^ 1963 W O R L D H E A... ORGANISATION MONDIALE

WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE
DE LA SANTE
SIXTEENTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
PROCEDURAL DECISIONS
LIST OF RESOLUTIONS
AND INDEX
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I.
(i)
PROCEDURAL DECISIONS
Composition of the Committee on Credentials
The Sixteenth World Health Assembly appointed a Committee on Credentials
consisting of delegates of the following twelve Members:
Australia, Bulgaria, Canada,
Cyprus, Ghana, Madagascar, Malaya, Nepal, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Syria.
(First plenary meeting, 7 May 196j5)
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(ii)
Composition of the Committee on Nominations
'The Sixteenth World Health Assembly appointed a Committee on Nominations
consisting of delegates of the following twenty-four Members:
Argentina, Cambodia, .
Congo (Leopoldville), France, Gabon, India, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mexico,
Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Thailand, Tunisia, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela.
(First plenary meeting, 7 May 196j5)
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(iii)
Verification of Credentials
The Sixteenth World Health Assembly recognized the validity of the credentials
of the following delegations:
Members
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African
Republic, Ceylon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo
(Leopoldville), Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia,
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Finland, France, Gabon, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait,- Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Federation of Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco,
Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda,^
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden,
Switzerland, Syria, Tanganyika,^ Thailand, Togo,"1" Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uganda, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Republic, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Upper Volta, Venezuela,
Viet Nam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia.
Associate Members
Kenya, Mauritius.
(First, Third, Seventh and Thirteenth
plenary meetings, 7, 8, 14 and
_ 23 May I963 )
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(iv)
Election of Officers of the Sixteenth World Health Assembly
The Sixteenth World Health Assembly, after considering the recommendation of the
Committee on Nominations, elected the following officers:
President:
Dr M. A. MAJEKODUNMI (Nigeria)
Vice-Presidents:
Dr R. GERIC (Yugoslavia)
Dr Sushila NAYAR (India)
Mr A. Rahman bin H. TALIB (Federation
of Malaya) '
(Second plenary meeting, 7 May I963 )
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Credentials provisionally accepted
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(v)
Election of Officers of the Main Committees
The Sixteenth World Health Assembly, after considering the recommendations of
the Committee on Nominations, elected the following officers of the main committees:
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET
Chairman:
Dr V. V. OLGUIN (Argentina)
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND LEGAL MATTERS
Chairman:
Mr I. T. KITTANi (Iraq)
(Second plenary meeting, 7 May
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1963 )
The main committees subsequently elected the following officers:
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET
Vice-Chairman:
Dr S. P. TCHOUNGUI (Cameroon)
Rapporteur:
Dr M. SENTICI (Morocco)
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND LEGAL MATTERS
(vi)
Vice-Chairman:
Dr J. VYSOHLID (Czechoslovakia)
Rapporteur:
Dr A. L. BRAVO (Chile)
Establishment of the General Committee
The Sixteenth World Health Assembly, after considering the recommendations of
the Committee on Nominations, elected the delegates of the following fourteen
countries as members of the General Committee:
Cambodia, Canada, Congo (Leopoldville),
Dahomey, France, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Sweden, Tanganyika, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United
States of America.
(Second plenary meeting, 7 May I963 )
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(vii)
Adoption of the Agenda
The Sixteenth World Health Assembly adopted the provisional agenda prepared
by the Executive Board at its thirty-first session.
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II.
LIST OF RESOLUTIONS
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- Appointment of the Director-General
WHA16.2
- Contract of the Director-General
WHAI6.3
- Admission of New Associate Members:
Mauritius
WHA16.4
- Admission of New Associate Members:
Kenya
WHAI6.5
- Financial Report on the Accounts of WHO for the year
the External Auditor
WHAI6.6
- Supplementary Budget Estimates for
WHA16.7
- Assessments of New Members for
WHA16.8
- Addition to Schedule A to the Appropriation Resolution for the Financial
Years 1962 and I963
WHAI6.9
- Accommodation for the Regional Office for Africa
WHA16.10
- Scale of Assessment for 1964
WHAl6.ll
- Election of Members Entitled to Designate a Person to Serve on the
Executive Board
1962
1962
and Report of
1963
and
1963
WHAI6 .I2 - Annual Report of the Director-General for
1962
•
WHA16.13 - Effective Working Budget and Budget Level for 1964
WHAl6.l4 - Appointment of the External Auditor
WHAI6 .I5 - Amendments to the Staff Rules
WHAl6.l6 - Selection of the Country in which the Seventeenth World Health Assembly
will be Held
WHAI6 .I7 - Malaria Eradication Special Account
WHAI6 .I8 - Malaria Eradication Postage Stamps
WHA16.19 - Annual Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board for I96 I
WHAI6 .2 O
- Status of Collection of Annual Contributions and of Advances to the
Working Capital Fund
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WHAI6 .2 I - Appointment of Representatives to the WHO Staff Pension Committee
WHA16.22
- Headquarters Accommodation:
WHA16-.23
- Report on Development of the Malaria Eradication Programme
WHA16.24
- Developments in Activities Assisted Jointly with UNICEF
WHAI6.25
- Television Influence on Youth
WHA16.26
- Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion:
Medical Research
WHAI6.27
- Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion:
Community Water Supply
WHAI6.28
- Appropriation Resolution for the Financial Year 1964
WHA16.29
- Organizational Study: Measures for Providing Effective Assistance in
Medical Education and Training to Meet Priority Needs of the Newly
Independent and Emerging Countries
WHAI0 .3 O - Organizational Study:
Progress Report
Methods of Planning and Execution of Projects
WHAI6.3I
- Continued Assistance to Newly Independent States
WHAI6.32
- Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and IAEA Affecting
WHO's Activities: Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Matters Inter-organization Machinery for Matters of Pay and Allowances
WHA16.33
- Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and IAEA Affecting
WHO's Activities: Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Matters Conference Arrangements
WHA16.34
- Additional Regulations of 23 May I963 Amending the International
Sanitary Regulations in Particular with Respect to Notifications
WHA16.35 - Committee on International Quarantine:
Eleventh Report
WHAI6.36 - Clinical and Pharmacological Evaluation of Drugs
WHA16.37 - Smallpox Eradication Programme
WHAI6.38 - Clinical and Pharmacological Evaluation of Drugs:
WHA16.39
WHA16.40
Standards of Drugs
- Decisions of the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and the IAEA
Affecting WHO's Activities: Programme Matters
United Nations Development Decade
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WHA16.41 - Extension of the Agreement with UNRWA
WHA16.42 - Joint FAO/WHO Programme on Food Standards (Codex Alimentarius)
WHA16.43 - Meetings of the Regional Committee for Africa
WHA16.44 - Reports of the Executive Board on its Thirtieth and Thirty-first Sessions
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III.
INDEX TO RESOLUTIONS
Africa Accommodation for the Regional Office ................
WHA16.9
Meetings of the Regional Committee
WHA16.43
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..........
Agenda, adoption .......................................
(vii)
Agreement with UNRWA ...................................
WHAl6.4l
Annual Report of the Director-General for 1962 ............
WHA16.12
Appropriation Resolution for 1964
........................................
WHA16.28
Assessments, scale of, for -
1962
1964
and
1 9 6 3 ..................................... WHA16.7;
............................................
Assistance to newly independent States...................
WHA16.10
WHAI6 .3 I
Associate Members Mauritius........................ ...............
WHAlb.3
Kenya............................................
WHA16.4
Budget .........
WHAI6.13
..............
WHA16.6
Clinical and pharmacological evaluation of drugs ..........
WHAI6.36
level for
1964 , and
effective working budget
supplementary budget estimates for
Standards of drugs
1963
...............................
WHAI6.38
Codex Alimentarius .....................................
WHA16.42
Committee on Credentials ...............................
(i)
Committee on International Quarantine, eleventh report . . . .
WHA16.35
WHA16.8
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Committee on Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ix)
Conference FAO/WHO on Food Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHA16.42
Contract of the Director-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHA16.2
Contributions; status of collection
WHA16.20
.............
Director-General appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHA16.1
annual report for I962
WHA16.12
contract
...... ..... .... ..
..............
.........
Drugs, clinical and pharmacological evaluation . . . . . . . .
WHA16.2
WHA16 .36 ; WHAI6.58
Executive Board election of Members entitled to designate a person to
serve on the Executive Board . ........... .......... WHAl6 .ll
thirtieth and thirty-first sessions, reports
......
WHA16.44
External Auditor appointment ........................... ......... ... WHA16.1.4
report for
1962
.........
..........
.....
WHA16.5
FAO/WHO, joint programme on food standards................. WHA.l6.42
Financial Report on the accounts of WHO for
1962
....... . .
General Committee, establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Headquarters Accommodation, progress report
WHAI6.5
(vi)
.........
WHA16.22
.........
WHA16.35
Health Assembly; see World Health Assembly
International Quarantine, eleventh report
International Sanitary Regulations: Additional Regulations cf
23 May 1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHA16.34
Kenya; New Associate Member
WHA16.4
........... ..... .
Main Committees; election of officers
............
(v)
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Malaria development of the programme .......................
WHA16.23
postage stamps ...................................
WHA16.18
Special Account
.................................
WHAI6 .I7
Mauritius, New Associate Member ........................
WHA16.3
Measures for providing effective assistance in medical
education and training to meet priority needs of newly
independent and emerging countries ......... . .......
WHA16.29
Member States assessments for
1962
..............................
WHAI6.7
assessments for
1963
..............................
WHAI6.7
assessments for 1964 ..............................
Methods of planning and execution of projects . . .
.......
WHA16.10
WHAI6 .3 O
New Associate Members ................................. WHA16.3;
WHA16.4
Officers of the Assembly.................................
(iv)
of the main committees............................
(v)
Organizational Studies Measures for providing effective assistance in medical
education and training to meet priority need.s- of newly
independent and emerging countries ................
WHA16.29
Methods of planning and- execution of projects- .......
WHAI6.30
...................
WHAI6 .I9
Pension Committee, WHO Staff, appointment of representatives
WHA16.21
Pension Board, UNJS, report for 196l
President and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly, election . . .
Programme and Budget, ceiling for 1964
.................
(iv)
WHA16.13
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Smallpox eradication programme „ ......... . ............ ..WHA16.37
Specialized agencies administrative, budgetary and financial matters ........ .. WHAl6.j52j
programme matters . .
..........................
....
WHA16.33
WHA16.39
United Nations Development Decade ................... ..WHA16.40
Staff Rules, amendments, as confirmed by the Executive Board . WHA16.15
Supplementary Budget Estimates for
1963
................. .. WHA16.6
Television, influence on youth . . . . . . .
......... . . .
WHA16.25
United Nations, decisions of, affecting WHO's activities administrative, budgetary and financial matters ........ .. WHA
16 .32 ;
programme matters ...................................... .. WHA16.39
United Nations Development Decade . . . .
............ .. WHA1Ó.40
UNICEF, developments in activities assisted jointly with . . .
UNJSPB, report I96 I
WHA16.24
................................... .. WHAI6.19
UNRWA, extension of agreement
.......................... .. WHAl6.4l
Voluntary Fund for Health Promotion Community Water Supply
Medical Research
............................ .. WHA16.27
................................. .. WHA16.26
World Health Assembly, Seventeenth, selection of country or
Region............................ ................ .. WHAI6.16
WHAlo.33