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World Health Organization1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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From June 1 to 8, 1951 the World Health Organization Executive Board met for its eighth session in Geneva under the chairmanship of Professor Jacques Parisot. Action taken at this session included authorization of the establishment of a regional organization for Africa, a request that the Director-General (Chisholm) contact member states in Europe concerning establishment of a central regional office in Geneva and immediate constitution of a regional organization, and appointment of a regional director for the western Pacific.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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2 Chronicle of the World Health Organiztion, V, p. 236.

3 For information on adoption of the new International Sanitary Regulations at the Fourth World Health Assembly, see International Organization, V, p. 614. For text of the regulations, see World Health Organization Technical Report Series, Number 41.

4 Chronicle of the World Health Organization, V, p. 237.

5 World Health Organization Technical Report Series, Number 42.

6 Ibid., p. 16.

7 Ibid., Number 44.

8 Ibid., p. 19.

9 Ibid., Number 45.