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World Health Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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During the sixth session of the Executive Board in Geneva from June 1 to June 9, 1950, it was reported that some difficulties had been encountered in the establishment of a regional office for Europe. Six member states had not replied to the request sent them on the subject, seven had expressed reservations, six had sent in negative replies, and only eight had indicated their approval. It was also proposed that rules of procedure of the Assembly be changed to permit the participation in discussions of representatives of the Executive Board in either plenary or committee meetings. During the biennial revision of the list of non-governmental organizations with which WHO maintained official relations, a total of eighteen were retained. The Executive Board also agreed that, while WHO was not an organization for sending supplies to governments, it was nonetheless true that supplies were occasionally indispensable to enable a government to carry out a specific program. A total of $100,000 had been thus distributed to Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Finland, India, Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan, Monaco, Portugal, Thailand and Yugoslavia for the control of malaria and leprosy, the improvement of nursing care and similar activities.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1951 , pp. 387 - 389
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1951

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References

1 Chronicle of the World Health Organization, IV, p. 271. For other action taken at the sixth session, see International Organization, IV, p. 685.

2 The Times, London, 02 2, 1951Google ScholarPubMed.

3 Chronicle of the World Health Organization, IV, p. 342.

4 Ibid., p. 370–373.

5 Ibid., p. 376.

6 Ibid., p. 380.

7 Ibid., V, p. 17.

8 Ibid., p. 25–28.

9 New York Times, February 28, 1951.