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Volume #14 - 275. | |
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CHAPITRE III NATIONS UNIES | |
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3E PARTIE CONSEIL ÉCONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL ET INSTITUTIONS SPÉCIALISÉES | |
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PCO/Vol. 66 |
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Note du secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures pour le Cabinet | |
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Ottawa,
le 14 mai 1948 | |
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CANADIAN DELEGATION TO THE FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY GENEVA, JUNE 24 | |
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The Secretary of State for External Affairs has the honour to report that the First World Health Assembly, to which Canada has been invited to send a delegation, will be held in Geneva beginning on June 24th next. Hitherto the World Health Organization has met in session as an Interim Commission, but since February of this year (by which time twenty-six states had become parties to the WHO Constitution), this Organization has acquired legal status as a fully constituted specialized agency of the United Nations. 2. During the course of this First World Health Assembly eighteen states will be elected to designate a representative to serve on the Executive Board. In the event that Canada is elected, the Chief Canadian delegate should be empowered to nominate the Canadian representative on the Executive Board. 3. Canada has strongly supported the World Health Organization since its inception. This Organization is one of the most effective and at the same time one of the least controversial of United Nations bodies. Since this Assembly of the World Health Organization is now to meet for the first time it has been judged proper to refer the question of Canada's participation to Cabinet for decision. Recommendation 4. The Secretary of State for External Affairs with the concurrence of the Minister of National Health and Welfare has the honour to recommend: a) that Canada be represented at the First World Health Assembly which will open in Geneva on June 24th and that the Canadian delegation be composed as follows: Chief delegate b) that these delegates have full powers to carry out their functions in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, including authority to participate in the election of the eighteen states to serve on the Executive Board and to serve on the Executive Board should Canada be elected.100 LOUIS S. ST. LAURENT 100 Approuvée par le Cabinet :Approved by Cabinet: | |
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