WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
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ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL COMMITTEE Tenth Session Taipei 16-22 September 1959 Agenda Item 13
UP /RC10/6 Add.l
1 September 1959 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
RESOLllrIONS OF REGIONAL INTERESI' ADOPrED BY THE TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-FOURrH SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THE Ti'lEU'TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized A encies: Status of Accessions to the Convention and to Annex VII thereof WHAl2. 2 The Regional Director has the honour to inform the Regional Committee that the Government of New Zealand has decided to accede to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies and that the Instrument of Accession will shortly be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The accession will have the effect of applying the Convention not only to New Zealand, but also to the Cook Islands, the Tokelau Islands and the Trust Territory of Hestern Samoa. The Government has also conferred on the Organization the privileges and immunities specified in the Convention and the Annex.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC BUREAU REGIONAL DU PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL
REGIONAL COMMITTEE Tenth Session Taipei 16-22 September 1959 Agenda Item 13
WP/RC10/6 29 July 1959 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
RESOLUrIONS OF REGIONAL INTEREST ADOPI'ED BY THE TWENrY-SECOND AND TWENTY-THIRD SESSIONS OF THE EXEGUrIVE BOARD AND THE TWELFTH WORLD HEAl['H ASSEMBLY 1 Method of Appointing Regional Directors (EB23.R5l) It will be noted from resolution EB23.R5l that the Executive Board has decided that at this time it is not necessary to make any changes in the practice followed so far in appointing regional directors. liThe Executive Board, Having studied at two successive sessions the suggestion of the Government of New Zealand relating to possible improvements in the method of appointing regional directors; and Taking into account the discussions of this subject w.hich took place during these two sessions, DECIDES that at this time it is not necessary to make any changes in the practice followed so far in appOinting regional directors." 2
Assembly resolution WHAl2.42 is brought to the attention of the Committee with particular reference to paragraph 2. liThe Twelfth World Health Assembly, Having noted the relatively small number of l-1ember States that have acceded to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the specialized AgenCies; Noting that in the territories of the governments w.hich have not acceded to this convention or are not already bound by a similar instrument there have been or may be difficulties regarding the legal status of the staff of the Organization and particularly of its project personnel; and /Recognizing that •••
WP/RCIO/6 page 2 Recognizing that the best way to solve these difficulties would be the accession to this convention and its Annex VII by Members of the Organization, 1. URGES Members not yet parties to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, or to instruments conferring similar privileges, to accede to this convention and to its Annex VII and, pending such accession, to accord to the World Health Organization by executive action the benefit of the privileges and immunities which this convention and its annex provide; and 2. REQUESTS the Director-General to invite Member States to take the appropriate action to provide the Organization with the necessary privileges and immunities."
The Member States in this region which have acceded to the Convention are C~bodia, Netherlands, Philippines and the United Kingdom. It is hoped that the other Member states in the Region will accord to the Organization the benefits of the privileges and immunities Which this convention and its annex provide. and Malaria Eradication See document WP/RCIO/7. 4 Environmental Sanitation See document WP/RCIO/8. 5 Report on the Establishment of the of the United Nations resolutions See document WP/RCIO/9. (v~2.48)
6 International Health and Medical Research Year (WHAl2.28 and EB24.R22) See document WP/RCIO/IO.
7 See document WP/RCIO/ll.
anded Programme of Technical Assistance
8 Smallpox Eradication (WHAl2.54) See document WP/RCIO/12.