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Provisional Agenda Item 17 CD20/17 (Eng.) 24 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

ELECTION OF THREE MEMBER GOVERNMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE EXPIRY OF THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF ARGENTINA, COSTA RICA, AND MEXICO

Pursuant to Article 15-A of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, "The Executive Committee shall be composed of nine Member Governments of the Organization elected by the Conference or the Council for overlapping periods of three years. Each of the elected Member Governments shall be entitled to designate one representative to the Executive Committee. Each representative may be accompanied by one or more alternates and advisers. A Member Government shall not be eligible for reelection to the Executive Committee until one year has elapsed since the expiration of its term of office."

The following table shows the composition of the Executive Committee with the expiration dates of the terms of the present members.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Country Term Expires

Argentina October 1971 Brazil October 1973 Costa Rica October 1971 Guyana Honduras October 1973 Mexico October 1971 Peru October 1972 United States of America October 1973 Venezuela October 1972

It is incumbent upon the Directing Council, in conformity with the above-mentioned article of the Constitution, to elect the Member Govern- ments to replace Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

Annex: Composition of the Executive Committee from 1947 to 1971 I I

COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM 1947 TO 1971

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