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49th Directing Council

Washington, D.C., 28 September to 2 October 2009

The Council meets once a year in those years when the Conference does not meet. It acts on behalf of the Conference between sessions of the Conference.

Final Report

Official Documents

Working Documents

  • CD49/1, Rev. 1
    —  Agenda
  • CD49/2
    —  Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee
  • CD49/3, Rev. 1
    —  Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
  • CD49/4
    —  Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Uruguay
  • CD49/5, Rev. 1
    —  Proposed PAHO Program and Budget 2010-2011
  • CD49/6
    —  PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012 Amended (Draft)
  • CD49/7
    —  New Scale of Quota Contributions
  • CD49/8
    —  Plan of Action on the Health of Older Persons, Including Active and Healthy Aging
  • CD49/9
    —  Elimination of Neglected Diseases and other Poverty-Related Infections
  • CD49/10
    —  Policy on Research for Health
  • CD49/11
    —  Strategy and Plan of Action on Mental Health
  • CD49/12
    —  Plan of Action on Adolescent and Youth Health
  • CD49/13
    —  Plan of Action for Implementing the Gender Equality Policy
  • CD49/14
    —  Policy Framework for Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • CD49/15
    —  Health and Tourism
  • CD49/16
    —  Integrated Health Services Delivery Networks Based on Primary Health Care
  • CD49/17
    —  Institutional Reform of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
  • CD49/18
    —  Institutional Review and Internal Reorganization of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)
  • CD49/19
    —  Plan of Action on the Prevention of Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment
  • CD49/20
    —  Family and Community Health
  • CD49/20, Corrig.
    —  Family and Community Health
  • CD49/21
    —  The Pan American Health Organization Revolving Fund for Vaccine Procurement
  • CD49/22
    —  Roundtable on Safe Hospitals
  • CD49/22, Add. I
    —  Report on the Roundtable on Safe Hospitals: A Goal within Our Reach
  • CD49/23, Rev. 1
    —  Panel Discussion on the Pan American Alliance for Nutrition and Development for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
  • CD49/23, Add. I
    —  Report of the Panel on the Pan American Alliance for Nutrition and Development for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
  • CD49/24
    —  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions
  • CD49/24, Add. I
    —  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions
  • CD49/25
    —  Changes in the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules
  • CD49/26
    —  Proposal for the Establishment of an Audit Committee
  • CD49/27
    —  Salary of the Director and Amendments to the Staff Regulations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
  • CD49/28
    —  Selection of One Member State from the Region of the Americas Entitled to Designate a Person to Serve on the Joint Coordinating Board of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) on the Expiration of the Period of Office of Brazil
  • CD49/29
    —  Selection of Two Member States from the Region of the Americas Entitled to Designate a Representative to the Policy and Coordination Committee of the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Argentina and Mexico
  • CD49/30
    —  Election of Five Nonpermanent Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
  • CD49/31
    —  PAHO Award for Administration 2009

Information Documents

  • CD49/INF/1
    —  Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel: a WHO background document
  • CD49/INF/2, Rev. 1
    —  Progress Report on Technical Matters: International Health Regulations (includes the Report on the [H1N1] Pandemic 2009)
  • CD49/INF/3
    —  Resolutions and other Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations of Interest to PAHO:
     
    • CD49/INF/3-A — Resolutions and other Actions of the 62nd World Health Assembly
    • CD49/INF/3-B — Resolutions and other Actions of the 39th General Assembly of the Organization of American States
    • CD49/INF/3-C — Report on the Fifth Summit of the Americas
  • CD49/INF/4
    —  Progress Reports on Administrative and Financial Matters:
     
    • CD49/INF/4-A —  Status of Implementation of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)
    • CD49/INF/4-B —  Master Capital Investment Fund

Resolutions

  • CD49.R1
    —  Amendments to the Financial Regulations
  • CD49.R2
    —  Establishment of the Audit Committee of PAHO
  • CD49.R3
    —  Amended PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012
  • CD49.R4
    —  Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Uruguay
  • CD49.R5
    —  Establishment of a New Institutional Framework for the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
  • CD49.R6
    —  Election of Five Nonpermanent Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
  • CD49.R7
    —  New Assessment Scale for the Budgetary Period 2010-2011
  • CD49.R8
    —  PAHO Program and Budget 2010-2011
  • CD49.R9
    —  Assessed Contributions of the Member States, Participating States, and Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization for 2010-2011
  • CD49.R10
    —  Policy on Research for Health
  • CD49.R11
    —  Plan of Action on the Prevention of Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment
  • CD49.R12
    —  Plan of Action for Implementing the Gender Equality Policy
  • CD49.R13
    —  Family and Community Health
  • CD49.R14
    —  Plan of Action on Adolescent and Youth Health
  • CD49.R15
    —  Plan of Action on the Health of Older Persons, Including Active and Healthy Aging
  • CD49.R16
    —  Institutional Review and Internal Reorganization of the Institute Of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)
  • CD49.R17
    —  Strategy and Plan of Action on Mental Health
  • CD49.R18
    —  Policy Framework for Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • CD49.R19 
    —  Elimination of Neglected Diseases and Other Poverty-Related Infections
  • CD49.R20
    —  Health and Tourism
  • CD49.R21
    —  Salary of the Director and Amendments to the Staff Regulations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
  • CD49.R22
    —  Integrated Health Services Delivery Networks Based on Primary Health Care  

Diverse Documents

  • CD49/DIV/1
    —  Opening of the Directing Council by the Outgoing President, the Minister of Health of Brazil, Dr. José Gomes Temporão
  • CD49/DIV/2
    —  Welcoming Remarks by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
  • CD49/DIV/3 (in Spanish)
    —  Address by the Chief Advisor of Social Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank, Mr. Héctor Salazar-Sánchez
  • CD49/DIV/4
    —  Address by the Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin
  • CD49/DIV/5
    —  Address by the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan
  • CD49/DIV/6
    —  Welcome on Behalf of the Host Country by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America, Hon. Kathleen Sebelius
  • CD49/DIV/7
    —  Address by the President of the 49th Directing Council, the Minister of Health of Paraguay, Dr. Esperanza Martínez
  • CD49/DIV/8
    —  Remarks by the Winner of the PAHO Award for Administration, Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis
  • CD49/DIV/9 (in Spanish)
    —  Remarks by the Winner of the Abraham Horwitz Award for Leadership in Inter-American Health, Professor Eduardo A. Pretell Zárate

Participants