CD19.R6: Annual report of the Director of the PAHO

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19th DIRECTING COUNCIL

THE 19th DIRECTING COUNCIL,

Having considered the 1968 Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau,

Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Americas (Official Document 95);

Bearing in mind the statements of the representatives emphasizing the valuable support given by the

Pan Amerian Health Organization to the efforts of the countries to raise the level of health of the

population;

Bearing in mind also the concern expressed by the representatives about the persistence of problems

of sanitation, communicable diseases, and nutrition and the complexity of the situation in the

Region, where the health services in the countries have achieved different levels of development;

and

Taking into account the provisions of Article 4-F of the Constitution of the Pan American Health

Organization,

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1. To approve the Annual Report of the nnual Report of the Director of the Pan American

Sanitary Bureau for 1968 (Official Document 95), and to commend him and his staff on the

excellent work done during the year.

2. To recommend to the Member Governments that they make a careful review of the health

situation in their countries so as to determine the priority areas in which the work of the Pan

American Sanitary Bureau can be most effective.

3. To recommend to the Member Governments that they regard the Annual Reports of the

Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau as working documents of regional importance,

indicating where the interests and efforts of each country fit into the welfare of the countries of the

Americas as a whole

Sept.–Oct. 1969 OD 99, 56-7