Twentieth anniversary of the World Health Organization (Resolution)

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; ,,::::..-- --- REPORT OF THE REGIONAL COMMI'l'BE 21 3. RECOMMENDS that all Member States nominate a person tromtbe directorate of health or from the national information service as liaison officer with the public information unit of the Regional Office, to facilitate the information aspects of the Twentieth Anniversary, Horld Health Day, and the Organization's work as a whole. IVPR Handb. Res., 5th ed., 12.5 Fourth meeting, 19 September 1967 WPR/RC18.R7 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WHO MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE llESTERN PACIFIC REGION The Regional COmmittee, Having considered the proposal made by the Government of MUaysia that a WHO medical school should be established in the Hestern Pacific Region, 1. EMPHASIZES the importance of strengthening existing national institutions so that they reach the standard at 11hich they can be utilized for international training; 2. NarES the many difficulties faCing the establishment of a WHO regional medical school; 3. SUGGESTS that the MUaysian Government might uish to study the question further in co-operation with WHO; 4. REQUESTS the Regional Director: (1) to submit a report to the next session of the Regional Committee on medical education in the Region and the type of assistance being provided by WHO; (2) to place this item on the agenda for the next session of the Regional Committee. v~R Handb.Res., 5th ed., 1.7.4 Fourth meeting, 19 September 1967