CD19.R8: Objectives, functions and financing of INCAP

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THE 19th DIRECTING COUNCIL,

Recognizing that nutrition has a high priority in national health services in the Hemisphere;

Seeing that there is a gradual increase in the demand for improved health, in particular for

specialized training and consultation services in nutrition, as well as for applied research in this

field;

Considering that over the years the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)

has gained excellent experience in providing needed nutrition services both in Central America and

in the rest of the Hemisphere;1 and

Acknowledging that the needs of INCAP must be considered within the over-all nutrition program

of the Americas and the total resources available to support that program,

RESOLVES

1. To recommend to the Director that he provide INCAP with assistance in reorienting its present

programs in order to better meet the needs of the present members of the Institute and the remaining

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2. To recommend that the Director continue to seek funds for INCAP from its traditional sources,

and increase, to the extent the budget of the Organization so permits, the annual grant that is made

to the Institute to enable it to effectively carry out the proposed expansion of its services.

3. To recommend that the INCAP program and budget be adjusted to coincide with estimated

resources.

Sept.–Oct. 1969 OD 99, 58