CD40.R17: Rules of procedure of the Directing Council

Bearing in mind the report approved by the Executive Committee at its 52nd Meeting (Resolution. VIII) and the proposed amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Directing

To adopt the revisions in the Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council, as similarly

To amend Article 44 of the Rules of Procedure of the Directing Council, to read as follows:

Directing Council and of all committees, subcommittees, and working parties established by

The entire process of preparing program, budget and other documents introducing agenda items, assisting the Chairman in the day-to-day conduct of meetings, and implementing

the Directing Council shall serve as Secretary of the General Committee, without the right to vote. The Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau shall serve as member ex-officio

Having studied the resolutions adopted by the Directing Council and the Executive Committee, as well as the provisions of the Staff Rules, relating to conditions of

The VIII Meeting of the Directing Council, in Resolution XX, requested the Director to obtain the opinion of a legal adviser on the provisions of the Council's Ruiea of