WCRLD HE.A.LTH ORG.hNI ZAT ION REGIONAL CONr1rrTEE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR
THE WESTERN PACIFIC WP/RC8/l0 Add. 2
6 September 1957 Eighth Session Hong Kong 5-11 September 1957 Agenda Item 14.3 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CELEBRATION CF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY CF The fo1~owing
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additional Member State in the Western Pacific
Region has informed the Director...QeneraJ. that it wisb.as to have its name placed on the list of speakers at the Tenth Annivorsar,y Commemorative Session: Cambodia
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIlATION REGIONA.L CG1MITTEE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC
WP/RCB/lO Add. 1 5 Soptember 1957 ORIGDJAL. ENGLISH
Eighth Session Hong Kong 5~11 September 1957 Agenda Item 14.3 CELEBRATION <F THE TENTH ANNIVEEARY OF
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Below will be found a list of !1ember States in the
Pacific
Region who have informed the Director-General that they wish to have their names placed on the list of speakers at the Tenth&nniversar,y Commemorative Session: Australia Japan
Korea New Zealand Philippines Viet Nmn
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL COMMITTEE Eighth Session Hong Kong 5-11 September 1957 Agenda Item 14.3
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC wp/Rc8/10 28 June 1957 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CELEBRATION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF WHO The attention of the Committee is called to the following resolution of the Tenth World Health Assembly on the celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of WHO. liThe Tenth World Health Assembly, Having considered resolution EB19.R321 of the Executive Board and the report of the Director-Genera12 on the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the World Health Organization; 1 DECIDES, in accordance with Article 13 of the Constitution, to convene a special session of the Health Assembly in 1958, to be known as the "Tenth Anniversary Connnemorative Session"; 2 DECIDES that this session shall be of not more than the equivalent of two days' duration immediately preceding and at the same place as the eleventh regular session of the Assembly; 3 CONCURS in the general plans for the celebration outlined in the report of the Director-General; 4 REQUESTS the Director-General to communicate with each Member State in order to invite them to express their intention as soon as possible if they wish to be on the list of speakers at the Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Session, Which list shall be closed by 1 January 1958; 5 EXPRESSES the desire that the list of speakers include at least one Member from each region, taking account of an equitable geographic distribution wi thin each region, and to this end requests the Director-General to consult wi th the Regional Committee s; 6 DECIDES to authorize the Director-General in agreement with the President of the Assembly to fix a limitation on the duration of speeches so far as may be necessary to onsure completion of the commemorative session with the period of two days;
AUTHORIZES the Director-General to complete the final detailed arrange7 ments for this special session and requests him to report thereon to the Executive Board at its twenty-first session; and 8 DECIDES, While recognizing the major interest of technical discussions, that it is necessary to avoid prolonging the total time of the special and /regular sessions, and ••• loff. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 1§., 10 2"lorkinl3 doclL":lCnt 11.10/AFL/17
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regular sessions, and therefore it is not proposed to hold technical discussions during the Eleventh World Health Assembly." In accordance with the request of the Health Assembly the Director-General communicated with each Member State to ask them if they wished to be on the list of speakers. The replies received will be communicated to the Regional Committee in the form of an addendum which will be distributed during the eighth session. The Committee is invited to consider this matter bearing in mind the desire of the Health Assembly that the list of speakers should include "at least one Member from each region taking account of an equitable geographic distribution wi thin each region".