(3) standards with respect to the safety, purity and potency of drugs moving in international commerce under names in general use;

(4) standards with respect to labelling the content of other drugs moving in international commerce;

(5) standards with respect to the safety, purity and potency of biologic products moving in international

commerce.

Such regulations should become effective as to all Member States of the Organization after due notice has been given of their adoption by the Governing Body, except for such Members as may notify the Director of rejection or reservations within the period stated in the notice.

(v) have the authority to recommend amendments of existing

conventions with respect to any appropriate matter within the scope of the Organization. Such conventions should become operative as to each Member State when ratified by it in accordance with its constitutional procedures. (vi) instruct the Director to bring to the attention of Member States of the Organization and of the Economic and Social Council or the General Assembly of the United Nations any matter with respect to health which the Governing Body should consider appropriate.

(vii) take all necessary and appropriate action to further the purposes of the Organization.

(a) Composition

VI. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

The Council should be composed of 15 persons elected for threeyear periods by the Governing Body from among the delegates of Member States represented at the Session. No two members of the Council should be nationals of the same State. Any member of the Council should be permitted to be represented at any meeting of the Council by an alternate of his own choice. The members of the Council should exercise the powers delegated to them by the Governing Body on behalf of the whole Governing Body and not as representatives of their respective governments.

[Alternate: The Council should be composed of the delegates or their alternates of fifteen Member States of the Organization. The States to be represented for this purpose should be elected by the Governing Body for terms of three years. The members of the Council should exercise the powers delegated to them by the Governing

Body on behalf of the whole Governing Body and not as representatives of their respective governments.]

(b) Functions

The Council should be responsible for giving effect to the policies of the Organization and should perform such other functions as may be delegated to it by the Governing Body.

VII. THE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARIAT

(a) The Director

The Director should be appointed by the Governing Body in accordance with such procedure and on such terms as the Governing Body may determine. He should be the Chief Administrative Officer of the Organization and should appoint the necessary assistants and staff to serve the purposes of the Organization. There should be a Deputy Director appointed by the Governing Body on the nomination of the Director in accordance with such procedures and such terms as the Governing Body may determine.

(b) The Secretariat

The staff of the Secretariat should be appointed by the Director in accordance with such regulations as the Governing Body may determine. In appointing the staff of the Secretariat, the Director should give primary consideration to securing high standards of efficiency and of technical competence, paying due regard to the importance of selecting personnel on as wide a geographical basis as is practicable.

(c) The qualifications, salary, tenure, retirement, and conditions of scrvice of the Director, the Deputy Director, assistants and members of the staff of the Secretariat should be fixed, so far as is practicable, in conformity with those for members of the Secretariat of the United Nations and of other specialized agencies which may be brought into relationship with the United Nations as provided for in Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations.

(d) In the performance of their duties, the Director, Deputy Director, and staff should be responsible only to the Organization. Their responsibilities should be exclusively international in character, and they should not seek or receive instructions in regard to the discharge. thereof from any authority external to the Organization.

(a) The council should establish such committees as the Governing Body may authorize and should be empowered, on its own initiative or

on recommendation of the Director, to establish any other committees that it may consider desirable to serve any purpose within the scope of the Organization.

(b) The question of the continuance of any committees should be reviewed each year by the Council.

(c) The Council should be empowered to provide for the creation of, or the participation by the Organization in, such joint or mixed committees with other organizations as the Council may consider desirable for the purpose of achieving the common objectives of this Organization.

The Governing Body should have the power to convene general, technical, regional, or special international conferences to consider any matter within the scope of the Organization.

The Governing Body should have the power to authorize the establishment and development of regional offices, delegating to them such authority or securing from them such services as it may deem desirable. The Governing Body should give every consideration to entering into arrangements with regional organizations for the performance of the functions of such regional offices.

XI.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION

The Governing Body should determine the location of the headquarters of the Organization, and in this connection should give consideration to the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

XII.

BUDGET AND EXPENSES

(a) The Director should prepare and submit to the Council the annual budget of the Organization. The Council should consider and submit such budget, with such recommendations as it may deem advisable, to the Governing Body for its consideration.

(b) Subject to such agreement as may be reached in the future with the United Nations, the Governing Body should vote the budget of the Organization and should make the apportionment of expenses among the Member States.

(c) The Governing Body or the Council should be empowered to accept gifts and bequests to the Organization, provided that the con

ditions of such gifts or bequests are consistent with the purposes and policies of the Organization.

Decisions of the Governing Body, of the Council, of committees, and of conferences convened by the Organization should be taken by majority vote of the members thereof who are present and voting, except where otherwise provided in the Charter of the Organization.

XIV. REPORTS BY MEMBER STATES

(a) Member States should report periodically to one another through the Organization on the actions taken progressively to improve the health of its people.

(b) On the request of the Director, Member States should report on the action taken with respect to recommendations and conventions submitted to them by the Organization. The Director should submit such reports, together with analyses thereof, to the Governing Body. (c) Each Member State should communicate currently to the Organization pertinent laws, regulations, official reports, and statistics concerning public health, and should submit such additional information pertaining to public health as may be requested by the Organization.

(d) Provision should be made for direct channels of communication between the Organization and the principal health agency of the respective Member States.

XV. LEGAL STATUS

The Organization should enjoy in the territory of each of its Member States such legal capacity, privileges and immunities as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfillment of its purposes. Representatives of Member States and officials of the Organization should similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organization. The Governing Body should be empowered to make recommendations to the Member States as to the details of the application of the foregoing principles.

XVI.

RELATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

(a) Relations with the United Nations

The Organization should be brought into relationship with the United Nations as soon as practicable, as one of the specialized agen

cies referred to in Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations, through the conclusion of an agreement with the United Nations under Article 63 of the Charter, which agreement should be subject to approval by the Governing Body. The agreement should provide for effective co-operation in the pursuit of their common purposes, and at the same time should recognize the autonomy of the Organization within its field of competence as defined in these proposals. The Organization should have the right to be heard in connection with any action taken by the United Nations in regard to subjects within its field of competence and in regard to the budget of the Organization. (b) Relations with other specialized inter-governmental organiza

tions

The Organization should be authorized to co-operate with other specialized inter-governmental organizations and agencies whose interests and activities are related to its purposes. The Organization should also be authorized, subject to the approval of the Governing Body, to assume such functions and acquire such resources of any other specialized inter-governmental organization or agency whose purposes and functions lie within the competence of this Organization as may be conferred upon the Organization by international convention or agreement.

(c) Relations with non-governmental organizations

There should be provision for consultation and co-operation between the Organization and non-governmental international organizations concerned with matters within its competence.

XVII. AMENDMENTS

(a) Amendments to the Charter involving new obligations for Member States should require the approval of the Governing Body by a vote concurred in by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the Governing Body and should take effect on acceptance by two thirds of the Member States for each Member State accepting the amendment and thereafter for each remaining Member State on acceptance by it.

(b) Other amendments should take effect on adoption by the Governing Body by a vote concurred in by a two-thirds majority of all members of the Governing Body.

(a) The Charter should come into force when it has been signed without reservation in regard to ratification, or instruments of rati