CD18.R24: Health in the overall development of the River Plate Basin

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18th DIRECTING COUNCIL

20th SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE

THE 18th DIRECTING COUNCIL,

Bearing in mind that the Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Health of the River Plate Basin decided1 "to

request the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to report to the XVIII Meeting of the

Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, XX Meeting of the Regional

Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas, to be held in Buenos Aires in

October 1968, on the recommendation of the Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Health of the River

Plate Basin in relation to health";

Considering that the Director accordingly submitted Document CD18/172 to the Directing Council

for its consideration; and

Taking into account the statements made by the representatives during the discussion of this

subject,

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1. To take note of Document CD18/17 entiled "Health in the Over-All Development of the River

Plate Basin."

2. To reaffirm the need to consider the health implications in the development of river basins.

3. To urge the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to give its collaboration and support, within its

available budgetary resources, to the Governments of the River Plate Basin in the implementation

of the recommendations made by the Ministers of Health of the River Plate Basin during their Sixth

Meeting.

Oct. 1968 OD 93, 60