ANNEX I Final Act The International Health Conference, for the establishment of an international health organization, was convened by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations by the following resolution of 15 February 1946: "The Economic and Social Council, taking note of the declaration proposed jointly by the delegations of Brazil and China at San Francisco, which was unanimously approved, regarding an International Health Conference, and recognizing the urgent need for international action in the field of public health, 1. decides to call an international conference to consider the scope of, and the appropriate machinery for, international action in the field of public health and proposals for the establishment of a single international health organization of the United Nations; 2. urges the Members of the United Nations to send as representatives to this conference experts in public health; 3. establishes a Technical Preparatory Committee to prepare a draft annotated agenda and proposals for the consideration of the Conference, and appoints the following experts or their alternates to constitute the Committee: 1. Dr. Gregorio Bermann (Argentina) 2. Dr. René Sand (Belgium) 3. Dr. Geraldo H. de Paula Souza (Brazil) (alternate: Dr. Szeming Sze) 6. Dr. Josef Cančik (Czechoslovakia) (alternate: Dr. Leclainche) 9. Dr. Kopanaris (Greece) 10. Major C. Mani (India) (alternate: Dr. Chuni Lal Katial) 12. Dr. Karl Evang (Norway) 11. Dr. Manuel Martinez Báez (Mexico) [Certain typographical errors in the original have been corrected.—EDITOR.] 35 A 13. Dr. Martin Kacprzak (Poland) 14. Sir Wilson Jameson (United Kingdom) (alternate: Dr. Melville Mackenzie) 15. Surgeon-General Thomas Parran (United States of America) (alternate: Dr. James A. Doull) 16. Dr. Andrija Stampar (Yugoslavia) and, in a consultative capacity, representatives of: The Pan-American Sanitary Bureau, L'Office International d'Hygiène publique, The League of Nations Health Organization, and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; 4. directs the Technical Preparatory Committee to meet in Paris not later than 15 March 1946, and to submit its report, including the draft annotated agenda and proposals, to the Members of the United Nations and to the Council not later than 1 May 1946; 5. decides that any observations it may make at its second session on the report of the Technical Preparatory Committee will be communicated to the proposed International Conference; · 6. instructs the Secretary-General to call the Conference not later than 20 June 1946, and, in consultation with the President of the Council, to select the place of meeting." A Declaration for the calling of an International Health Conference was unanimously approved at the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco. The International Health Conference met in the City of New York from 19 June to 22 July 1946. The governments of the following States were represented at the Conference by delegates: 1On July 4, 1946, the Philippine Commonwealth gained its independence and became the Republic of the Philippines. The governments of the following States were invited to send observers, but were not represented: Afghanistan Rumania Yemen The Allied Control Authorities for Germany, Japan and Korea were represented by observers. The following international organizations were represented by observers: Food and Agriculture Organization of The Rockefeller Foundation the United Nations International Labour Organization Office International d'Hygiène publique United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration World Federation of Trade Unions The Conference had before it and used as the basis of discussion Proposals for the Constitution of the World Health Organization and the Resolutions adopted by the Technical Preparatory Committee of Experts. The Committee was established in accordance with the resolution of the Economic and Social Council, dated 15 February 1946. A number of proposals put forward by governments and various organizations was also before the Conference. As a result of the deliberations of the Conference as recorded in the minutes and reports of the respective committees and sub-committees and of the plenary sessions, the following instruments were drawn up and separately signed: Constitution of the World Health Organization. Arrangement for the Establishment of an Interim Commission of the World Health Organization. Protocol Concerning the Office International d'Hygiène publique. |