directing council regional committee PAN AMERICAN WORLD SANITARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION VII Meeting V Meeting Washington, D. C. 9-22 October 1953 I
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Topic 27: ELECTION OF TWO MEMBER COUNTRIES TO FILL THE VACANCIES ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CREATED BY THE TERMINATION OF THE PERIODS OF OFFICE OF CHILE AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Pursuant to Article 13-A of the Constitution of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, the Executive Committee
"shall be composed of seven Member GCvernments elected by 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."
The following chart shows the composition of the Executive Com- mittee together with the expiration dates of the terms of the present Members:
Executive Committee Country Term Expires Brazil October 1955 Chile October 1953 Dominican Republic October 1953 Ecuador October 1954 Haiti October 1955 Mexico October 1954 Panama October 1955
Since the terms of Chile and the Dominican Republic will expire immediately after the current Meeting of the Directing Council, two Member Countries are to be elected to form part of the Executive Com- mittee under the provisions of the Constitution. MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
T E R M S
COUNTRY From From From From From From From January 1947 October 1947 October 1948 October 1949 October 1950 October 1951 October 1952 October 1947 September 1948 September 1949 September 1950 September 1951 September 1952 October 1953
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Chile
Dom. Rep.
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico Nicaragua I
Panama _ _I I I I
Paraguay I Peru 1- United States
Uruguay
Venezuela I