directing council regional committee PAN AMERICAN WORLD SANITARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION VIII Meeting VII Meeting Washington, D.C. 9-21 September 1955 I
CD8/9 (Eng.)' 25 July 1955 ORIGINAL: SPANISH
Topic 21: ELECTION OF THREE MEMBER COUNTRIES TO FILL THE VACANCIES ON THE_ _ EXECUTIVE_ - _ --COMMITTEE _ CREATED__ __ BY THE TERMINATION OF THE PERIODS OF OFFICE OF BRAZIL3HAITI AND PANAMA ' vJ ·
Pursuant to Article 13-A of the Constitution of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, the Executive Committee
"shall be composed of seven Member Governments 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 Committee together with the expiration dates of the terms of the present Members:
Executive Committee
Country Term Expires
Argentina October 1956 Brazil September 1955 Colombia October 1957 Haiti Sejtember 1955 Panama September 1955 Paraguay October 1957 United States October 1956
Since the terms of Brazil, Haiti and Panama will expire immedi- ately after the current Meeting of the Directing Council three Member Countries are to be elected to form part of the Executive Committee under the provisions of the Constitution. COmPOSITion OF THE EHECUTIUE COmmITTEE FROm 1947 TO 195, T E R M S i
FROM FROM FROM FRO M FROM FROM FROM FROM COUNTRY JANUARY1947 OCTOBER 1947 OCTOBER 948 OCTOBER 949 SEPTEMBER1950 OCTOBER 1951SEPTEMBER1952 OCTOBER 1953 OCTOBER1954 TO TO TO TO TO TO T O TO OCTOBER 1947 OCTOBER 1948 OCTOBER 1949 EPTEMBER1950 OCTOBER 1951SEPTEMBER 1952 OCTOBER 1953 OCTOBER 1954 SEPTEMBER 1955
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ECUADOR
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