28th Pan American Sanitary Conference

64th Session of the Regional Committee

Washington, D.C., 17-21 September 2012

The Conference is the supreme governing authority of the Organization and meets every five years to determine its general policies. The Conference also serves as a forum for the interchange of information and ideas relating to the prevention of disease; the preservation, promotion and restoration of mental and physical health; and the advancement of sociomedical measures and facilities for the prevention and treatment of physical and mental diseases in the Western Hemisphere.

1   Final Report |  Official Documents | Working Documents | Information Documents
                                                 Diverse Documents | Resolutions 

Final Report

• CSP28/FR 
   -  Final Report

Official Documents

• Official Document 342
  - Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2011 
   
• Official Document 343
  - Quinquennial Report 2008-2012 of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
• Scientific and Technical Publication 636
   
  • PCT 636 
    - Health in the Americas
  • CSP28/27
    - Health in the Americas   

Working Documents

• CSP28/1, Rev.3
  -  Agenda
   
• CSP28/2
  - Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee 
   
• CSP28/3
  - Election of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Nomination of the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas
   
• CSP28/4
  - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Colombia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of)
   
• CSP28/5
  - Method of Work of the Governing Bodies: Delegation of Functions to the Executive Committee
   
• CSP28/6
  - Mid-term Evaluation of the Health Agenda for the Americas
   
• CSP28/7
  - PAHO Budget Policy 
   
• CSP28/8
  - PAHO Program and Budget 2010-2011 End-of-biennium Assessment/Second Interim PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012 Progress Report 
   
• CSP28/9, Rev. 1
  -  Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases  
   
• CSP28/10
  - Strategy and Plan of Action for Integrated Child Health
   
• CSP28/11
  - Health Technology Assessment and Incorporation into Health Systems  
   
• CSP28/12, Rev. 1
  - Strategy and Plan of Action on Knowledge Management and Communications 
   
• CSP28/13
  - Coordination of International Humanitarian Assistance in Health in Case of Disasters
   
• CSP28/14, Rev. 1
  - Bioethics: Towards the Integration of Ethics in Health 
   
• CSP28/15
  - Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX)  
   
• CSP28/16
  - Plan of Action for Maintaining Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) Elimination 
  in the Region of the Americas 
   
• CSP28/17, Rev. 1
  - Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards  
   
• CSP28/18, Rev. 2
  - Regional Consultation on the Report of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination  
   
• CSP28/19
  -  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions
   
• CSP28/19, Add.I
  -  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions
   
• CSP28/20
  - Salary of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau 
   
• CSP28/21
  - Amendment to the Staff Regulations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau   
   
• CSP28/22
  - Surplus from the Implementation of IPSAS in 2010   
   
• CSP28/23
  - Master Capital Investment Fund   
   
• CSP28/24
  - Election of Two Member States from the Region of the Americas Entitled to Designate a Person to Serve on the Policy and Coordination Committee of the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Program of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction  
   
• CSP28/25
  - Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
   
• CSP28/25, Corr.
  - Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
   
• CSP28/26
  - PAHO Award for Administration (2012)
   
• CSP28/28
  - Request from the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Admission of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten as Associate Members
  of the Pan American Health Organization

Information Documents 

• CSP28/INF/1
  - Update on WHO Reform: Regional Consultation on the Draft WHO Twelfth General Programme of Work 2014-2019 and the Draft Proposed WHO Programme Budget 2014-2015
   
• CSP28/INF/1, Add. 1
  - Update on WHO Reform: Regional Consultation on the Draft WHO Twelfth General Programme of Work 2014-2019 and the Draft Proposed WHO Programme Budget 2014-2015
   
• CSP28/INF/2
  - Report of the PAHO/WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research  
   
• CSP28/INF/3
  - Progress Reports on Technical Matters:
  • (A) - Social Determinants of Health
  • (B) - Plan of Action for Implementing the Gender Equality Policy
  • (C) - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on Nutrition in Health and Development, 2006-2015: Mid-term Review
  • (D) -PAHO Regional Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS/STI, 2006-2015: Mid term Evaluation
  • (E) - Current Dengue Situation
  • (F) - Implementation of the International Health Regulations
  • (G) - Regional Goals for Human Resources for Health 2007-2015
  • (H) -Status of the Pan American Centers
     
• CSP28/INF/4
  - Progress Reports on Administrative and Financial Matters: PASB Staffing Statistics  
   
• CSP28/INF/5
  - Resolutions and Other Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations of Interest to PAHO:
  • (A) -  Resolutions of the 65th World Health Assambly of Interest to PAHO
  • (B) - Forty-second Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States
  • (C) - Sixth Summit of the Americas
  • (D) - Subregional Integration Organizations

Diverse Documents

• CSP28/LP 
  -  List of Participant
   
• CSP28/DIV/1
  - Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
   
• CSP28/DIV/2
  -Welcoming Remarks by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau/Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas
   
• CSP28/DIV/3
  -Welcoming Remarks by the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
   
• CSP28/DIV/4
  -Welcoming Remarks by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States
   
• CSP28/DIV/5
  -Opening Remarks by the Director-General of the World Health Organization at the 64th Session of the Who Regional Committee for the Americas
   
• CSP28/DIV/6
  -Statement by Senator the Honourable Ann Peters, Minister of Health of Grenada, on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference, 64th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
   
• CSP28/DIV/7
  -Presentation of the Quinquennial Report 2008-2012 of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. "110 Years of Pan American Progress in Health"
   
• CSP28/DIV/8
  -Address by the Winner of the PAHO Award for Administration (2012). Dr. Aron Nowinski
   
• CSP28/DIV/9
  -Remarks by the Winner of the Manuel Velasco-Suárez Award for Excellence in Bioethic Dr. Juan Alberto Lecaros Urzúa
   
• CSP28/DIV/10
  - Remarks by Prof. Paulo M. Buss Upon Receiving the Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Public Health
   
• CSP28/DIV/11
  - Remarks of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau at the Opening of the Photo Exhibit Commemorating "Wellness Week in The Americas". Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
   
• CSP28/DIV/13 
  - Acceptance Speech by the Director-Elect of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

Resolutions

• CSP28.R1   
  - Admission of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten as Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization
   
• CSP28.R2
  - Strategy and Plan of Action on Knowledge Management and Communications
   
• CSP28.R3
  - Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX) 

• CSP28.R4 

  - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Colombia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of)
   
• CSP28.R5 
  -  Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
   
• CSP28.R6 
  - Method of Work of the Governing Bodies: Delegation of Functions to the Executive Committee
   
• CSP28.R7
  - Election of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Nomination of the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas
   
• CSP28.R8
  - Director Emeritus of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
   
• CSP28.R9
  - Health Technology Assessment and Incorporation into Health Systems
   
• CSP28.R10
  - PAHO Budget Policy
   
• CSP28.R11
  - Salary of the Director of  the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
   
• CSP28.R12
  - Amendment to the Staff Regulations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
   
• CSP28.R13
  - Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
   
• CSP28.R14
  - Plan of Action for Maintaining Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Region of the Americas
   
• CSP28.R15
  - Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards
   
• CSP28.R16
  - Use of the Surplus Resulting from the Implementation of IPSAS in 2010
   
• CSP28.R17
  - Master Capital Investment Fund
   
• CSP28.R18
  - Bioethics: Towards the Integration of Ethics in Health
   
• CSP28.R19
  - Coordination of International Humanitarian Assistance in Health in Case of Disasters 

• CSP28.R20

  - Strategy and Plan of Action for Integrated Child Health