Election of two member countries to fill the vacancies on the Executive Committee

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regional committee

PAN AMERICAN

SANITARY

ORGANIZATION

VII Meeting

WORLD

HEALTH

ORGANIZATION

V Meeting

Washington, D. C. 9-22 October 1953

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ORIGINAL: SPANISH

Topic 27: ELECTION OF TWO MEMBER COUNTRIES TO FILL THE VACANCIES ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CREATED BY THE TERMINATION OF THE PERIODS OF OFFICE OF CHILE AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Pursuant to Article 13-A of the Constitution of the Pan American Sanitary Organization, the Executive Committee

"shall be composed of seven Member GCvernments elected by the Council for overlapping terms of three years... A

Member Government shall not be eligible for reelection to the Executive Committee until one year has elapsed."

The following chart shows the composition of the Executive Com-mittee together with the expiration dates of the terms of the present Members:

Executive Committee

Country Term Expires

Brazil October 1955

Chile October 1953

Dominican Republic October 1953

Ecuador October 1954

Haiti October 1955

Mexico October 1954

Panama October 1955

Since the terms of Chile and the Dominican Republic will expire immediately after the current Meeting of the Directing Council, two Member Countries are to be elected to form part of the Executive Com-mittee under the provisions of the Constitution.

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

T E R M S

COUNTRY

From From From From From From From

January 1947 October 1947 October 1948 October 1949 October 1950 October 1951 October 1952 October 1947 September 1948 September 1949 September 1950 September 1951 September 1952 October 1953

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Chile

Dom. Rep.

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama _ _I

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Paraguay

Peru

1-United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

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