regional committee
PAN AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
XXXIX Meeting
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
XLVIII Meeting
B6ZS1
04
Washington, D.C. September 1996
Provisional Agenda Item 3.3 CD39/6 (Eng.)
8 July 1996
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
ELECTION OF THREE MEMBER GOVERNMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERIODS OF OFFICE OF BOLIVIA, CANADA, AND URUGUAY
In accordance with Article 15.A of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, "The Executive Committee shall be composed of nine Member Governments of the Organization elected by the Conference or the Council for overlapping periods of three years. Each of the elected Member Governments shall be entitled to designate one representative to the Executive Committee. Each representative
may be accompanied by one or more alternates and advisers. A Member Government
shall not be eligible for re-election to the Executive Committee until one year has elapsed since the expiration of its term of office."The following table shows the composition of the Executive Committee with the expiration dates of the terms of the present members:
Bolivia Canada Uruguay
September 1996 September 1996 September 1996
El Salvador
Saint Kitts and Nevis United States of America
Bahamas
Chile
Costa RicaSeptember 1997 September 1997 September 1997
September 1998 September 1998 September 1998
CD39/6 (Eng.) Page 2
It is incumbent upon the Directing Council, in conformity with Article 9.B of the Constitution, to elect the Member Governments to replace Bolivia,, Canada and Uruguay, whose periods of office on the Committee expire as of the closure of this meeting of the Directing Council.
For the information of the Council, the annexed chart shows the membership of the Executive Committee since 1980.
COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FROM 1980
TO 1996
September to September
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
COUNTRY TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
BAHAMAS
BARBADOS _
BELIZE
BOLIVIA ' "
BRAZIL
CANADA _ M_ MN =I WN
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
CUBA
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR _ _ _ _=
GRENADA __
GUATEMALA
GUYANA
HAITI _ _ _
HONDURAS JAMAICA MEXICO NICARAGUA PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SAINT K17TS AND NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES _ __
SURINAME
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
URUGUAY -I
VENEZUELA
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