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World Health Assembly WHA33/1980/REC/2 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION THIRTY- TI-IIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY GENEVA, 5 -23 MAY 1980 VERBATIM RECORDS OF PLENARY MEETINGS REPORTS OF COMMITTEES GENEVA 1980 ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations are used in WHO documentation: ACABQ - Advisory Committee on РАНО Pan American Health Organization Administrative and Budgetary PASB Pan American Sanitary Bureau Questions SIDА Swedish International Development ACAST - Advisory Committee on the Authority Application of Science and UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade Technology to Development and Development ACC - Administrative Committee on UNDP United Nations Development Coordination Programme CIDA Canadian International Development UNDRO Office of the United Nations Agency Disaster Relief Coordinator CIOMS Council for International UNEP United Nations Environment Organizations of Medical Sciences Programme DANIDA - Danish International Development UNESCO United Nations Educational, Agency Scientific and Cultural ЕCA - Economic Commission for Africa Organization EСЕ - Economic Commission for Europe UNFDAC United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse ECLA - Economic Commission for Latin Control America UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population ECWA Economic Commission for Western Activities Asia UNHCR Office of the United Nations High ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Commissioner for Refugees Asia and the Pacific UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund FAO Food and Agriculture Organization UNIDO - United Nations Industrial of the United Nations Development Organization IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency UNITAR - United Nations Institute for 'ARC International Agency for Research Training and Research on Cancer UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works IBRD International Bank for Agency for Palestine Refugees Reconstruction and Development in the Near East ICAO International Civil Aviation UNSCEAR - United Nations Scientific Organization Committee on the Effects of 'FAD International Fund for Atomic Radiation Agricultural Development USA ID United States Agency for ILO International Labour Organisation International Development (Office) WFP - World Food Programme rICO - Inter -Governmental Maritime WHO - World Health Organization Consultative Organization WIPO - World Intellectual Property ITU International Telecommunication Organization Union WMO - World Meteorological Organization NORAD - Norwegian Agency for International Development OAU - Organization of African Unity OECD - Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this volume do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Where the designation "country or area" appears in the headings of tables, it covers countries, territories, cities or areas. CONTENTS Page Officers of the Health Assembly and membership of its committees 1 Agenda 3 VERBATIM RECORDS OF THE PLENARY MEETINGS First plenary meeting 1. Opening of the session 7 2. Address by the Director -General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 8 3. Address by the representative of the Conseil d'Etat of the Republic and Canton of Geneva 10 4. Address by the President of the Thirty -second World Health Assembly 10 5. Appointment of the Committee on Credentials 12 6. Election of the Committee on Nominations 12 Second plenary meeting 1. First report of the Committee on Nominations 14 2. Second report of the Committee on Nominations 14 3. Review and approval of the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions 15 4. Review of the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 . 20. 5. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 24 Third plenary meeting 1. Adoption of the agenda and allocation of items to the main committees 39 2. Admission of new Members and Associate Members 40 3. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty- fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 43 Fourth plenary meeting 1. Presidential address 68 2. Announcement 72 3. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty- fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director- General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 72 Fifth plenary meeting 1. First report of the Committee on Credentials 97 2. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 106 Sixth plenary meeting 1. Announcement 124 2. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty- fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 124 Page Seventh plenary meeting General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 146 Eighth plenary meeting Declaration of global eradication of smallpox 157 Ninth plenary meeting 1. Announcement 169 2. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 169 3. Presentation of the Léоn Bernard Foundation Medal and Prize 189 Tenth plenary meeting General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 196 Eleventh plenary meeting 1. Second report of the Committee on Credentials 227 2. First report of Committee A 227 3. Election of Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board 227 4. General discussion on the reports of the Executive Board on its sixty -fourth and sixty -fifth sessions and on the report of the Director -General on the work of WHO in 1978 -1979 (continued) 228 Twelfth plenary meeting 1. Announcement 264 2. Study of the Organization's structures in the light of its functions 264 3. Announcements . 288 Thirteenth plenary meeting Study of the Organization's structures in the light of its functions (continued) . 290 Fourteenth plenary meeting 1. First report of Committee B 302 2. Report by the General Chairman of the Technical Discussions 302 3. Presentation of the Darling Foundation Medal and Prize 304 Fifteenth plenary meeting 1. Announcement 310 2. Second report of Committee B 310 Sixteenth plenary meeting 1. Study of the Organization's structures in the light of its functions 320 2. Third report of Committee B 320 3. Presentation of the Dr A. T. Shousha Foundation Medal and Prize 322 - iv - Page Seventeenth plenary meeting 1. Fourth report of Committee B 325 2. Second report of Committee A 325 3. Fifth report of Committee B 326 4. Third report of Committee A 327 5. Sixth report of Committee B 327 6. Seventh report of Committee B 328 7. Third report of the Committee on Credentials 328 8. Selection of the country or region in which the Thirty- fourth World Health Assembly will be held 328 Eighteenth plenary meeting Closure of the session 330 COMMITTEE REPORTS Committee on Credentials 339 Committee on Nominations 341 General Committee 342 Committee A 342 Committee B 343 Index of names 347 Index of countries and organizations 349 - V- PREFACE The Thirty -third World Health Assembly was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 5 to 23 May 1980, in accordance with the decision of the Executive Board at its sixty - fourth session. Its proceedings are published in three volumes, containing, in addition to other relevant material: Resolutions and decisions,1 and list of participants - document WHA33�1980�REС�1 Verbatim records of plenary meetings, and committee reports - document WHA33/1980/REС/2 Summary records of committees - document WHA33/1980/REС/3 1 The resolutions, which are reproduced in the order in which they were adopted, have been cross - referenced to the relevant sections of the WHO Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, and are grouped in the table of contents under the appropriate subject headings. This is to ensure continuity with the Handbook, Volumes I and II of which contain most of the resolutions adopted by the Health Assembly and the Executive Board between 1948 and 1978. A list of the dates of sessions, indicating resolution symbols aid the volumes in which the resolutions and decisions were first published, is given in Volume II of the Handbook (page xiii). - vi - OFFICERS OF THE HEALTH ASSEMBLY AND MEMBERSHIP OF ITS COMMITTEES President: Chairman: Dr C. K. HASAN (Pakistan) Dr A. R. AL -AWADI (Kuwait) Secretary: Dr H. MAILER, Director-General Vice -Presidents: General Committee Dr A. N. ACOSTA (Philippines) Professor R. VANNUGLI (Italy) The General Committee was composed of Dr S. SURJANINGRAT (Indonesia) the President and Vice -Presidents of the Dr H. GARCÍA BARRIOS (Venezuela) Health Assembly and the Chairmen of the Dr P. MOCUMBI (Mozambique) main committees, together with delegates of the following Member States: Angola, Secretary: Argentina, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Chile, Dr H. MAILER, Director -General China, Czechoslovakia, France, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Union of Committee on Credentials Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Committee on Credentials was United States of America. composed of delegates of the following Member States: Djibouti,) German Chairman: Dr A. R. AL -AWADI (Kuwait), Republic, Democratic Greece, Guinea - President of the Health Assembly Bissau, Guyana, Iceland, India, Mauritius, Secretary: Dr H. MAILER, Director-General Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Tonga. MAIN COMMITTEES Chairman: Dr S.
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