staff members of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau who work at Headquarters and those who work away from Headquarters;
Considering that it has been recognized that there are obvious advantages in having the staff rules and salary schedules of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau uniform with those of the World Health Organization; and
Considering that the adoption of administrative policies identical to those already adopted or that may be adopted by the World Health Organization might, in certain cases, make it difficult to institute provisions that would be equitable and just for the entire staff of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau wherever employed,
1. To request the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to study the principles that govern the remuneration of the staff members and to transmit his recommendations on the matter to the Executive Committee.
2. To request the Director and the Executive Committee to inform the Directing Council at its VII Meeting of the results of this study.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 16
CD6.R20
The Directing Council,Considering that in the course of the discussion on Document CD6/7, "Study of the Fundamental Principles of Pan American Health," various representatives expressed the view that it was not advisable to continue the discussion,
To suspend the studies begun on the fundamental principles of Pan American Health.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 17
CD6.R21
The Directing Council,1. To take note of the resolutions of the Ninth Session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization and of the Fifth World Health Assembly in regard to the annual reports from the Member States under Articles 61 and 62 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization.
2. To consider that the annual reports from the Member States will fulfill the obligations under Articles 61 and 62 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization and [also] those under Resolution VII of the XIII Pan American Sanitary Conference.
3. To invite and urge the Member States to request and utilize the consultant services of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau in reviewing the form and content of their annual reports.
4. To request the Director to use the information contained in such reports in answering inquires from the Member States.
5. To request the Executive Committee to consider further the form of the annual reports from the Member States in order to improve their usefulness to the Organization and to the Member States themselves.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 17
CD6.R22
The Directing Council,Considering that a committee of the Directing Council has been named to study and report on the measures that would be appropriate to take in order to effect economies and decentralize the activities of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau,
To postpone examination of Topic 15 of the agenda of the VI Meeting (preliminary report on evaluation of the activities of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Document CD6/18) until the VII Meeting of the Directing Council.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 18
CD6.R23
The Directing Council,Considering that the sum of $75,000 from the Working Capital Fund has been assigned to the initiation of a supplementary program against smallpox in the Americas in 1953; and
Considering that it is essential, for the success of this supplementary program, to assure its continuity in the years following 1953,
To authorize the Executive Committee to include the supplementary program against smallpox in the intercountry programs of the Proposed Program and Budget of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for 1954 and to assign an amount sufficient to assure its continuity.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 18
CD6.R24
The Directing Council,To approve the Annual Report of the Director to the Member Governments of the Pan American Sanitary Organization for 1951 (Document CD6/13).
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 19
CD6.R25
The Directing Council,The next meetings of the Executive Committee and of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization are to be held in Washington, D.C., in 1953,
To authorize the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to convoke the 20th Meeting of the Executive Committee, the VII Meeting of the Directing Council, and the 21st Meeting of the Executive Committee for the following dates, approximately
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 19
CD6.R26
The Directing Council,Elected Brazil, Haiti, and Panama to fill the vacancies on the Executive Committee created by the termination of the periods of office of El Salvador, Peru, and the United States of America.
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 19
CD6.R27
The Directing Council,The Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization expresses its gratitude to:
His Excellency Major General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar, President of the Republic of Cuba. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare, and the Delegate of the government in the National Capitol.
The Directing Council likewise records its gratitude to:
The members of the Delegation of the Republic of Cuba, the Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, as well as to all the personnel of the National Capitol, who have helped to facilitate the work of the Council and its Secretariat, the press, radio, and television of Cuba, and
The Director, the Secretary General, and the staff members of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and all those who have cooperated so efficiently and responsibly in the work of the VI Meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Sept. 1952 OD 2, 20