directing coluncil regioLlal coJ)i)ittee PAN AMERICAN WORLD HEALTH HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION XVI Meeting XVII Meeting Washington, D. C. September-

Provisional Agenda Item ZO - CD16/3 (Eng.) 28 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE ELECTION OF TWO MEMBER GOVERNMENTS TO THE --- TERINTION OF THE PERIODS OF OFFICE OFrCOSTA RIC AA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pursuant to Article 15-A of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, the Executive Committee "shall be composed of seven Member Governments of the Organization elected by the Conference or the Council for overlapping terms of three years... A Member Government shall not be eligible for reelection to the Executive Committee until one year has elapsed since the expiration of its term of office".

The following table shows the composition of the Executive Committee together with the expiration dates of the terms of the present Members:

Executive Committee

Country Term expires Brazil Costa Rica Jamaica Mexico September 1966 September 1967 United States of America September 1965 Venezuela September 1967

It is incumbent upon the Directing Council, in conformity with Article 15-A of the Constitution, to elect two Member Governments to replace Costa Rica and United States of America.

Annex: Composition of the Executive Committee from 1947 to 1965 COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM 1947 TO 1965

T E R M S COUNTRY FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM OM ROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROMFROM COUNT.1947 OCT.194 OCT.10 4 OCT.1949 SEPT.1950 OCT.1951 SEPT.1952 OCT.1953 OCT.1954 SEPT.1955 SEPT.1956 SEPT.1957 SEPT.195 SEPT.1959 SEPT.1960 OCT.1961 SEPT.1962 SEPT. 1963 SEPT. 1964 To TO TO TO TO TO T TO T TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO OCT.1947 OCT.1948 OCT.1949 SEPT.1950 OCT.1951 SEPT.1952 OCT.1953 OCT.1954 SEPT.1955 SEPT.1956 SEPT.1957 SEPT.195 SEPT.1959 SEPT. 1960 OCT.1961 SEPT.1962 SEPT.1963 SEPT.1964 SEPT.1965 BOLIVIA BRAZIL COSTA RICA DOMINICAN REP. _ = ECUADOR GUATEMALA HAITI HONDURAS JAMAICA MEXICO

NICARAGUA PANAMA / =

PARAGUAY __ _ B = ? , _ PERU TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED STATES

URUGUAY ______

VENEZUELA