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FIFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A5/65 * 19 May 1952

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT OF THE DIKECTfiR-GENERAL

Draft resolution proposed by the delegations of -

Afghanistan Indonesia Norway Austria Iraq Pakistan Brazil Iran Panama Burma Ireland ; i Peru .Cambñdia Israel Philippines Canada Japan'. Saudi Arabia Ceylon Jordan Sweden Chile Korea Costa Rica Laps Syria Denmark Lebanon Thailand Liberia Union of Sguth Africa El Salvador Libya qf America Ethiopia Monaco Viet Nam Iceland New Zealand Yugoslavia In/Ha Nicaragua

In accordance with the provisions of Rule 105 pf the. Rules of Procedure of the Health Assembly," the Fifth World Health Assembly may wish te suspend Rule 6 for the purpose of adding an item "Extension ç>f the Contract of the Director- General"--to its Agenda, and tp adopt a resolution along the following lines:'

Whereas the First World Health Assembly elected and appointed Dr. Brock Chisholm as Director-General of the Warld Health Organization ;

Whereas the First World Health Assembly provided in the Agreement Qf the Terms of Employment of the Director-General for his appointment to be .... 2 for a five-year period- as from 21 July .1948 j and.

^Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, p.205

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Whereas under Article 31 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization "the Director-General shall be appointed by the Health Assembly on the nomination of the Executive Board on such terms as the Health Assembly may determine";

The Fifth World Health Assembly,

1. RECOGNIZES that the services performed by Dr. Brock Chlsholm have contributed immeasurably to the successful operation of the World Health Organization;

2. BELIEVES it desirable that Dr. Chisholm continue ad Director-General for a period beyond the expiration date of the present five-year period;

J. DECIDES that the Agreement of the Terms of Employment of Dr. Brock Chisholm be changed to a period of eight years from its effective date, 21 July 19^8 to 20 July 1956;

k. RECOGNIZES that Dr. Brock Chisholm will wish to give consideration to this decision to extend his contract before deciding as to whether he is willing to accept it; and therefore

5. REQUESTS Dr. Brock Chisholm to communicate his decision to the President of the Fifth World Health Assembly on or before 31 December 1952, indicating whether he will accept the prolongation of his contract, and, if so, the length of the extension which he is willing to accept to a maximum of 3 years;

6. AUTHORIZES the President of the Fifth World Health Assembly to sign the change in the Agreement of the Terms of Employment of the Director-General on behalf of the Organization; and

7. REQUESTS the President of the Fifth World Health Assembly to communicate the decision of Dr. Brock Chisholm to the Executive Board at its eleventh session so that the Executive Board will know whether it will be necessary to submit at that session, in accordance with Article 31 of the Constitution, a new nomination to the Sixth World Health Assembly..