Health and economic development (Resolution)

WPR/RC18.R4 ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY ON "CO-ORDIN.A!rION .A!r THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN RELATION TO THE TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION FIELD PROORAMME OF THE ORGANIZATION" The Regional Committee, 19 Having considered resolution WHA20.48 adopted by the Twentieth Horld Health Assembly on co-ordination at the national level in relation to the technical co-operation field programme of the Organization, 1. ENDORSES the opinion of the Health Assembly that it is primarily the responsibility of governments to co-ordinate their olm health programmes and also the aid they receive from external assistance; 2. EMPHASIZES the usefulness of national co-ordination committees; 3. RECOMMENDS that whenever it is considered appropriate, govern- ments call upon the services of the WHO representatives to facili- tate their task of co-ordinating health activities receiving tech- nical assistance. ~~R Handb.Res., 5th ed., 10.1.4 Fourth meeting, 19 September 1967 HPR/RC18.R5 HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The Regional Committee, / Having considered resolution WHA2O.53 adopted by the Twentieth llorld Health Assembly on health and economic development, 1. ENDORSES the importance of developing national health plans as part of economic and social development plans; 2. NarES with satisfaction the arrangements made by the Regional Director to organize training courses in national health planning for senior health administrators in the Region; 20 REGIONAL COloK[TTEE: EIGHTEENTH SESSION 3. NOTES that technical services are available through the Regional Office for the preparation and execution of national health plans; 4. NOTES the concern expressed by the Executive Board and the Horld Health Assembly at the decreasing amount of funds allocated to health projects under the Technical Assistance co~ponent of the United Nations Development Programme; 5. REITERATES its opinion that health authorities should be represented in bodies established to plan and co-ordinate national programmes of economic and social development. WPR Handb. Res., 5th ed., 10.4 Fourth meeting, 19 September 1967 ~lPR/RCl8. R5 T\'iENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD HEAIiI'H ORGANIZATION The Regional Committee, Having considered the report submitted by the Regional Director on the Twentieth Anniversary of the llorld Health Organization, 1. DECIDES: (1) that representatives of the Governments of Australia and Japan should address the commemorative meeting at the Twenty-First World Health Assembly on behalf of the Regional Committee; (2) that part of one day of the nineteenth session of the Regional Committee should be set aside for the observation of the Twentieth Anniversary of the World Health Organization; 2. ENDORSES the proposal that heads of state might, if they saw fit, send special messages to IlliO;