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World Health Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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To mark the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO), the eleventh regular session of the Assembly was preceded by a special two-day tenth anniversary commemorative session. The eleventh session was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 28 to June 13, 1958. The President of the Assembly (Dr. Leroy E. Burney) stated in his inaugural address that WHO's efforts during its first ten years had been concentrated largely on the fight against the major communicable diseases. He emphasized the necessity for more research, the importance of intensifying training activities, and the need for wider public participation in health work. The Director-General, introducing his report on the work of WHO during 1957, stated that one indication of the direction in which WHO's work was likely to develop in the future was to be found in the repeated references made in the report to the coordination of research. He stated that one of the most pressing immediate needs continued to be the strengthening of national health services. He proposed an effective working budget for 1959 of $14,287,600, which represented an increase of 5.3 percent over the effective working budget for 1958. The Assembly approved the proposed budget.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , Winter 1959 , pp. 159 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1959

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References

1 Chronicle of the World Health Organization, 07–08 1958 (Vol. 12, Nos. 7–8), p. 219–224Google Scholar.

2 Ibid., p. 224–236. For a summary of the tenth assembly, see International Organization, Autumn 1957 (Vol. 11, No. 4), p. 686–687CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

3 For a summary of the report, see ibid., Summer 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 3), p. 392.

4 Chronicle the World Health Organization, 07–08 1958 (Vol. 12, Nos. 7–8), p. 253–254Google Scholar. For a summary of the 21st session, see International Organization, Summer 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 3), p. 391–392CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

5 Chronicle of the World Health Organization, 05 1958 (Vol. 13, No. 5). p. 151–156Google Scholar.

6 Ibid., September 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 9), p.291–294.

7 Ibid., October 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 10), p. 329–334.

8 Ibid., November 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 11), p. 379–382.

9 Ibid., October 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 10), p. 350–331.

10 Ibid., November 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 11), p. 384–388.

11 Ibid., September 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 9), p. 317.

12 Ibid., p. 317–318.

13 Ibid., October 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 10), p. 350.

14 Ibid., November 1958 (Vol. 12. No. 11), p. 387, 388.

15 Ibid., October 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 10), p. 351–352.

16 Ibid., November 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 11), p. 383–384.