directing counzcil regional committee

PAN AMERICAN WORLD HEALTH HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION

XV Meeting XVI Meeting , D.F. August-

Draft Agenda Item 21 CD15/3 (Eng.) 28 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

ELECTION OF THREE MEMBER GOVERNMENTS TO FILL THE VACANCIES ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEECOMITTEE CREATEDCREATEDDS BY THE TERMINATION OF THE PERIODS OFOFICE OFFICE OF NICNICARAGUA, , AND URUGUAY

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.. AMember 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 Mexico September 1966 Nicaragua September 1964 Peru September 1964 United States of America September 1965 Uruguay September 1964

It is incumbent upon the Directing Council, in conformity with Article 15-A of the Constitution, to elect three Member Governments to replace Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay.

Annex: Composition of the Executive Committee from 1947 to 1964. COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM 1947 TO 1964

T E R M S COUNTRY FROM FROYM FROMS FFROM R FROM FROM FR FROMOM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM COUNJ 1947TRY OCT. 1947 OCT.19 OCT.1949 S EPT.1950 OCT.95 SEPT.1952 OCT.1953 OCT.1954 SEPT.1955 SEPT.1956 SEPT.1957 SEPT.1958 SEPT.1959 SEPT.1960 OCT.1961 SEPT.1962 SEPT. 1963 to TO TO TOO T TO TO TO TOTO TO TO TO TO OCT.1947 OCT.1948 OCT.1949 SEPT.1950 OCT.1951 SEPT.1952 OCT.1953 OCT.1954 SEPT.1955 S 1956EPT. S1 SEP.EPT.957 9 SEPT.10 59 SEPT.1960 OCT.1961 SEPT.1962 SEPT.1963 SEPT.1964

ARGENTINA ___ BOLIVIA / /'

COLOMBIA / / ___

COSTA RICA

CUBA DOMINICAN REP. , __/ - _-==

ECUADOR

EL SALVADORn 0 / _// GUATEMALA _ //// ~~/ _ _

HONDURAS ._ _ _ _5_ _ JAMAICA MEXICO ,/ Oro NICARAGUA

PANAMA

PARAGUAY PERU /// /// TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED STATES A //, _ __ URUGUAY _ VENEZUELA