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Establishment of the World Health Organization

A/RES/61(I)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1947.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
BudgetFinancingHealth AidHealth ProgrammesLoans

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
Takes note of the resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its third session, on 17 September 1946, regarding the establishment of the \Vorld Health Organization:
1
Recommends ali Members of the United Nations to accept the Constitution of the World Health Organization1 at the earliest possible date;
2
Instructs the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps, as contemplated by the Final Act of the International Health Conference, to effect the transfer to the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization of the functions and activities of the League of Nations Health Organization which have been assumed by the United Nations;
3
Recommends ali Members of the United Nations, and in particular those Members parties to the Rome Agreement of 1go7 constituting the Office international d' hygitne publique, to aclept, at the earliest possible da.te, the Protocol of the International Health Conference concerning the Office international d' hygiene publique;
4
Approves, in response to the application of the Interim Commission, a loan by the United 1 nornment E/1.~r,. tions, en créant une communauté de culture i laquelle pourront participer les peuples de tous les pays:
1
Déíidc de rc1noyer cettc qucstion au Conseil mette a 1'.Organisation des Nations Unies pour mesures appropriées soient prises a ce sujet;
2
Recommande au Comeil économique et social
des principes suivants lors de !'examen de cette question:
a) La traduction des classiques est un projet de caractere international présentant une importance capitale pour le développement de culture!;
b) Certaines nations ne disposent pas de faólités ni de ressources suffisantes pour assurer la traduction exacte dans Ieur langue d'un nombre important de classiques;
e) Cette traduction contribuerait grandement le domaine culturcl;
d) La définition des classiques ne devrait pas se Iimiter a une culture particuliere, mais devrait comprendre les cruvres de toutes les na-
signification universelle et une valeur permanente.
Soixante-cinquieme séance pléniere,
le 14 décembre I946.
61 (1). Création de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé L' Assemblée générale,
Prenant acte de la résolution relative a la création de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, adop- 17 septembre 1946, lors de sa troisieme session: tions Unies d'approu\cr le plus t<>t pos~ible la constitution de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé 1;
2
Charge le Secrétaire général de prendre les mesures nécessaires, telles qu'elles sont envisagées dans I'Acte final de la Conférence internationale térimaire de I'Organisation mondiale de la santé
assumées par les Nations Unies;
partics a l'Arrangcmcnt de Rome de 1907, qui a constitué l'Office international d'hygiene publique, d'approuver le plus tót possible le Protocole de la Conférence internationale de la santé, concernant l'Office international d'hygiene publique;
4
Approuve, en réponse a la requéte de la
Nations of a maximum sum of $300,000 (U.S.) for the purpose of financing the activities of the Interim Commission from the commencement of its work to the end of the financia! year 1946, and approves the inclusion in the budget of the United Nations for the financia! year 1947 of a maximum sum of $1,000,000 (U.S.) as a further loan for the purpose of financing the activities of the Interim Commission or the World Health Organization during that year;
5
Authoriz.es the Secretary-General to transmit any recommendations made by the General Assembly in pursuance of paragraphs 1 and 3 above to all States which, whether Members of the United Nations or not, sent representatives or observers to the International Health Conference.
Sixty-fifth plenary meeting,
I4 December r946.

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