The Regional Committee,
Recognizing that there is an accepted procedure of referring the programme and budget of a regional committee to the Director-General;
Recognizing that the Regional Director has developed the programme for individual countries in 1956 in conformity with requests from Member governments;
Recognizing also that there 16 no real assurance of any increase in the annual contribution to WHO by Member governments;
After having examined with care the 1956 programme and budget estimates for the Western Pacific Region as submitted by the Regional Director, ** and taking into consideration resolutions WPR/RC5.R6 *** and WPR/RC5.R7, ****
RESOLVES that the Regional Committee take Dote of the 1956 programme end budget for the western Pacific Region and instructs the Regional Director to transmit to the Director-General.
** WP/RC5/4 and Corr.1.
*** See pages 51-52.
**** See pages 148.