WORLD HFALTH ORGANIZATION P..EGIONAL CONHITT.c£
VP/RC4/Min/6 Rev. 1 2.3 October 195.3 WESTERN PACIFIC REGION
Fourth Session Toky<i> Jrd to Sth September 1953 SJ lHRY JviiNU TES 0 F THE SlXTH MEETING HEW AT TOKYO Ol'l BTH SEPT&ffiffi 195.3 at 4.25 pm.
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ADOPTION OF ru.PORTS OF DECISIONS M/\DE Alm . ' SUMl.WtY .. . ~
RESOLU~IONS
APPROVED
The Secretary announced that, in order to have in tht a],l the. ~esolutions lthich would be adopted by the Committee, there .had been included No. 25 which had not yet received formai .appraval. He understood that one Representative wished to -.move this resolution and, anticipat.ing that it would be·,passed unaniDlously, he had taken the liberty of including· ~t in the SUI!ll:nary.. He regretted that, due to th~ , large volume ()f work .over the .l ast two days, it had been imP9ssible to hav(_ all of the documen~s ...:t~anslated into French. · The transl~tion \iotqd, howev~r, be completed within a few days. The Secretary_rertd.rided the Committe~ th~t, it' he lvas not informed of any correct.iort which needed to be made ,within the next 30 days, it would be assumed that the Provisional Summar,Y iiinutes and the SUmmary of Resolutions and Decisions wer~ correct. Sumt1l~Y
:Pr. Regino Padua, Chief Representative of the Philipp,i nes, moved the adoption of the following draft resolutiona The Regional Committee
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Jllm APPROVES the .Provisional
Summary i'.iinu tes and .SUmmary of Decisions made and Resolutions. Approved, subject to alterations, corrections and' amendments made within-a 30-day period •
.Dr. Jolin. T. Gunther, Chief Representative of Australia, .seconded the draft resolution. In the absence of any objections, the Chairman declared the resQlution adopted •. 50.
STiiTOONTS BY REPR::i,SiiND\.TIVES
Dr. John T. Gunther, Chief Representative of Australia, requested the Chaiman 's pennission to make a
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statement so that
WP/RC4/Min/6 .Page 2 so that he could clarify any possible misunderstandings concerning the at.titude of the Government of Australia towards the Organization. He prefaced a long statement by saying that his Government considered WHO to be one of the most valuable Organizations working for the welfare of mankind. 'Ihe population Of Australia was not large, but the Government was glad to make a contribution to the 0r6anization within the lL~its of the funds available. As in al,l.other countries, the funds available were limited but in Austraiia certain 's~eve"re steps had been' taken in 1950 in order to protect the econo.mY~ The ~overnment were interested in ensuring that the best •:possibie use would be made of the funds at tpe disp'osal of the Organization. The Organization must know in advance what fUnds would probably be available. The Government believed that it must b.elp the less fortunate peopl~: qf t ne worid.· lbey h~d the responsibility for several depen<;ient , ~erritories. · . lhe Government had been entrusted by the .United NatiQll:S with the administration of Trust Territories~ and Austi'~:t~a was conscious of her respoqsibilit.ies. Ari indicatioq of this was the g:r·a nting of apprC!ximately$12,000~000 per.year to the Administration of Papua and New Guinea, while the Administration was able to raise . in.. the :r'erri~ory ·approximately ~ 1 000,000. lhe Health Department received app;r:oximately 26% of the total :f'un:is. In addition, 'the Health Department received a fair share of the 1\lnds used far capital expenditure. 1he sort of programmes which the .l~ustraiian Government would like to see the Organization undertake were those .sUch as attacks 'ori lvorld . scourges, as for example, sma+lpox. The Government wished to use the limited resources avaiiable to the or~anization rather than to get the mo. s t with a ii ttle and not a.· little with the most. The Government would be glad to receive assistance from the Organization tor the Territory of Papua ~nd New Guinea, although it would not make a~y costly. requests. In conclusion, Dr. Gunther expressed his appreciation of all the courtesies shown by the Government.of Japan and of the services rendered by the Secretariat. He had enjoyed meeting other Representatives and carriod aw.:..y wi th him a : greater faith in the Organization. state~ent
Dr. Padua, Chief Representative of the Philippin,es, expressed his appreciation of everything which the people of Japan had done to make the 1-.feeting so pleasant and successful. He moved the adoption of the following draft resolution: / The Regional Committee
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rtegiqnal Committee .F.tLCEIVhD m?-ny favours and courtesies from the Government and people of Japan Chi~f
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RJ4JbSTS the
Representative of Japan to convey its sincere ?-PPreoiation for all the hospitality rt:ideived and the favours given by the Government of Japan and, in particular Their Axcellencies The 1'1inister of Fbreign J1.ffairs lhe l'!inister and Vice-ainister of
Health and Welfare and their Staff also The President of the Japan Med. i cal i1.ssociation and the Members of the Japanese Delegation.
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Dr, Horace DeLien 1 Chief Representatlve the United made a statement, a summary of which i:t as follows 1
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"The United States Representatives, · appreciating the privilege and opportunity of being.an active Member of the Western . PacU'ic Region of \jRO "Having enjoyed the hospitality of the Japanese Government and its Representatives, •Realizing that t~e ·aealth and other Officials of Japan and their Trade Representatives have gone to great lengths to make the stay of th~:; hepresentatives of the Regional Co ;unitt~~ most pleas·a tlt, happy and profitable, Knowing that the Staff of the Secretariat have devoted a great deal .of their time anq energy to ensuring the success .of the Fourth Regional Committee Neeting, F~alizing that the presence of the Director-General provided !l.dded guidance, assurance and strength to the Meeting, .and, furthermore, recognizing the able leadership of the Chairman and Vice-chairman, 11
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.Page 4 .l:tepresentatives of the -United States of America, on behalf .of our Government, wish to record our sincere appreciation an4 thanks. for all the \ . . courtesies, hospitality, and assistance provided to us." ~etherlands, 11 'the
Dr. H. J. ·T. ·Bijlrner,·Chief Representative of the expressed his appreciation of the privilege of being a Member of the distinguished Committee and of taking part in the interesting deliberations and discussions. 'There had been sorn<:: difficulties during the heeting, but from difficulties lessons were learned. He had been impressed by the way in ·Which the desire to; co-qperate had dominated the discussions.
Speaking as: the Observer of the South Pacific Commission, he brought greetings from that Organization and congratulated the Regional ~ommittee on its successful work. The South Pacific Commission, in regard to its health work, had the same targets as the Regional Committee, although it worked in a more limited geographic area of the Region. 'lnere· should be no question conc.erning competing Agencies, the field of health being so wid~ that the two did not need to interfere in a harmful way. Dr. Bijlmer thought that the .practice of exchanging Observers was likely to guarantee the prevention of duplication of work. In conclusion, Dr~ . Bijlmer congratulated the CQ.airmaq. and e.xpres:3ed .h~s gratitude 1to the Vhairman's country ,which had invited the Committee to meet in Tokyo. Final~, he .thanked Members of the Secretariat for their work. Dr. Cruikshank, Chief Representative .of the
United Kingdom, associated the Representatives of his country with ·the remarks made by t}le Representatives of the United States • .Dr. C;:H. Yen; Chief Representative of China, expressed the appreciation of the Chilles~ · Repres~;;ntatives of the kindness .and; hospitality of the Japanese Government · and their Representatives. Dr. Yen believed that the S0ssion of the Committee had been very successfUl. He had appreciated the'. cqngenial atmosphere . and. the co-operative spirit shown by the Representatives :w:hen; "their views varied. Dr .. Yen noted that_it had: been .J.>9ssible to make quite frank and candid statements in a friendly manner. i.IJani,
Dr. Henri !'.larcel, Chief. Represe.n t;1tive of Vietexpressed his .r·e grets that .he. had no~, been al:)le to attend the early Meetings .of th~.Fourth Session. He thanked the Government of Japan and ,t he }lijenioers the Secretariat for all of the courtesies shown. He took pleasure in seconding the draf't resolut1on proposed by Dr. iadua.
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WP/RC4/Nirl/6 Page 5 Colonel Demange,.Chief Representative of France, in a brief statement, also associated him~elf with the remarks made by the previous speakers. Dr. J.A.R. Cabral~ Chief Representative ·of .l?or'tugal, associated himself with the felicitous remarks made by the other speakers·. concerning the various courtesie~ shown to the Representatives. Dr. H.B. 'l'urbott, Chief Representative of New a similar statement • ~ealand,
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. Dr. .You .Chpin, 9hief Representative of Cambodia, also associated himself Witn the previous remarks. The Chairman took a vote and.dec1ared the r~soiution adopted una,n:l,niously. ·
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EXiRASSION OF i\..PPRECL\TION
Dr. Regino Padua, Chief Representative of the Philippines, requeste·d;permissiori to present a further re.s olution which he considered necessary• . He'moved the:a.dopt~o~ of.tl;l~ following draf.t resolutioti that · The Regional Co~ittee
EX.PR.ESS
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its sincereapprec:l,ation to Dr. Candau, the General of WHO ·
D~ector
its appreciation of the capability of Dr. 5oda, the Chairman of the Fourth Session, and · ·· its gratitude to the Secretary au.d the iii~lri6efs of hi.s Staff, including the interpreters, stenographers, and clerks, ·
Dr. You Chhin, Chief Representative ·of b~mbodia, seconded the resolution. Dr; c. ~ Yen,· Chief' Repre'sentative of China:, supported the resolution bUt augges~d: the addition ·of a refere·nce to the Observers. Dr • .Padua accepted. the amendment .with pleasure ·and. apolog'ized:t'br nbt .:m tlking the inclusion of the Observers 'in his dra.ft t~~oluti?.h. Dr~;;Padua made the followirig addition 'to No. 3 of the above r€solutlon. 11
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and the Observers,
WP/RC4/MW'6 .Page 6 "and the Observers, whose presence at the Session had been a source of .inspiration to the Members of. the ·committee•" The Chairman took a vote and deol&red the resolution adopted unanimously. Mr. Akira Saita, Chie.f Representative of Japan, .thanked
the Representatives for the compliments contained in the resolution which had just been adopted.
·Dr. l•i. G. Candau, Director-General, .on behalf. of the Se,cretariat, thanked 'the ·Japanese Government for all the assistance rendered during the Neeting of the Fourth Session: ot. tll~. W:e.$t.ern, .Pacific Regional Committe~ .. Also on behalf of the Secretariat, he thanked tho:: Representatives for their kind remarks.
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SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLLNCY J THE MINISTER OF Hbi~TH i\l'JD WELHUf.fi
The Iv'linister of Health. and .Wiil.t~re, His Bxce!lency, ME-. Katsumi Yamagata, ··con.grat.Ukted the Committee o~ completing· . the-study of long Agenda •. He thought that this, to a large extent, had been due to the self-se.oJ'ificing efforts of the·· Committee's officers, assisted by the Secretariat, and the distinguished Representatives. His Excellency considered that·the work of the Committee woQ.ld benefit the .Region for years ·to come. As a Representati-ve of th,e. Host .. Government, he reiterated the pleasure of Japan in having the.Coinmittee as its g~?.est.
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CLOSURE OF SESSION
The Chairman, Dr. Takernune Soda~ in his final address referred, as had his Minister, to the pleasUre Japan took in having the Committee meet in Tokyo.· Dr. Soda thanked the Vice-chairman, Dr. Cruikshank, for his· assistance. He ·thanked the Representatives for their co-operation and the Secretary and his Staff for the assistance which had been'given to him. The interpreters were also thanked tor their Wo7k. The Committee, although still faced with financial problems, had made progress even i f only because there had been a .frank discussion of the financial· prbblems. ·,nr-., ·Soda had ·noted the co-operative manner in wh:i.ch:tlie 'RepreseiltatiVes h~d·worked·arid he cona'idered that the priorities establl:Shed would assist in the promotion of health. / In regard to
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Page 7In regard to the Technical Uiscussions, he was particularly grateful to the Noderator, Dr. O.R. HcCoy. 'lhe Chairman wished the Representatives pleasant return journeys ami hoped to meet. them again in Manila in 1954. The Chairman.• then declared eriled the Fourth Session of the Regional Committee for the \/estern Pacific.