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WHA16 PB-11 Eng.Pdf (‎1.640Mb) WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION MONDIALE ORGANIZATION DE LA SANTÉ f * SIXTEENTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY \ А1б/р&в/11 \J 24 April I965 Provisional agenda2,2 item s»»” ORIGINAL: ENGLISH REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ESTIMATES POR I964 (Article8 (f))l Estimated government contributions towards the implementation of WHO-assisted projects in their own countries Since the proposed programme and budget1964 estimates (Official Recordsfor No. 121) were prepared, additional information has been obtained regarding the estimated amounts which the individual governments will contribute towards the costs of implementing WHO-assisted projects in their own countries. The attached Annex gives a complete list, by regions, of the and countries amounts as now estimated by the governments which15 April. have reported up to It includes all figures already shown in Official121 as amended Records to No. date. Where no information has been received the countries concerned have not been listed, А1б/р&в/11 page 2 ANNEX ESTIMATED GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WHO-ASSISTED PROJECTS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES , Region and Couhtry Estimated Government Contributions 1962 196З I964 US$ ....U8$ US$ AFRICA Basutoland 112 278. 5б ООО 56 000 Bechuanaland 221 200 Cameroon 591 600 633600 Central African Republic 112 500 114 000 2 000 Chad 1 000 000 1 000 000 Comoro Archipelago 10 204. 10 204 Congo (Brazzaville) 80 000 30 000 Dahomey . I94 040 . 262 040 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland26O 000 263 200 5 950 Gabon 270 700 282 000 Gambia 53 472 28 000 28 000 Ghana 2 526 154 2 585 920 Ivory Coast 430 600 430 600 Kenya 1 252 100 1 267 1001 267 100 Liberia 195 000 190 000 Madagascar 78 000 80 000 Mali 380 870 538 680 467 345 Mauritania 125 306 Mauritius 335 532 398 485 438 333 Nigeria 1 92З 982 1 719 1З21 123 000 Portugal (Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sao Tomé and Principe)431 780 431 78O Sierra Leone 377 609 393 569 Swaziland 42 053 44 377 Tanganyika 2 856 Togo 219 250 293 550 276 211 Upper Volta 220 000 220 000 Zanzibar 83 300 81 350 76 000 TOTAL - AFRICA 11 127 080 11 476 893 3 819 939 A16/P&B/11 pago3 Annex Region and Country Estimated Government Contributions 1962 1963 1964 US$ US$ US$ THE AMERICAS VO CO 0 1 0 OJ —I 0 00 Argentina 11 ro 11 106 10 737922 Bolivia 531 176 531 176 531 I76 Brazil 9 810 000 15 980 000 16 000 000 British Guiana 375000 375000 375000 British Honduras 54 568 54 568 54. 568 British Virgin Islands 50 000 50 000 50 000 Chile 900 000 400000 400 000 00 CO in Colombia 3 858 829 3 858 829 3 829 Costa Rica 297713 297 713 297713 Cuba 3 700000 3 700 000 3 700 000 Dominican Republic l 850 000 1850 000 1 85O 000 Ecuador 746071 746071 660 357 El Salvador 708 930 708 930 708 930 French Antilles and Guiana 16 000 16 000 16 000 Guatemala 3 611 398 4 145861 4 472186 Haiti 678 988 712 907 725030 Honduras 1 757060 1 746265 1 746265 Jamaica 375000 350000 275000 Mexico 7 030 000 7 030 000 6 830 000 Nicaragua .. ..... 786 729 781 729 781 729 Panama 9 494219 9 632 184 9 766149 Paraguay342 l 920 1 351 537 1 351537 Peru 834 823 834 823 834 823 Surinam and Netherlands Antilles170 000 120000 120 000 Uruguay 1 900 000 1900 000 1900 000 Venezuela 1 725000 1 725000 1725000 West Indies 700 000 700 000 700 000 Inter-Country Programmes095000 l1 095000 1 095000 TOTAL - THE AMERICAS 65 505506 71 799675 71 563214 А1б/Р&в/И page 4 Annex Region and. Country Estimated Government Contributions 1962 196З 1964 US$ US$ US$ SOUTH-EAST ASIA Afghanistan 803 997 832 334 836 642 Burma 782 ¿(45 1 072 O5O 1 072 050 Ceylon 19 З28 41 348 32 780 India 41 397 827 31 304 986 609 969 Indonesia 1 744 266 2 715 484 2 83О 587 Nepal 512 074 927 887 915 289 Thailand 1 563 042 1 587 257 1 708 293 West New Guinea (West Irian) 320 889 2 489 254 12 432 TOTAL - SOUTH-EAST ASIA 47 143 868 40 970 6OO 8 018 042 EUROPE France 12 653 12 65З 12 653 Greece 1 452 597 1 656 I65 1 300 332 Morocco 2 194 694 2 393 614 2 563 032 Poland 2 08I 905 3 164 742 1 788 512 Spain 188 708 212 358 235 000 Turkey 7 072 746 8 414 848 8 661 062 Yugoslavia 606 005 647 290 657 290 TOTAL - EUROPE 13 609 308 16 501 670 15 217 881 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Cyprus 1 762 912 1 588 781 1 649 423 Iran 10 270 809 3 912 348 11 918 301 Israel 34 000 35 666 24 999 Jordan 333 200 530 000 783 600 Kuwait 198 824 15 401 30 803 Lebanon 200 090 117 490 92 450 А1б/Р&в/И page 5 Annex Region and Country Estimated Government Contributions 1962 196З 1964 us$ US$ us$ EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (continued) Pakistan 5 207 430 6 858 739 11 469 337 Saudi Arabia 4 492 350 4 945 900 5 370 950 Somalia 241 895 233 668 Sudan 831 980 1 448 560 Syria 452 087 497 454 189 210 United Arab Republic 1 042 544 1 962 758 1 595 890 Yemen 24 433 24 433 24 433 TOTAL - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 55 092 554 22 171 198 33 149 З96 WESTERN PACIFIC Australia 14 494 British Solomon Islands Protectorate137 966 111 084 31 250 Cambodia 2 951 075 l 892 078 2 069 617 China 352 601 621 646 499 613 Cook Islands 949 Fiji 101 214 1 898 5 425 French Polynesia 15 000 15 000 15 039 Hongkong 10 230 1 368 4 968 Japan 8 687 9 669 10 200 Korea 59 569 765 825 1 029 527 Laos 104 014 93 605 220 116 Macao 11 000 Malaya 3 423 978 5 330 312 429 802 New Zealand 4 200 3 080 6 160 Niue 1 400 North Borneo 235 012 267 727 270 339 a i d/ p&b / i i page 6 Annex Region and Country Estimated Government Contributions 1962 1963 1964 US$ US$ US$ WESTERN PACIFIC (continued) Papua and New Guinea 215 Philippines 1 874 518 176 129 Ryuku Islands 662 3 350 Sarawak 123 O69 I63 790 182 178 Singapore 3 769 602 1 722 142 1 313 018 Tonga 10 372 10 439 4 176 Viet Nam, Republic of 1 128 153 1 760 995 1 778 911 Western Samoa 32 965 28 619 3 334 Inter-Country Programmes 8 350 16 700 16 700 TOTAL - WESTERN PACIFIC 14 365 946 13 005 455 7 893 723 GRAND TOTAL 176 844 262 175 925 491 139 662 195.
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