directing council regional committee PAN AMERICAN WORLD SANITARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION IX Meeting VIII Meeting Antigua Guatemala September 1956 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~III I CD9/4 (Eng.) 30 July 1956 ORIGINAL: SPANISH 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 FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM COUNTRY JANUARY 1947 OCTOBER1947 OCTOBER1948 OCTOBER1949 SEPTEMBER1950 OCTOBER 1951SEPTEMBER1952 OCTOBER1953 OCTOBER1954 SEPTEMBER1955 TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO 'TO OCTOBER1941 OCTOBER 1948 OCTOBER1949 SEPTEMBER 1950OCTOBER 1951 SEPTEMBER 1952OCTOBER 1953 OCTOBER1954 SEPTEMBER1955SEPTEMBER 1956 :IV =::::::::::::::::::::::: .......... ....... ............. BOLIVIA lIIIII BRAZIL iiiBi~iiiiiiiii~1111111!1111iiii CHILE . ..... :. .. :>::::::::::>:::: :::::::>::::::::::::::::: ::::::: ,.,.....,.,,.,:o .,.,.,.,.,., ,. ,.-........ -,,......,,........-.-::,.: COSTA RICA ::::::::::::::: :::::::: :::::::::::::::: .,.,.,......................... :iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii CUBA .. , . ,'',,.'.: ~~~-....,.,.,...... ,..,.,.,. DOMINICAN REP A......................... .............. ECUADOR COSTARICAi::::::::::::::::: . .. .::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.2Zz>Sz2K: EL SALVADOR ~:~r-~- ~1~:-;.: ~:~: ~::-:: :::::: GUATEMALA z o o =m m => >><>><><>_ ················-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::···· :: : :::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::: PANAMA~~~~~~··· · · ·· · ·-· · · ·· ~· ·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::··· ··············-··-··-··-··-···--··-············ ~iii !~~iiii~iiiiiiil~~ ::::::::::::::::::: ' ~' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '...................................... ... ... VENEZUELA = ................ .. ...... ...