directing council regional committee PAN AMERICAN WORLD SANITARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION IX Meeting VIII Meeting Antigua Guatemala 1956

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Topic 20: ELECTION OF TWO MEMBER COUNTRIES TO FILL THE VACANCIES ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CREATED BY 'THE TERMINATION OF THE PERIODS OF OFFICE OF LRGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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..e 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 September 1956 Bolivia September 1958 Colombia October 1957 Cuba September 1958 Nicaragua September 1958 Paraguay October 1957 United States September 1956

Since the terms of Argentina and the United States of America will expire immediately after the current Meeting of the Directing Council two Member Countries are to be elected to form part of the Executive Committee under the provisions of the Constitution. COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM 1947 TO 1956 T E R MS

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