PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
4th DIRECTING COUNCIL
2nd SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 25 - 30 September 1950
RESOLUTION
CD4.R20
FUNDS FOR ALLOWANCES
THE 4th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Acting as the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas,
[Having considered] the problem that has arisen regarding the requirement that the Governments
provide the funds to pay field service allowances of staff members of the World Health
Organization; and
[Having] noted that some of the Governments are unable to comply with this requirement because
of economic difficulties or certain legislative restrictions,
RESOLVES
1. To ask the Regional Director to request the Director General of the World Health Organization to
include this topic on the agenda of the Fourth World Health Assembly, with a view to replacing the
present stipulation with another more flexible provision based on the ability and willingness of the
2. To recommend, further, that the Regional Director ask the Director-General of the World Health
Organization to take such steps as he deems advisable to have the United Nations Technical
Assistance Board give this aspect of the Technical Assistance Program additional consideration.
