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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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R_olu_lon_ _prove_:
I. Annual Report of the _airumn of the ,_.xecutive Committee 14 rr 'Reports of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau 14 III. Financial ,l_port of the Director and _eport of the _xternal
Auditor _or 1953 ... 15 IV. .P_eport of the Per_nanent S_bcom_ittee on B_ildi_gs and
Instalkations ... 15
V. Revision of the St_f l_ules of the _ _nerican Sanitary
_3ureau ... 15
VI. Working ,Capital Fun.d ... 16
VII. Reirr_bursm_nent of TrsJvel Expensee of Ret_rasentati_es to R_gior_al Commit_e Meetings ... 17
VIII. Expenditure_rom t_ _)mergencyRevolvingFund in Connec
-tionwith a Flood Disaster in a Member Countu_r... 17 IX. Financial Participation of France, the Netherlands, and the
,UnitedKingdom, on Beha_ of theirTerritories in the Regionof the Americas, in the Budget o_ the Pan Amerlcar_
Sanitar_ O_ganization ... 17 X. Status of the Co]lection of Quota ,ContriJbutions ... 18 XI. Proposed Program and Budget of '_e Pan American
Sani-tar_ Bureau for 1955 ... 18 XII. Bu.dget Appropriation ..... 19 XHI. Utilization c_ Surplus 'l_hlnds :From 19_3 ... 20
XIV. Election o_ the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Nomination o_ kho 'Regional Director for the America_ of the World Health Organization ... 20
I_V. Election of Two _/I_rr_ber Countries to Fill "B",.eV_cancles on khe .W.xeoutive Committee ,Created _ _e Termination of th,e Periods of O_fice of Ecuador and D/_exico... 2I XVI. Statistics Required in _ealth Prograln_ ... 21 XVII. Population Statistics ... 22 XVIrI. Vltal Statisti.es ... _.2
XIX. Morbidity Statistics ... 2S XX. Statistics on l_esources and Services ... 24 XXI. Socio-_conomic S_atisties l_elated to Health ... _.4 XXII. Statistical S_mrices in Health Administratio.ns ... _5 XXIII. Dis_ernination and Teaohing of S_atistics Applied to Health _.6
._X/V. SmnmarF of Re_rts of th,e_vIember States for 1954-1957... 27 XXV. Methods _f Ir_LprC_iDgthe _eli_bility of Raw Statistical Data
_e_ired for _-Iealth Programs ... _7 XXVI. AppIication _f _ealt_ Education Methods in ,l_ural Areas in
_atin A_nerica ... 28 X_V'II. Control of Ir_fant Diarrheas ... _9
iV TA_BLE OF CONT_
Page XX'VIII. P_elationsbetween the Pan ,American_S_*,itary Organization
and Nongovernmental Cr_znizations ...
XXlX. Progrsan and Budget of the l_e_ion of _he ,A_erl,cas, World
Health Organization, a_d Slmkmazy ef tba Proposed
Pro_Ts_m and B_d,_et ef the Pan A_erican Sanitary Bureau
for 1956... 31
XXi. 'Modification in _he 1955 Program and B_d_et o_ the World _-Iealtah ,Organization ... 3.2 XXXI. Functions cf the Executive Committee in the ,Preparation af
Pan AmErican Sanitary Meetings ... 32
i_. Future Fol_m _f Presentation _ t_he'Proposed Pro_Tam and Budget of t_]._Pan A_nerican iSanitary Bureau ... 3,3 X_-___]_II.S_ipends Paid to l%ecipl,enks of Fellow._]_ps Trailn the 'Pan
_erican Sanitary Bureau ... 33 XXI_V. Prc,gra,mof 2_cono_nies and Decentralization of ¢lqe Pan
_erican Sauit_ry Bureau ... 34
XXXV. Selection _f Topi,cs ,for T_m]ical ,Discussions during the VIII
Meeting of the Directir_ Co.until, VII ,1Vfeeting af bhe l_e_io_ml Committee of the World Healtla Organization
( 1955 ) ... 34
XXXVI. Inter-Amerloan Congress of _bhc Health ... 3fi XXXVII. _n_iro_nnental _anitatian ... _5
XXXVlII. Place aad Daiz of the _i_f Pan American Sanitary Cm_fer
-enoe ... 36
_XIX. Poli,c_onr Accepting A_nendments to l:_.,eConstitution af the
Pan American _anitary O_j_nization ... 36 XL. Constitution o_i_e Pan American Sani_ar_ Or_arAzation .... 36
iLl. Trepon_mato_es ... 3_/
XLII. Eradication of M,alarLa in the Americas ... 37 XL!II. Utilization c_ Irm_is for the _tensification of Antimalari_
Activities ... a8
FINAL ACT OF THE XIV PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE, VI MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE A_[ERICAS
OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
The XIV Pan American Sanitary Conference was held in Santiago, Chile, pursuant to Resolution XXV, approved at the VII Meeting of the Directing Council, which accepted the invitation extended by the Gov, er ,nment of Chile. The Government of ,Chile and the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, by common accord, set 7 - 22 Oc-tober 1954 as the dates of the Conference.
The Director of flhe Bureau sent the letters of convocation, in com-pliance with Article 7 of the Constitution of the Pan American Sa ni-tary Organization, and the Government of Chile trarmmitted invit a-tions to the Member Governments of the Organization to send r epre-sentatives to the Conference.
PRELIMINARY SESSION
The Preliminary Session, at which the Chiefs of Delegations dis -cu_sed general matters and questions of protocol relating to the Con -for.once, was held on 6 October 1954.
INAUGURAL SESSION
Tl_e Inaugural Session was held in the "SalSn de Honor" of _he National Congress on Thursday, 7 October, at 11:00 a.m.
His Excellency Carlos Ib_fiez del Campo, President of the l_public of Chile, delivered the opening a.ddress of the ,Conference. Dr. Ign.aclo Morones Pri.eto, Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Mexico, re-plied on behalf of the delegations. Addresses were also delivered by Dr. M. G. Candau, Director-General of the World Health Organiza -tion, a_d Dr. Fred L. Soper, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE CONFERENCE
At the First Plenary Session, held 8 October, the Proposed Rules of Procedure suggested by the Executive Committee at its 22nd Meeting
(Resolution VII), and appearing as Annex I of Document CE22/11, w,ere adopted for the Conferenve.
PRECEDENCE
The order of precedence of the delegations was determined by lot,
PAN AMERICAN SANITARY ORGANIZATION
1.Colombia 2.Costa Rica S.United Statesof America 4. Dominican
Republic 5. Venezuela 6. Argentina 7. Uruguay 8. El Salvador
9.Ecuador I0.Haiti 11.Mexico 12.Nicaragua 13.Netherlands 14.France
15. Panama 16. Chile 17. Cuba 18. _uatemala 19. Peru 20. Bolivia 21. Brazil 22. United Kingdom 23. Paraguay.
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
In accordance with Article 32 of the Rules of Procedure of the Con-ference, three delegates representing Mexico, Panama, and ,Chile were appointed as the Committee on Credentials.
The Committee on Credentials chose Dr. Alberto Bisso_, Jr.
(Panama) as Chairman and Dr. Jorge Torreblanca (Chile) as Ra ppor-tour, the remaining member being Dr. Jos6 Zozaya (Mexico).
The Committee met on 8 and 11 October to examine the
creden-tials presented by the delegations and considered as duly accr.edited to the XIV Pan American Sanitary Conf.erence the following:
DELEGATIONS
Colombia: Dr. Bernardo Henao Mejia Chief of
Delega-tion
Dr. Jorge Jim6nez GAndica Delegate
Dr. Gonzalo Montes Duque Delegate
Dr. AndrOs Rodriguez _6n_ez Alternate
Dr. Marcos L. Vill6ga_ Adviser
Dr. Jaime Escall6n Adviser
Costa Rlca: Dr. Oscar Vargas M_ndez Chief of
Delega-tion Dr. Fernando Escalante
_Pradilla Delegat_
Dr. Jorge Salas Cordero Delegate
Miss Eiena Quesada Saborio Alternate Miss Graciela Carrillo Castro Alternate Mr. GermAn Sojo Arias Alternate
United States of Dr. W. Palmer Dearing Chief of Deleg
a-America: tion
'." Dr. Frederick J. Brady Delegate
Mr. Howard B. Calderwood Delegate
Dr. Roy Anduze Adviser
Mr. William Belton Adviser
Dr. E. Ross Jenney Adviser
Dr. Juan A. Pons Adviser
Mr. Walter W. Sohl, Jr. Adviser
Miss Demetra Panagos Member of
Staff
Miss Dorothy A. Schmldt Member of
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Dominican Republie: Dr. Ram6n Berg_s Santana Chief of Dele ga-tion
Dr. Hi,p61ito S_nohez B_ez Delegate Mr. Franz Baehr, Jr. Delegate
Venezuela: Dr. Daniel Orellana Chief of Delega
-tion Dr. Dario Curiel Delegate
Dr. Pastor Oropeza Delegate
Dr. Arnoldo Gabald6n Alternate Dr. Santiago Ruesta M. Adviser
Argentina: Dr. Rafil C. Bevacqua Chief of Delega
-tion
Dr. Gerardo Segura Alternate Chief Dr. Francisco J. Martone Delegate
Dr. Antonio Delio Kraly Delegate Dr. Waldemar T. Wilde Adviser Dr. Luis Alfredo Uslenghl Adviser
Dr. Angel Forte Adviser
Dr. Juan Carlos Costa Adviser Mr. Orlando V. Fagioli Adviser Mr. Osvaldo Pifiero Adviser Mr. Carlos Torres Gigena Adviser
Uruguay: Dr. Ricardo Cappeletti Chief of Delega -tion
E1 Salvador: Dr. Juan Allwood Paredes Chief of Delega -tion
Dr. Alberto Aguilar Rivas Delegate
Ecuador: Dr. Carlos Grunauer Toledo Chief of Deleg a-tion
Dr. Juan Montalv_n Cornejo Delegate
Mr. Armando Espinel Elizalde Secretary of De-legation Haiti: Dr. Lueien Pierre Noel Chief of De
lega-tion Dr. Richard Nemorin Delegate
Mexico: Dr. Ignaeio Morones Prieto Chief of Delega
-tion Dr. Manuel E. P,esquetra Delegate
Dr. Jos_ Zozaya Delegate
Dr. Luis V_squez Campos Adviser Dr. Miguel A. Bravo Becherelle Adviser
Nicaragua: Dr. Leonardo Somarriba Chief of Delega -tion
Dr. Manuel Antonio S_nchez
V_gil _ Alternate
Dr. Alejanciro Robleto P_ez Adviser
Netherlands: Dr. Nieolaas H. Swellengrebel Chief of Delega -tion
Dr. E. Van der I_uyp Delegate
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France: Dr. R. G. Hyronimus Chief of Delega -tion
Dr. Herv_ Floch Delegate Dr. Bonamour Alternate Mr. Pierre Carraud Alternate Mr. Ren6 Crouy-Chanel Alternate
Panama: Dr. Alberto Bissot, Jr. Chief of Delega -tion
Chile: Dr. Sergio Altamlrano P. Chief of Delega -tion
Dr. Guillermo Valenz_ela
Lavin Delegate
Dr. Abraham Horwitz B. Delegate Dr. Jorge Torreblanca D. Alternate
Dr. Waldemar Courts Alternate
Dr. Oscar Jim_nez Pinochet Alternate Dr. Alejandro Garret6n Silva Adviser Dr. Eduardo Cruz Coke Adviser Dr. Benjamin Viel Vicufia Adviser
Dr. Amador Neghme R. Adviser
Dr. Nacianceno Romero y O. Adviser Dr. Roberto Mufioz U. Adviser Dr. Marcos Charnes W. Adviser
Dr. Hern_n Romero Adviser
Mr. Guillermo Torres O. Adviser
Mr. Enrique G6mez Adviser
Mr. Ren6 Sotomayor Diaz Adviser
Dr. Hugo Behm Adviser
Dr. Teodoro Zenteno AdvLser Dr. Jerjes Vild6sola Adviser Dr. Arturo Scroggie Adviser Dr. An_bal Ariztia Adviser Dr. Adalberto Steeger Adviser Dr. Arturo Baeza Adviser Dr. Francisco Mardones Adviser Dr. Carlos Allende Gaete Adviser Dr. Avogadro Aguil.era Adviser Dr. Sergio Ib_fiez Adviser Dr. Alfredo Taborga Adv'_er
Dr. Rolando Armijo Adviser
Dr. Jorge Bravo Murphy Adviser Dr. Jorge Roman Adviser Dr. Guillermo Adria_ola Adviser Dr. Rafil Ortega Adviser Mr. Mario Rodriguez
Altamirano Adviser
Cuba: Dr. F_lix Hurtado Chief of Delega -tion
SANTrARYCO._t_:_T¢_,_OE 5 Guatemala: _r. J_s@ Fajardo Delegate
Mr. Humberto Olivero, Jr. Delegate
Beru: Dr. Armando Montes d.e Chief of
Delega-Peralta tion
Dr. Carlos Lazar_te Echegaray Delegate
Bolivia: Dr. Jorge Doria Medina Chief of Delega
-tion
Dr. Antonio Brown L. Delegate
Brazil: Dr. Henriq.ue Rodrigues Valle Delegate Dr. Frederico Carlos Carnauba Adviser
United Kingdom: Dr. J. W. P. Harkness Chief of Delega -tion
Dr. L. W. Fitzmaurice Delegate
Dr. A. A. Beat Delegate
Dr. J. P. O'Mahony Alternate Paraguay: Dr. Enrique Zacarias Arza Chief of Delega.
tion
Dr. Cia,udio Prieto Delegate
Dr. Julio Martinez Qu.evedo Delegate
Dr. Antonio Menna Alternate
Dr. J. R. Cazal Alternate
OFFICIAL OBSERVER
Canada: Mr. i_ector Theodore W. Bloctdey.
WORLD HEALTH OI_GANIZA T iON
Dr. M. G. Candau, Director-General.
PAN AMERICAN SANITARY BU!_EAU
Dr. Fred L. Soper, Director (re.ember ex efficio); Dr. Carlos L. Gon -zAlez, Assistant Director; Dr. Miguel E. Bnstamant% Secretary _eneral; Mr. I-Iarry A. Hinderer, Chief, Division of Administration; Dr. Myron E. V_egman, Chief, Division of Education and Training; and Dr. Em i-lio Budnik, Rep_esentativ.e, Zone VI.
OBSERVERS
Organization of American States Dr. Francisco de Abrisqueta and Dr. Tulo Montenegro.
United Nations and Specialized Agencies United Nations:
Miss Laura Vergara and Dr. Octavio Cabello. Food .and Agriculture Organization:
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InternationaLabour Orgl anization: Mr.Mols_sPobleteTroncoso.
rffnltedNationsInternationaChlildren'Fund:s Mr. RobertL. Dav_e.
NongovernmentalOrganizations
American College of Chest Physicians: Professor H. Orrego Pueh-na. International Council of Nurses: Miss Rebeea Torrealba G6mez. International League against Rheumatism: Dr. Manuel L. Losada.
International Society for the Welfare of Cripples: Dr. Jos_ PerronL International Union against Cancer: Professor Alberto R_hausen. International Union against the Venereal Diseases and the
Trepone-matoses: Mrs. Philip Riley.
League of Red Cross Societies: General Agustin In ostroza P_rez.
Pan American Medical Confederation: Dr. H6ctor Rodriguez H
ern_m-dez.
Rockefeller Foundation: Dr. Robert B. Watson, Dr. John N. Weir, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Tenn.ant.
World Federation for Mental Health: Dr. Carlos Nassar.
World Medical Association: Dr. H6ctor Rodriguez Hern_ndez.
HONORARY PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
The Conference unanimously designated as Honorary President of the XIV Pan American Sanitary Conference His Excellency Carlos
Ib_fiez del Campo, President of the Republic of Chile, and as Honor
-ary Vice-Presidents, the Ministers of Public Health of the Member Governments of the Organization.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
At the First Plenary Session, the Conferen_ unanimously .elected Dr. Sergio Altamirano P., Minister of Public Health and Welfare of
Chile, as President of the Conference.
Dr.W. Palmer Dearing, Delegate of the United States, and Dr.Oscar
Vargas M_ndez, Delegate of Costa Rica, were elected Vice-Presidents
of theConference.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 1VIAINCOMMITTEES
At the Second Plenary Session, held 8 October, the following main committees were established: (a) Committee I, on Technical Matters; (b) Committee II, on Administration, Finance, and Legal Matters; and (c) the General Committee.
Dr. Juan MontalvAn Cornejo, Delegate of Ecuador, and Dr. F_lix
Hurtado, Delegate of Cuba, were unanimously appointed Chairr_en of
Committee I and Committee II, res,pectively.
Dr. Jos6 Zozaya, Delegate of Mexico, and Dr. Gerardo Segura, De-legate of Argentina, were appointed members of the Gez_eral C
om-mittee.
_rr_Y cc_c_ y GENERAL COI_'_'r_
Chairman- Dr. Sergio Altamirano P. Chile
viee-cha_rmen: Dr. W. Palmer Dearing United States Dr. Oscar Vargas M_ndez Costa Rica Members: Dr. Juan NIontalv_n
Cornejo Ecuador
Dr. F_lix Hurtado Cuba
Dr.Jos_ Zozay_ Mexico Dr. Gerardo Segura Argentina Ex Officio
Member: Dr. Fr6d L. Soper Director,
Pan American
Sanitary Bureau secretary: Dr. iYIigurel E. Bustamante Secretary General,
Pan American Sanitary Bureau COMl_-,-r_ I
Chairman: Dr. Juan NIon.talv_n
Cornejo Ecuador
Vice-Chairman: Dr. Ricardo Cappelettl Uruguay Rapporteur: Dr. Abraham Horwitz B. Chile
Secretary: Dr. Emilio Budnik Pan American Sanitary Bureau co_iI_t'_-r_:_ II
Chairman: Dr. F_lix Hurtado Cuba _lce-chairman: Dr. Jos_ Fajardo Guatemala Rappcrteur: Dr. Joss Zozaya ,1Y£exico Secretary- :Mr. Harry A. Hinderer Pan American
Sanitary Bureau
AGENDA
The followimgagenda was approved:
Topic Document
Number Title Number
1 Inauguration of the XIV Pan American Sanitary Conference.
2 Adoption of the Rules of Procedure of CSP14/3 the Pan American Sanitary Conference CE22/11 and
Addendum I
3 Election of She Committee on Cred en-tials
8 p,_ _ES_C._ S_TARY ORG_UZATION
Topic Document
Number Title Number
5 Election of President and two Vice-Pr e-sidents
6 Establishment of the General Committee
Adoption of %_e Agenc%a CSP14/1, Rev. and Addendum I 8 Adoption of Program of Sessions CSP14/2
CE22/13 9 Annual Report of tl_e Chairman of the CSP14/25
F_ecutive Committee
10 Reports of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau:
A. Annual Report of the Director for CSP14/4 195S
B. Four-Year Report of the Director CSP14/5
11 Technical Discussions:
A. Reports of the Member States on Pub- CSP14/17 lic Health Conditions and Progres_
Achieved during the l_eriod between the XIII a_d XIV Pan American Sa -nitary Conferences
B. Discussion of Ohe Topics Selected by the Executive Committee:
(i) Methods of Improving t_e CSP14/26
Reliability of Raw Statistical 0SP14/69, Rev. I and Data Required for I-Iealth Pro- Corrigendum I grams
(ii) Control of Infant CSP14/27 and Diarrheas in the Light of Addenda I and IX Recent Scientific Progress CSP14/66
(_ii) Application of Health Education CSP14/28 Methods in Rural Areas in Latin CSP14/65 America
12 Proposed Program and Budg_et of t_e CSP14/19
Pan American Sanitary Bureau for 1955 CE22/47, Rev. 1 IS Proposed Program and Budget of the CSP14/29 and Add. I
_,A.NT'r_Y CO_OE 9
Topic Document
Number Title Number
posed Program and Budget of the Pan CSP1_/77 American Sanitary Bureau for 1956 CSP14/89 14 Future Form of Presentation of the Pro- O_P14/30 posed Program and Budget of t_e Pan CE23/3 American Sanitary Bureau
15 Revision of the Constitution of the Pan CSP14/18 American Sanitary Organization CSP14/78 Membership and Associate Membership
in l_he Organization CSP14/38 (Proposal of th.e Government of Cuba)
Change in the Names of the Organi_a- CSP14/S9 tion, the Conference, and the Bureau;
and Change in the Composition and
_,eetingsof the Executive Committee
(Articles 13 and 14 of the present Con-stitution)
(Proposal of the Governn_nt of Cuba)
16 Finan, cial Report of t_e Director and CSP14/6 Report of the External Auditor for 1953 CE22/4 17 Report on ,the Financial P,articipation 03P14/16
of France, the Netherlands, and the CE22/12 United Kingdom on Behalf of their
Territories in the Region of the Ame -ricas, in the Budget of the Pan Amer -ican Sanitary Organization
18 Status of the Collection of Quota Con- CSP14/31 and
_r_butions Corrigendum I
I9 Uti.lization Of Surplus Funds for 1953 CSP14/14 CE22/17 20 Report of the Permanent Subcommlttee CS_14/8
on Buildings and Installations CE22/10 ': 21 Report on the Revis,ion of the Staff CSP14/12
Rules of the Pan Ameri,ean Sanitary Bu- CE22/5 reau as Confirmed by the 22nd Meeting CE22/37 of the Executive Committee
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Topic Decumen_
Number Title Number . j"
23 Relations between the Pan American CSP14/7 Sanitary Organization and Nong
overn-mental Organizations
24 Trepon_ematoses: General Basis for the CSP14/SS Establishment Qf an Epidemiological CSP14/88 Campaign
(Proposal of the Gowernment of Ch_e)
25 Unification of Action in PublicHealth CSPI4/S4 Programs in the Region of the Americas CE22/16 26 Selection of Topics for Technical Discus- CSP14/ll
sions during the VIII Meeting of the D i-recting Council, VII Meeting of the Re -gional Comn_t_ee of the World Health Organization (1955)
27 Election of the Director of the Pan CSP14/9 American Sanitary Bureau, and Nomi
-nation of the Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organ i-zation
28 Election of Two Member Countries to CSP14/10 Fill the Vacancies on the Executive Co
m-mittee Created by the Termination of the Periods of Office of Ecuador and Mexico
29 Place and Date of the iV Pan American CSP14/2_,
Sanitary Conference Rev. 1
S0 Stipends Paid to Recipients of Fellow- CSP14/35 ships from tt_e Pan American Sanitary CE23/6 Bureau
S1 Working Capital Fund CSP14/15 32 Eradication of Malaria in the Americas CSP14/36
CSP14/81 and
Addenda I and II
CSP14/82
Corrigendum SS Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of CSP14/13
_TOp|c Document
Number Tit]e NumBer
34 Modification in the 1955 Program and CSP14/37 Budget of the World H.ea.lth Organiza
-tion
35 _£echnical Assistance Program for 1955 CSP14/21 CSP14/90 36 Environmental Sanitation CSP14/22 37 Organization of a Servi,oe Unit in Me- CSP14/29
xico City during the VIII World Health Assembly (Topic proposed by the Gov-ernment of Cuba)
38 Inter-American Congress of P u bli c CSP14/24 Health (Topic proposed by the Govern
-ment of Cuba)
39 Emergency Revolving Fund CSP14/49 CE23/8 CSP14/59 40 Functions of the Executive Committee 0SP14/42
in the Preparation of Pan American Sanitary Conferences
(Proposal of the Executive Committee, Resolution IX of the 23rd Meeting)
The Conference agreed,at theTenth Plenary Session,not to adopt any resolution on Topic 25, Unification of Action in Public Health Programs in the Region of the Americas (Document CSP14/34), or on Topic 35, Technical Assistance Program for 1955 (Document CSP14/21). It decided that the draft resolution on this last topic (Document CSP14/90), presented by the Working Party appointed at the Ninth Plenary Session and composed of the Delegates of the United States, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Cuba, shouJ_,d be included in the Proceedings of th.e Conf.erence.
PROGRAM OF SESSIONS
The program of sessions was approved, with such changes as the
General Committee considered necessary for the coordination of tn_ work of the Conference.
2 PAN AMERICAN SANITARY ORGANIZATION
Meeting, organized the Secretariat as provided in the draft program of sessions (Document CSP14/2). The Secretariat comprised seven serv -ices, under the Secretary of the Conference, Dr. Miguel E. Bustaman -to, and his assistant, Mr. Guillermo A Suro: minuta_, Spanish tran s-lation, and Journal of the Conference; documents and English trans-lation; simultaneous interpretation; library; information; press; and adminisfmative services.
TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS
Committee I establiahed five Working Parties.
Working Party A was charged with the study of methods of im-proving the reliability of raw statistical data required for health pro -grams. Dr. Dario Curiel (Venezuela) was named Moderator, and Dr. Hugo Behm (Chile), Rapporteur; Dr. Ruth R. Puffer (Pan American
Sanitary Bureau) _erved as Secretary. The introductory statement was by Dr. Enrique Pereda, C_ef, Subdepartment of Staf/stics, National Health Service of Chile.
Working Party B studied the control of infant diarrheas in the light of recent _eientific progress. Dr. Juan Allwood Paredes (El Sal -vador) was named Moderator; Dr. Adal,berto Steeger (Chile), Rappor -tour; and Dr. Myron E. Wegman (Pan American Sanitary Bureau)_ Secretary. The introductory statement was by Dr. Albert V. Hardy, Director, Bureau of Laborato_es of the Florida State Board of Health, United States.
Working Party C dealt with t_he application of _ealth education methods in rural areas in Latin America. Dr. Carlos Grunauer Toledo
(Ecuador) was named Moderator; Miss Graciela Carrillo Castro (Cos -ta Rica), Rapporteur; and Dr. Rigoberto Rios Castro (Pan American Sanitary Bureau), Secretary. The introductory statement was by Miss Maria Zalduondo, of the Bureau of Health Education, Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
Working Party D studied the topic eoncerni.ng eradication of m a-laria in the Americas. Dr Nicolaas H. Swellengrebel (Netherlands) acted as Moderator, and Dr. Arnoldo GabaldSn (Venezuela), as Rap -porteur. Dr. C. A. Alvarado (Pan American Sanitary Bureau) present -ed a report on the status of the antimalaria campaign in the Amer-icas. The Working Party established a Drafting Committee composed of Dr. Oscar Vargas M6ndez (Costa Rica), Dr. Juan Montalv_n Cor -nejo (Ecuador), Dr. Herv_ Floch (France), and the R_pporteur. Dr. E. J. Pampana_ of the World Health Organization, and Dr. C. A. A1 -v_rado (Pan American Sanitary Bureau) cooperated in the work of l_his Committee.
named Moderator, and Dr. Alberto Bissot, Jr. (Panama), Rapporteur. Dr. Santiago Ruesta M. (Venezuela) and Dr. Francisco J. Martone
(Argentina) were also members of the Working Party.
REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION
Committee II establ_shcd a Working Party to ,examine thc Final Re-port of the Perman.ent Committee on Revision of the Censtltutlon of the Pan American Sanitary Organization and the RevL_ed Draft Cons-_itution (Document CSP14/18 and Annex A) .prepared by that Com-mittee. Dr. (_erardo Segura (Argentina) was el_ected Chairman of th? Working Party, and Dr. Frederico C. Carnauba (Brazil), Rapporteur. Mr. Howard B. Calderwood (United States), Dr. HipSlito S_nchez B_ez
(Dominican Republic), Dr. Jos6 Zozaya (Mexico), and Dr. Abraham Ho.rwitz B. (Chile) were also members of the Working Party.
FOU_-YEAR REPORTS OF THE MEMBER STATES
All t_e Member States presented four-year rcpor_ on public _e_lth conditions and the progress aohicved during the period between the XIII and XIV Pan American Sanitary Conferences. These reports were distributed by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau prior to t31e Con-ference.
In addition, the Bureau prepared and _included in the Conferenc_ doouments a _-ummary of the statistical data that appeared in _hose reports, with a view to facilitating the study of the main problems of public health In the Americas.
Finally, the _lelegations presented at plenary _essions of the Con-ference summaries of the reports of their respective countries, in the
following vrd,er: Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, the Dominican Re-public, Argentina, Uruguay, E1 Salvador, Ecuador, Haiti_ France, th_ l_etherlands, Panama, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, the United Kingdom, Paraguay, the United States, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE
The Conference held an inaugural session and ten plenary sessions; _here were two sessions of the Committee on Credentials, ten ses_lon_ of the General Committee, six sessions of Committee I, eight session_ of Committee II, and two joint so, ions of Committees I and tI.
_4 Pl_" A_I_ICAN SANITARYORGANIZATION RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
The Conference approved, in plenary session, the following resolu -tions:
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_NUAL REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
4...'_.=xz'v PA_ _ZOAN SA_rrrARY CONFF.RENC_.,
Having examined the annual report of the Executive Committee, presented by Dr. Gerardo Segura, Delegate of Argentina and Chair -man of the 22nd Meeting of that Committee,
RESOLVES:
TO approve the annual report of the Executive Committee and ex -press its satisfaction at the work accomplished.
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REPORTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE PAN AMERICAN SANITARY
BUREAU
_._ _ PAN ANIE_ICAN_qlT._P,,Y C01_'_L_ICE,
Having examined the annual report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for 1953 and his four-Fear report on the activities of the Pan American Sanitary Organization during the pe-riod between the XTrr (1950) and the XIV (1954) Pan American San -itary Conferences,
RF_OLVES:
TO approve the annual report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization
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CSP14.R3 EN RESOLUTION HI
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND REPORT OF THE
EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR 1953
THE XIV PAN AI_ERICANSANITARY CONFERENCE,
Havingstudiedthe FinancialReport oftheDirectorand Report of theExternalAuditorfor 1953 (DocumentCE22/4);and
Noting that the Executive Committee approved the aforesaid r e-ports at its 22nd Meeting,
RESOLVES:
i. To approve the Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 1953.
2. To congratulate the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bu
-reau and his associates on the manner in which the reports were presented.
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REPORT OF THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON
BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS
T_ XIV PAN_.RICA_ SANITARYCONFERENUE,
Having studied the report of the Permanent Subcommittee on Buildings and Installations (Document CE22/10); and
Noting the action taken by the Executive Committee on th_
subject at its 22nd l_eting,
RESOLVES:
1. TO approve the action taken by the Permanent Subcommittee.
2. To express its appreciation to the members of the Permanen% Subcommittee on Buildings and Installations, who will continue tu give collaboration to the Dlrector of the Pan American Sanitary Bu
-r£_u,
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REVISION OF THE STAFF RULES OF THE
PAN AMERICAN SANITARY BUREAU
TH_XIV PAN AMERICANSANITARYCONFERENCE,
Considering the action taken by the Executive Committee at it_ 22nd Meeting regarding the revised Staff Rules of the Pan American
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Having been informed that the Seventh World Health Assembly made no changes in the revision of its Staff Rules;
Noting that, in accordance with the instructions contained in the first paragraph of Resolution XVIII adopted by the Executive Co rn-mitre at its 22nd Meeting, the Director put the revised Staff Rules of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau into effect on 1 June 1954, the date on which those of the World Health Organization came in -to force; and
Considering that Article 12.2 of the Staff Regulations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau provides that "the Director shall report annually to the Directing Council such staff rules and amend
-ments thereto as he may make to implement these regulations after confirmation by the Executive Committee",
RESOLVES:
To take note of the adoption of the revised Staff Rules of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (Document CE22/5, Annex A) as recom -mended by the Director and confirmed by the Executive Committee at its 22nd Meeting.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND
THE XIV PAN A.1M[ERICAN SANITARY CO_CE,
Considering the previous decisions of the Directing Councll and the recommendations of the Director and the External Auditor that an amount of $ 1,200,000 is sufficient to carry out the purposes of the Working Capital Fund;
In view of the Financial Regulations, which stipulate that the Working Capital Fund shall be established in an amount and for the purpose to be determined from time to time by the Directing Council; and
Considering the recommendation of the 22nd Meeting of the Execu_ rive Committee,
RESOLVES:
