PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
27th DIRECTING COUNCIL
32nd SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 22 September – 3 October 1980
RESOLUTION
CD27.R14
TECHNICAL COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
THE 27th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Having noted the progress report on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC)
in the Region of the Americas (Document CD27/18);
Reaffirming the importance of the international technical cooperation mechanism for making the
countries nationally and collectively self-reliant in the development process in general and in the
health sector in particular; and
Recognizing the part that TCDC will play in the implementation of the strategies of health for all by
the year 2000,
RESOLVES
1. To request the developing countries in the Region of the Americas to continue their efforts to
promote and strengthen TCDC activities.
2. To urge all countries to continue supporting TCDC activities among the Member Countries.
3. To recommend to the Director that he continue collaborating with the countries in the area of
TCDC and incorporating these mechanisms into the Organization's cooperation programs.
4. To request the Director that in the future he include the information on TCDC in the Region in