DRAFT FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND LEGAL MATTERS

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1 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ NINTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A9/AEL/19 14 May 1956 S ORIGINAL: FRENCH DRAFT FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND LEGAL MATTERS The Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters held its first vthree meetings on 10 and 14 May 1956, under the chairmanship of Mr W. H. Boucher (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). On the proposal of the Committee on Nominations, Mr B. S/rensen (Denmark) was elected Vice-Chairman and Mr R. PleiS (Yugoslavia), Rapporteur. The Committee established a Legal Sub-Committee, consisting of delegates of the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt,. Federal Republic of Germany, France, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America. Certain agenda items were referred to this sub-committee, and its recommendations, as adopted by the Committee on Administration, Finance and Legal Matters, will be embodied in the reports of thè Committee. The Committee decided to recommend to the Ninth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolutions: 1. Financial Report of WHO for 195j/and Report of the External Auditor Having examined the Financial Report of the Director-General for the period 1 January to December 1955 and the Report of the External Auditor for the same financial period, as contained in Official Records Цо. 70; and Having considered the report of the ad hoc committee of the Executive Board on its examination of these reports, ACCEPTS the Director-General's Financial Report and the Report of the External Auditor for the financial year 1955.

2 2. Publications Revolving Fund - Having considered the report of the Executive Board and the Financial Report for 1955^ on the status of the Publications Revolving 2 Fund and the resolution adopted by the Board on this subject (resolution EB17-R46), 5 1. DECIDES that the balance as at 31 December 1955 be left in the Fund; 2. NOTES that the Executive Board will consider the status of this Fund at its nineteenth session; 3. REQUESTS the Board to report to the Tenth World Health Assembly on this subject. 3» Scale of Assessments I Austria, Burma and Ceylon Recalling that the Eighth World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA8,5> reaffirmed its decision that the United Nations scale of assessment should be used as the basis for the scale of assessment in WHO and that WHO should progress toward the full application of the necessary adjustments to be made in four annual stages beginning in 1956; Recalling further that the special assessments of Austria, Burma and Ceylon were fixed for 1956 only, to be reviewed by the Ninth Health Assembly; Having studied the report by the Director-General the Executive Board Burma and Ceylon; Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 70, 22 Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 69, ^ Off.Нес. Wld Hlth Org. 68, 17 k Off. Rqg. Wld Hlth frg. 63, 18 5 Off» Нес. Wld Hlth Org. 68, Annex 9> »- 5 and the report of on the scale of assessment with respect to Austria,

3 DECIDES that the assessments of Austria, Burma and Ceylon should remain unchanged for one single year more and that commencing with the assessment for 1958 they shall be assessed in accordance with the principles set forth in resolution WHA8.5 1 at the stages they would normally have been, provided that the adjustment with respect to Austria should be made starting from the basis of 22 units. 3.2 Korea Having ешя-idôred the assessment of Korea in the light of the special circumstances existing relating to war devastation, DECIDES that the assessment of Korea should for the next five years continue to bo fixed at the minimum assessment and that the situation concerning the assessment of Korea should be reviewed again in the year 1961, 3.3 New Members: Morocco, Sudan and TUNISIA Associate Members s Gold Coast, Federation of Nigeria, and Sierra Leone Considering the admission of certain Members and Associate Members to membership in the Organization, RESOLVES that the following additions be made to the scale of assessments :., Morocco 1б units Sudan Tunisia Gold Coast Federation of Nigeria Sierra Leone 13 units 0.04 per cent. 3 units 3 units 3 units Off. Rec. Wld Hlth Org. 63, 18

4 ЗЛ Scale of Assessments for 1957 Recalling that the Eighth World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA8.5, reaffirmed its decision that the United Nations scale of assessments should be used as the basis for the scale of assessment in WHO end that WHO should progress tovard the full application of the necessary adjustments to be made in four annual stages beginning in 1956, DECIDES that the scale of assessments for 1957 shall be as follows: Members Scale (units) Afghanistan 6 Albania Argentina 184 Australia 220 Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burma^ 17 6 Byelorussian SSR kk Cambodia Canada 598 Ceylon Chile 45 China 678 Costa Rica Cuba Czechoslovakia 106 Denmark^ 88 Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt 70 El Salvador 6 Ethiopia 12 Federal Republic of Germany 45O Federation of Nigeria 5 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 5 Minimum assessment of 9.04 per cent

5 Members Scale (units) Finland France^ Gold Coast 3 Greece 23 Guatemala 8 Haiti Honduras Hungary 41 Iceland India 380 Indonesia 52 I ran,. 42 Iraq 16 Ireland 33 Israel 18 Italy 254 Japan 227 J ordan Korea Laos Lebanon Liberia^. Libya Luxembourg 6 Mexico 83 Monaco Morocco 16 Nepal Netherlands 154 New Zealand 57 Nicaragua Norway, 60 Pakistan 76 Panama Paraguay Peru 21 Philippines 43 Poland 155 Portugal 39 Romania 53 Saudi Arabia 8 Sierra Leone / 3 Minimum assessment of 0.04 per cent

6 A9/AFL/19 page 6 Members Scale (units) Spa in 138 Sudan 15 Sweden 212 Switzerland 152 Syria 11 Thailand 26 Tunisia Turkey 92 Ukranian SSP 165 Onion of South Africa^ 110 United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay 21 USSR Venezuela 43 Viet Nam 22 Yemen Yugoslavia i Minimum assessment of 0.04 per cent Special assessment on largest contributor in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution WHA8.5

7 Status of Annual Contributions and Advances to the Working Capital Fund Having considered the report of the Director-General on the status of annual contributions and of advances to the Working Capital Fund, NOTES with satisfaction the collections of contributions in respect of the current year's budget; Considering paragraph 2 of resolution WHA8.13 of the Eighth World Health Assembly; Noting that communications from those Members who would be subject to the provisions of the paragraph regarding payment of their arrears for 1953 and 1954 indicate that they will be paying those contributions in the immediate future; 1. DECIDES not to invoke Article 7 of the Constitution against those Members; Noting that certain Members are in arrears for 1954 and 1955; 2. CALLS the attention of Member Governments to the importance of paying their contributions in good time, to make it unnecessary in future for the Assembly to consider, in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution, whether or not the right of vote of such a Member should be suspended; 3. REQUESTS Member Governments to provide in their national budgets for regular payment to the World Health Organization of their annual contributions in the year in which they are due; 4. REQUESTS the Director-General to communicate this resolution to the Members concerned. Working Capital Fund 1. RESOLVES that the Working Capital Fund for the membership of the Organization as at 30 April 1956 be established for 1957 in the amount of US , plus the assessments of Members joining after 30 April 1956;

8 2. AUTHORIZES the Director-General: (1) to advance from the Working Capital Fund such sums as may be necessary to finance the appropriations for the financial year 1957 pending receipt of contributions from Members; sums so advanced shall be reimbursed to the Working Capital Fund as contributions become available; (2) to advance such sums in 1957 as may be necessary to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses, and. to increase the relevant Appropriation Section accordingly, provided that not more than USt is used for such purposes, except that with the prior concurrence of the Executive Board a total of US& may be so used; and REQUESTS the Director-General to report to the next convening Health Assembly all advances made under the authority vested in him to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses, and the circumstances relating thereto, and to make provision in the estimates for reimbursement of the Working Capital Fund except when such advances are recoverable from other sources. The Committee decided that, Morocco having been admitted to full Membership in the Organization, agenda item 7.14 "Confirmation of resolution WHA6.37 and admission of the Spanish Protectorate Zone in Morocco as an Associate Member" and agenda item 7.17 "Contribution of the Spanish Protectorate Zone in Morocco" no longer had any substance and that it was therefore unnecessary to consider them.