WCRLD HEALTH <RGANIZATION

RIDIONAL COHMI'ITEE

Fifth Session Manila lQ-16 September 1954

REGIONAL CFFICE FCR THE vJESTERN PACIFIC

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ORIGINALI ENGLISH

ANNOTATED AGENDA

1. 9J?ening of the Regional Committee Meeting Address by retiring Chairman

/J.t is customary for the retiring Chairman to deliver a short address

at the opening session of a new Committee Meeting. Usually the retiring

Chairilla.n reviews the work carried out by the previous Committee and draws

~ttention to major points of progress resulting from the previous Committee's

deliberations.

The Chairman of the 1953 Regional Committee Meeting -was Dr. Takemune

Soda, Chief, Hedical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo,

Japan;J

2. Election of New Officers (Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Rapporteurs)

/_The officers of the Regional Committee Neetings are the Chairman, the

Vice-Chairman, the Rapporteur for the English language arrl the Rapporteur for

the Frenal. language. The officers of previous Regional Committee meetings were:

1st Regional ~mmittee :Heeting - 1950 Chairman Dr. Regina G. Padua (Philippines) Vice-Chairman Dr. Phan Huy Dan (Viet-Nam) Rapporteur Dr. Oudom Souvannavong (Laos)

2nd Ref!~nal Committee Meeting · ~nnan :

Vice-Olairman Rapporteur (in English)

" ( " French ) :

3rd Regional Committee Meeting Chahman Vice-Chairman Rapporteur (in English) :

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4th R~onal Committee Meeting Chairman : Vice-Chairman Rapporteur (in English)

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- 1951 Dr. Regina G. Padua (Philippines) Dr. Phan Huy Dan (Vie t..Nam) Dr. K. C. Yeo (United Kingdom) Dr. Sonn l'Iam (Cambodia)

- 1952 Dr. Henri Marcel (Viet-Nam) Dr. J. B. Nathieson (Australia) Dr. T. H. Wang (China) .. Dr. B1in (France)

-1953 Dr. Takemune Soda (Japan) Dr. J. N. Cruikshank (United Kingdom) Dr. C. H. Yen (China) Dr. Henri Narce1 (Viet-NamJ7

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3. Address by the incoming Olainnan

/Jt is customary for the incoming Chairman to give a brief address

to the Committee. It is, however, not essential that the address be given

as the third item on the agenda. It may, should the Chainnan wish, be post­

poned to a time later in the session~

4. Adoption of the Agenda

@hould representatives wish to propose new items for the ag3nda,

these should be submitted within twenty-four (24) hours after the opening of

the session and Will constitute a supplementary agenda ~ be presented for

adoption at the next plenary meeting of the same sessiofJ..J

5. Technical Discussions

5.1 Designation of Moderator.

/fhe function of the moderator :is to guide discussions along

the lines of the agenda, to §SSist the members to adhere to the schedule for

discussions, to ensure that ~1.1 members so desirous are heard, and to endeavour

to effect a full and balanced disquisition of the theme chosen.

~he moderators for the previous Committee meetings were:

3rd Reg,ional ,Committee Meeting - 1952

Dr. W. J. Vickers, Chief Representative of the United Kingdom and Director of Medical Services, Singapore. The theme of the 1952 Technical Discussions was 11E~cation and Training of Medical and Public Health Personnel".

4th Regional Committee Meeti~ - 1953

Dr. 0. R. McCoy, Representative in Japan of the Medicine and Public Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation. The subject of the 1953 Technical Discussions was ''Health Planning".J

5.2 Acceptance of the Schedule for Technical Discussions (WP/RC5/RD2)

/jhe theme of the Technical Discussions for the Fifth Session of

the Western Pacific Regional Committee is:

PUBLIC H:<.:ALTH ADMINISTRATION WITH PARTICULAR REFER:IlNCE TO THE ORGANIZATION (DEVEIDHvlENT) OF HEALTH

DEPARL'MENI'S (SERVICES).

A total of two days will be devoted to this year's Technical Discussions.

The first session will start on the afternoon of Thursday, 9th September, and

the Discussions will continue until noon, Saturday, 11th Septembe.r.J

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6. Brief Statements by Representatives on the ilnplementa tion by Governments of the Various Resolutions passed during the Fourth Session of the Refional Committee.

See attached document WP/RC4/22 Rev. 2)

,L'Ifepresentatives will be asked to give a verbal report in open

session. These statements are for the infonna tion and gtii.dance of all Member

States of the Region. The statements form a progress report on the carrying

out of Regional Committee dec:is ions;J

?. Acknowledgment by Chairman of Brief Reports received from Governments on progress of their Health Activities.

LGQvernments have been asked to submit written reports in advance

of the session. It is important that these reports be received in good

time asrthey are to be circulated during the Committee meeting. Wr:it ten

reports are requested as it will obviously be time-consuming for representatives

to make adequate reports verbally during open session. The Chairman will make

an announcement to acknowledge receipt of such reports .:J

8. Report of the Regional Director

/Jhis report, document .WP/RCS/2, will be distributed to Goverrunents

before the Session. The document states in detail the work of the World Health

Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, during the period 1 July

1953 to 30 June 1954. It is thus a complete hist.ory of regional activities

during that period.

It is important that representatives study this document before the

meeting as Committee members will be asked to give full consideration to the

Regional Director's annual report in open session~

9. Review of the Approved Regional Programme and Budget for 1955 in the light of present budgetary adjustments and consideration of amendments proposed by Member Countries.

~en the Programme and Budget was first presented to the Fourth

Session of the Regional Committee in 1953, it was based on a tentative alloca­

tion of ¢637,755 from the regular fund and ¢816,853 from the Technical Assist­

ance Fund.

Since the Director-General's proposed budget for 1955 was reduced by

$'8ll.,J.OO at the Seventh World Health Assembly, and s inca the contribution to

the Technical .Assistance programme of the United Nations did not reach the

amount anticipated, new allocations were given to the Western Pacific Regional

Office to the amount of $547,000 and $550,000 from regu.lar and TA funds,

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respectively. The latter amount includes $110,000 as Priority II allocation.

The Programm·e and Budget for 1955 as presented in document 1tiP/RC5/4 has been

adjusted in accordance with WP/RC4/Rl2 within the amounts allocated.

10. Proposed Programme and Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 1 January to 31 December 1956.

~ince the Director~eneral does not contemplate proposing to the

Eighth World Health Assembly an increase in the 1956 budget, the tentative

allocations received from him for 1956 are practically the s arne as those for

1955. It is probable that many projects will continue from 1955 into 1956.

In addition, certain costs not preyiously incurred by the Organization now

represent an additional obligation. Therefore funds available to meet new

requests from Member Governments are considerably reduced. Consequently, the

Regional Director is obliged to put all Government requests which cannot be

accomodated in the 1956 proposed programme in a supplementary list for the

consideration of the Cormnittee.

11. Proposal submitted by Member Countries

11.1 Fiji

11.1.1 Endemicity of insect-borne virus diseases in the Western Pacific

in relation to their importance arrl control.

[Representatives are asked to study the recommendation, put forward

by Fiji, that experts in the Region be asked to prepare papers on the public

health aspects of·the problem for the consideration of the Expert Committee

on Virus Diseases, or that a Seminar for fifteen participants with three con­

sultants should be held at a future date to prepare a report on this subject.J

12. Resolutions of Reguonal Interest Adopted by the 13th and 14th Sessions of the Executive Board and the 7th World Health Assembly.

(See attached documents WP/RC5/6_ to WP/RC5/12)

/Jh.ese documents lists all resolutions referred to below and in each

case give a short summary of events leading to their adoption.J

12.1 Payment of Travel Expenses of Representatives to Sessions of Regional Comrni tte.es (EB13.R27; WHA7 .Z7)

12.2 Sessions of Regional Committees at Regional Headquarters (EB13.R28; \oJHA7.26)

12.3 Rights and Obligations of Associate Members in Regional Com­mittees (BB13.R29; WHA7.28)

12.4 Campaign against Smallpox (EB13.R3; WHA 7.5)

12.5 Local costs in Respect of International Project Personnel Under the ReguJar Budget (EB13.R44; WHA 7 .42)

12.6 Research (WHA7.52)

12.7 Environmental Sanitation (EB14.R21; WHA7.53) '-~"""' \

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13. Time, Place and Duration of next two Sessions

The Fourth Regional Committee, considering that the Organization has

a limited sum only available for Committee Meetings and that the extra

expenses over and above those normally incurred when Meetings are held at

Regional Headquarters must be borne by the host govenmment, reaffirmed the

principle of rotation approved by the Committee at its Third Session.

The Singapore Government has invited the Regional Committee to hold its

6th Session in Singapore in 1955.

In accordance with the principle of rotation mentioned above, it is

expected that the 7th Session will be held in Manila in 1956.

Representatives are asked to consider the desirable duration for future

Regional Committee meetings with a view to effecting economy in both time and

money.

14. Consideration of the Report and Recommendations presunted by the Te~hnical Dis cuss ion Group .

[Following t4e practice of World Health Assemblies, the report and

recommendations of the Technical Discussion group will be presented in plenary

session for approval and adoption~

15. Adoption of the Summary of Decisions Made and Resolutions Jq~proved by the Fifth Session of the Regional fummittee.

{fhe various decisions made and resolutions passed by .the Regional

Committee will be prepared by the Secretariat as a separate document for final

approval in the last plenary session~

16. Other business.

17. Adjournment.

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