OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION No. 21 SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY ROME, 13 JUNE TO 2 JULY 1949 DECISIONS AND RESOLUTIONS PLENARY MEETINGS Verbatim Records COMMITTEES Minutes and Reports ANNEXES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Palais des Nations, Geneva December 1949 FOREWORD In pursuance of Article 14 of the Constitution, the First World Health Assembly resolved, on 17 July 1948, that the Second World Health Assembly should meet in Europe. The selection of a suitable place was left to the Executive Board, which decided at its second session to accept the invitation of the Italian Government to convene the Second Health Assembly in Rome. The session, held in the Palazzo Venezia, opened on 13 June and concluded on 2 July 1949. H - TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSEMBLY Page List of Delegations and Observers 3 Officers of the Assembly and Membership of its Committees 11 Part I DE CI SION S AND RE SOLUTIONS PROCEDURAL DECISIONS (i)Composition of the Committee on Credentials 15 (ii)Publication of an Assembly Journal 15 (iii)Verification of Credentials 15 (iv) Composition of the Committee on Nominations 15 (v) Election of Officers of the Second Health Assembly 15 (vi) Nomination of Officers of the Main Committees 16 (vii)Elections to the General Committee and Adoption of its Reports 16 (viii) Adoption of the Provisional and Supplementary Agendas 16 (ix) Election of Members entitled to designate a Person to serve on the Executive Board 16 (x)Seating of the State of Israel and its Assignment to the Eastern Mediterra- nean Area 17 (xi) Time and Place of the Third World Health Assembly 17 REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL (xii) Adoption of the Reports of the Executive Board and the Director-General 17 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME WHA 2.1 Procedure for the Examination of the Programme and Budget for 1950 18 WHA 2.2 Expert Committee on Maternal and Child Health :Report on the First Session 18 WHA 2.3 Expert Committee on Venereal Diseases :Report on the Second Session 18 WHA 2.4 Activities with the United Nations and Specialized Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations on Venereal Disease Control 19 WHA 2.5 Co-ordinationofInternational Congresses of Medical Sciences : Proposed Collaboration with the Permanent Council 19 WHA 2.6 Co-operation with UNESCO in the Co-ordination of International Congresses of Medical Sciences 19 WHA 2.7 Technical Training of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel 20 WHA 2.8 Publications :International Digest of Health Legislation 20 WHA 2.9 Expert Committee on Biological Standardization :Report on the Third Session and Report of the Sub-Committee on Fat-Soluble Vitamins 20 Page WHA 2.10Expert Committee on the Unification of Pharmacopoeias :Reports on the Third and Fourth Sessions 21 WHA 2.11Expert Committee on Habit-forming Drugs :Report on the First Session 21 WHA 2.12Co-operation with FAO on Nutrition Problems... ... 21 WHA 2.13National Nutrition Committees 21 WHA 2.14Production of Synthetic Vitamins 21 WHA 2.15Expert Committee on International Epidemiology and Ouarantine : Report on the First Session and Principles to govern WHO Sanitary Regulations 22 WHA 2.16Section on Quarantine of the Expert CoMmittee on International Epidemiology and Quarantine :Report on the First Session. 22 WHA 2.17Reports on International Epidemic Control 22 WHA 2.18Expert Committee on Insecticides :Report on the First Session . 23 WHA 2.19Co-ordination of Research 23 WHA 2.20Proposal to widen the Terms of Reference of the Expert Committee on Malaria 23 WHA 2.21Activities with ECOSOC and with Specialized Agencies on Malaria Control 24 WHA 2.22Expert Committee on Tuberculosis :Report on the Third Session 24 WHA 2.23Activities with UNICEF and the International Union against Tuberculosis 24 WHA 2.24Joint Committee on Health Policy, UNICEF/WHO 24 WHA 2.25Nuclear Expert Committee on Mental Health 25 WHA 2.26Activities with the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and Non- Governmental Organizations on Matters connected with Mental Health 25 WHA 2.27Insulin 25 WHA 2.28Co-operation with the Economic Commission for Europe 25 WHA 2.29Physical Training 26 WHA 2.30Activities with the United Nations, Specialized Agencies and Non- Governmental Organizations on Public-Health Administration 26 WHA 2.31General Co-ordination with the United Nations and Specialized Agencies 26 WHA 2.32International Research Laboratories 26 WHA 2.33Health Situation of Displaced Persons 27 WHA 2.34Co-operation with the United Nations on the United Nations Library, Geneva 27 WHA 2.35World Health Day 27 WHA 2.36Bejel and other Treponematoses 27 WHA 2.37International Health Yearbook 28 WHA 2.38Expert Committee on Health Statistics :Report on the First Session 28 WHA 2.39Health Statistics : Registration, Compilation and Transmission . 29 WHA 2.40Use of Statistical Methods 29 WHA 2.41Joint Programme of FAO/WHO to increase World Food Production and raise Standards of Health 29 WHA 2.42Tuberculosis Programme :Staff 30 - 1V - Page WHA 2.43Leprosy 30 WHA 2.44Availability of technical Knowledge of Production Processes o Antibiotics 30 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE WHA 2.45Administrative and Financial Relations between the United Nations and Specialized Agencies 31 WHA 2.46Transportation and/or per diem Allowances for Delegates to the Third and subsequent Health Assemblies 31 WHA 2.47Insurance against Travel Accidents of Delegates to the Health Assembly and of Members of the Executive Board 31 WHA 2.48Approval of Additions to the Provisional Staff Regulations 32 WHA 2.49Staff Pension Committee 32 WHA 2.50Financial Report and Accounts of the Interim Commission for the Financial Period 1 January to 31 August 1948 and Report of the External Auditor 32 WHA 2.51Financial Report and Accounts of the World Health Organization for the Financial Period 1 September to 31 December 1948 and Report of the External Auditor 32 WHA 2.52Feasibility of using the United Nations Board of Auditors 33 WHA 2.53Appointment of the External Auditor for 1950 33 WHA 2.54Status of Contributions to the Budget for 1948 35 WHA 2.55Status of Contributions to the Budget for 1949 35 WHA 2.56Policy to be followed concerning Contributions in arrears 35 WHA 2.57Establishment of the Working Capital Fund as a single Fund and Assessment of new Members 36 WHA 2.58Currency of Contributions 36 WHA 2.59Notification to Governments of Vacancies for Professional and Senior Staff 36 WHA 2.60Budget Estimates for the proposed 1950 Programme 37 WHA 2.61Headquarters Office Accommodation 37 WHA 2.62Financial Responsibilities of the Executive Board 38 WHA 2.63Reimbursement by Governments for Materials, Supplies and Equip- ment 39 WHA 2.64Appointment of Members and Alternates to the Staff Pension Committee 39 WHA 2.65Currency of Contributions 40 WHA 2.66Working Capital Fund for 1950 40 WHA 2.67Scale of Assessments :Contribution of Israel to the Budgets of 1949 and 1950 40 WHA 2.68Scale of Assessments :Determination of the maximum Contribution to the regular Expenses of the Organization 41 WHA 2.69Scale of Assessments :Contribution of the State of South Korea to the Budgets of 1949 and 1950 41 WHA 2.70Scale of Assessments :Financial Obligations of Associate Members 42 WHA 2.71Appropriation Resolution 42 - V - Page RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE JOINT MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEES ON PROGRAMME AND ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE WHA 2.72Contributions to the Regular Operating Budget 44 WHA 2.73Programme Medical Supply Services 44 WHA 2.74Establishment of a Regional Organization for the European Area. 44 WHA 2.75Supplemental Operating Programme of Advisory and Technical Services Budget 44 WHA 2.76United Nations Project for the Relief of Palestine Refugees 45 WHA 2.77Establishment of an Expert Committee on Nursing 46 WHA 2.78Adoption of the Programme and Budget for 1950 46 WHA 2.79Supplemental Operating Programme of Advisory and Technical Services : Priority Items 48 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS WHA 2.80Procedure for the Nomination and Election of Members entitled to designate a Person to serve on the Executive Board 49 WHA 2.81Approval of the Agreement with the Government of India 49 WHA 2.82Negotiations for an Agreement with the Government of Egypt. 49 WHA 2.83Situation with regard to the Office International d'Hygiène Publique 50 WHA 2.84Amendments to Regulations and Rules of Procedure for Expert Committees and their Sub-Committees 50 WHA 2.85Policy on Invitations to appoint Members to Governing Bodies of Health Organizations :London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 51 WHA 2.86Hygiene of Housing 51 WHA 2.87Relations with the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations. 51 WHA 2.88Relations with the International Trade Organization 51 WHA 2.89RelationswiththeIntergovernmentalMaritimeConsultative Organization 51 WHA 2.90Action taken by certain Countries with regard to Membership of WHO 52 WHA 2.91Approval of Agreement with the Pan American Sanitary Organization 52 WHA 2.92Recommendation on Accessions to the Convention on Privileges and Immunities 52 WHA 2.93 WHO Regulations on Nomenclature, 1948 :proposed Amendment to Article 20 53 WHA 2.94Adoption of Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly 53 WHA 2.95Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly 53 WHA 2.96Assignment of Greece to the European Regional Area 53 WHA 2.97Regional Organization :Western Pacific Area 54 WHA 2.98Application for Membership of WHO :San Marino 54 WHA 2.99Admission of Korea (South) 54 WHA 2.100 Inter-Organization Agreements :Correction of the French Texts 54 WHA 2.101 Agreement with ILO :Article VII 55 - VI - Page WHA 2.102Amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly concerning the Status of Associate Members 55 WHA 2.103Rights and Obligations of Associate Members and other Territories in Regional Organizations 55 WHA 2.104Regional Organization :African Area 56 WHA 2.105Convention on Privileges and Immunities :Extension to Represen- tatives of Associate Members and of other Territories .