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FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A/66 15 July 1946

ORIGINAL : ENGLISH 3eyen.th Report of the Committee on Relations

. Дв a result of its tenth meeting, hela on 15 July 1948 a+

10 a-91., the Committee on Relations submits the following reports

I« Item 12.3»7 United Nations International Childi-en's Emergency Fund

The Committee on Relations recommends to the World Health èsembly the adoption of the following resolution:-

WHEREAS the World Health Organization has oonsidered the pî-inciples involved in the conduct of international health projects,

WHEREAS Article 2 of the Constitution of WHO states that oné of the functions of the Organization shall be to act as the directing and co-ordinating authority on international health work,' иКСЛл!:'Л!/и?Л NiUNDlAi ; '*-• - O í* . ÍJK f. Л ':îA/4 ft"

WHEREAS the Social Commission has called the attention of the World Health Assembly and of the Economic and Social Council to the question cf co-ordinating technical and administrative resources in this field as between UNICEF and WHO,

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WHEREAS Resolution 57 (l)-of the General Assembly establish-ing the UNICEF reads "to the maximum extent feasible, the utilization of the staff and technical assistance of specialized agencies, in particular the World'Health Organization or its Interim Commission, "shall be requested, with a view to reducing to a minimum the separate personnel requirements of the Fund",

W4EREAÇ the Social Commission has recommended that these projects should be planned and administered in co-operation with permanent organizations to the end that such projects of a continuing nature may become part- of the programmes of such-organizations at the.earliest possible date, and.

I WHEREAS the Social Commission has requested that the first

World Health Assembly, in order to facilitate discussion by the Economic and Social Council, should examine and report on these questions,

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' }7ÜRLD ' HEALTH AS SEMBLY BELIEVES that the existing health programmes of the Fund, which

associate health and social activities, are designed to meet emergency needs of children;

FINDS that the Health projects of ШICEE fall within the oompeterce of WHO;

DECLARES that the WHO is readj and willing to handle these projects as soon, as suitable arrangements can be made;

. RECOMvIENDS that? pending the assumption of responsibility by the WHO, the health pro jects ..financed by-UNlCEF' be established by mutual agreement between UNICEF and WHO, and that the implementation of these projects be regulated by a C^autibao on. Health Policy composed of representatives of the two organizations acting with the advice of the Expert Committees of WHO,

RECOMMENDS' that :

1. the Joint Committee on Health Policy be a. temporary body to operate only until all- health activities of UNICEF shall have been taken over by the Ш?.ог"аге terminated;

2. . the same committee should regulate all health programmes and projects of UNICEF already initiated or to be initiated in the future;

3- in order that there shall not be undue limitation on prompt action under these programmes, the committee should'delegate to the Directors-General, in case of emergency, the responsibility for the functions describe^;

DECLARES that(nothing in this resolution or proposal to establish a joint committee on health.policy shall necessarily be interpreted to mean that the action ...taken herein will establish a precedent for the development of the working relations of WHO with other international agencies that are concerned y/ith any aspect of health;

DIRECTS that these decisions be brought to the attention of the Economic and Social Council at its next meeting.

regard to the programme of BCG vaccination as already established, the Health Assembly recognizes the existence of special circumstances, notably the agreements which have been concluded between the Danish Red Cross signing also on behalf of its Norwegian and Swedish associates, certain Governments and UNICEF, and directs the attention of the proposed Joint Committee on Policy to these circumstances..

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2. Item 12.3.4.4 Preparatory Commission of the International Refugee Organization

The Committee on Relations recommends to the Health Assembly v that relations with the Preparatory Commission of the International.,, Refugee Organization be continued, as conducted by the Interim Commission, without any formal agreement.

3. Item 12.3.8.3 Requests frcm Non-Governmental Organizations The Committee on Relations recommends that the World Health

Assembly adopt the following resolutions: »

1. Request from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Item 12.3.8.3.1

The World Health Assembly directs the Executive Board to consider at the earliest opportunity the request received by the Interim Commission from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical

' Medicine.

2. Request from the Committee on the Hygiene of Housing of the American Public Health Association

The World Health Assembly direots the Executive Board to request the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to consider at the earliest opportunity the request received by the Interim Commission from the Committee on the Hygiene of Housing of the American Public Health Association-.

Note; The Committee on Relations requests the World Health Assembly to direct the attention of.the Committee on Programme and the Committee on Administration and Finance to the above recommend-ation.

3. Liaison with the League of Red Cross Societies (document vw The Health Assembly directs the Executive Board to request the Committee on Non-G-overnmental Organizations to consider at the earliest opportunity the relationship between the World Health Organization and the League of Red Cross Societies and, in this connection, to take into account the suggestion sub-mitted by the Government of Prance.

4. Item 12.3.9 General Resolution on Co-ordination The- Committee on Relations recommends to the World Health

Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:

THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

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(1) calls to the attention of Members the fact that it is desirable to take measures to ensure on the national level a co-ordinated policy of their delegations to WHO, the United Nations and the different specialized agencies in order that full co-operation may be achieved between the Organization and the specialized agencies, and, in particular, to instruct their representatives in the Economic and Social Council and other organs of the United Nations, as well as in the governing bodies of the other specialized agencies, to use every effort to ensure the common study of reports • and-programmes of operation;

(2) requests the Director-General to give constant attention to the factor of the relative priority of programme projects.,-,- in consultation with the United Nations and the specialized agencies, and to consider as a matter of urgency the further steps which should be taken to develop effe.cti.ve co-ordination of the programmes of WHO, the United Nations and its organs and the specialized agencies;

( 3 ) instructs the Director-General to present each year'to the session of the Economic and Social Council preceding the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly of the United Nations the annual report on the activities of the World Health Organization as approved by the World Health Assembly and the programme of operations for the following fiscal year as approved by the World Health Assembly, in order to enable WHO, in consultation with the Economic and Social Council and other specialized agencies, to promote the most efficient and practical use of the resources of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, by recommendations concerning definition of responsibility for a specific project and concerning priorities for action.

5. Item 12.З.9 Pan American Sanitary Organization The Committee on Relations' recommends to the World Health* .

Assembly the adoptionof the following resolution:

THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DIRECTS the Executive Board to continue negotiations with the

competent authorities of the Pan American Sanitary Organization with a view to the intégration as soon as possible of PASO with WHO, and if possible to conclude an agreement in accordance with Article 54 of the Constitution; pending which integration the Executive Board shall seek to conclude a working arrangement;

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DECIDES further that the appendix to Annex 31 В of Official Records of the World Health Organization, No.7, should serve as a basis for these negotiations, subject to appropriate modification of Article 9 of the Draft Agreement.