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27th Pan American Sanitary Conference

59th Session of the Regional Committee

Washington, D.C., 1-5 October 2007

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.

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Official Documents

Final Report

Working Documents

  • CSP27/1, Rev. 2
    —  Agenda

  • CSP27/2, Rev. 2
    —  List of Participants

  • CSP27/3
    —  Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Pan American Sanitary Conference

  • CSP27/4
    —  Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee

  • CSP27/5
    —  Election of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Nomination of the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas

  • CSP27/6, Rev. 1
    —  Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Canada, Cuba, and Venezuela

  • CSP27/7
    — Elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Americas: Progress Report

  • CSP27/8
    — Avian Flu and Pandemic Influenza: Progress Report

  • CSP27/9
    —  Malaria in the Americas: Progress Report

  • CSP27/10
    —  Regional Goals for Human Resources for Health 2007-2015

  • CSP27/11
    —  International Health Security

  • CSP27/11, Add. I
    —  Provisional Agenda: International Health Security Roundtable

  • CSP27/11, Add. II
    —  Final Report - International Health Security Roundtable: Implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR (2005))

  • CSP27/12
    —  Safe Hospitals: A Regional Initiative on Disaster-resilient Health Facilities

  • CSP27/13
    —  Strategy for Strengthening Vital and Health Statistics in the Countries of the Americas

  • CSP27/14
    —  Faces, Voices, and Places: A Community-based Response to the Millennium Development Goals

  • CSP27/15
    —  Dengue Prevention and Control in the Americas: Integrated Approach and Lessons Learned

  • CSP27/16
    —  Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

  • CSP27/16, Corrig.
    —  Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

  • CSP27/17
    —  International Public Sector Accounting Standards

  • CSP27/18
    —  Master Capital Investment Fund

  • CSP27/19
    —  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions

  • CSP27/19, Add. I
    —  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions

  • CSP27/19, Add. II
    —  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions

  • CSP27/20
    —  Report on the Activities of the Internal Oversight Services Unit

  • CSP27/21
    —  Appointment of the External Auditor

  • CSP27/22
    —  Salary of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

  • CSP27/23
    —  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 Cuba

  • CSP27/24
    —  PAHO Award for Administration 2007

  • CSP27/25
    —  Abraham Horwitz Award for Leadership in Inter-American Health 2007

  • CSP27/26
    —  Manuel Velasco-Suárez Award in Bioethics 2007

Information Documents

  • CSP27/INF/1
    —  Report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research

  • CSP27/INF/2
    —  Resolutions and Other Actions of the Sixtieth World Health Assembly of Interest to the Regional Committee

Resolutions

  • CSP27.R1
    —  Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Pan American Sanitary Conference

  • CSP27.R2
    —  Elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Americas

  • CSP27.R3
    —  Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions

  • CSP27.R4
    —  Strategic Plan of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau 2008-2012

  • CSP27.R5
    —  Program Budget of the Pan American Health Organization 2008-2009

  • CSP27.R6
    —  Assessments of the Member States, Participating States, and Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization for 2008-2009

  • CSP27.R7
    —  Regional Goals for Human Resources for Health 2007-2015

  • CSP27.R8
    —  Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Canada, Cuba, and Venezuela

  • CSP27.R9
    — Election of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Nomination of the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas

  • CSP27.R10
    —  Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

  • CSP27.R11
    —  Malaria in the Americas

  • CSP27.R12
    —  Strategy for Strengthening Vital and Health Statistics in the Countries of the Americas

  • CSP27.R13
    —  International Health Security: Implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR (2005))

  • CSP27.R14
    —  Safe Hospitals: A Regional Initiative on Disaster-Resilient Health Facilities

  • CSP27.R15
    —  Dengue Prevention and Control in the Americas

  • CSP27.R16
    —  Appointment of the External Auditor

  • CSP27.R17
    —  Salary of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

  • CSP27.R18
    —  International Public Sector Accounting Standards

  • CSP27.R19
    —  Master Capital Investment Fund

Decisions

  • CSP27(D1)
    —  Appointment of the Committee on Credentials

  • CSP27(D2)
    —  Election of Officers

  • CSP27(D3)
    —  Adoption of the Agenda

  • CSP27(D4)
    —  Establishment of a Working Party to Study the Application of Article 6.B of the PAHO Constitution

  • CSP27(D5)
    —  Establishment of the General Committee

  • CSP27(D6)
    —  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 Tropic Diseases

Diverse Documents

  • CSP27/DIV/1
    —  Information for Delegates
  • CSP27/DIV/2
    —  Welcoming Remarks by the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
  • CSP27/DIV/3
    —  Welcome on Behalf of the Host Country by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the USA, Hon. Mike Leavitt
  • CSP27/DIV/4
    —  Remarks by the National Coordinator and Special Envoy to the Americas, V Summit of the Americas, Ambassador Luis Alberto Rodriguéz
  • CSP27/DIV/5
    —  Remarks by the UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Nils Kastberg (in Spanish)
  • CSP27/DIV/6
    —  Address by the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Albert Ramdin
  • CSP27/DIV/7
    —  Address by the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan
  • CSP27/DIV/8
    —  Acceptance speech by Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
  • CSP27/DIV/9
    —  Speech by the Winner of the PAHO Award for Administration 2007, Dr. Armando Mariano Reale (in Spanish)
  • CSP27/DIV/10
    —  Speech by the Winner of the Abraham Horwitz Award for Leadership in Inter-American Health 2007, Dr. María Cristina Escobar Fritzsche (in Spanish)
  • CSP27/DIV/11
    —  Speech by the Winner of the Manuel Velasco-Suárez Award in Bioethics, Dr. Jorge Alberto Álvarez Díaz (in Spanish)
  • CSP27/DIV/12
    —  Address of the First Lady of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, on the Elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Americas