PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
8th DIRECTING COUNCIL
8th SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 9 - 21 September 1955
RESOLUTION
CD8.R20
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL
THE 8th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Considering that diverse interpretations as to the scope of certain articles in its Rules of Procedure
have arisen during the meeting,
RESOLVES
1. To recommend to the Director that he request the opinion of a legal adviser on the problem of
the two-thirds majority, with the count of abstentions, as well as on the question of a quorum and
That of the instances in which the two-thirds majority is required, and that he present this opinion to
the Executive Committee for study.
2. That the Executive Committee submit to the IX Meeting of the Directing Council such
recommendations with respect to these problems as it deems pertinent.