PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
19th DIRECTING COUNCIL
21st SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 29 September – 10 October 1969
RESOLUTION
CD19.R28
HEALTH LEGISLATION
THE 19th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Having examined Document CD19/21, containing the preliminary report submitted to the 61st
Meeting of the Executive Committee (Document CD61/4), in which the Director gives an account
of the steps taken in compliance with the recommendation by the Special Meeting of Ministers of
Health of the Americas (Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1968) that studies be made on the status
of health legislation in the Americas; and
Taking note of Resolution XV of the 61st Meeting of the Executive Committee,
RESOLVES
1. To ask the Director to continue the comparative study of health legislation in the Americas and to
submit it to the Executive Committee at its 64th Meeting.
2. To urge the health authorities of the Member Countries to collaborate and assist in the study in
question.