BASIC DOCUMENTS
of the Pan American Health Organization, Seventeenth edition
This publication includes the basic documents pertaining to the governance of
the Pan American Health Organization, including the Pan American Sanitary Code;
the constitutions of the Pan American Health Organization and of the World
Health Organization; the Rules of Procedure of the Pan American Sanitary
Conference, the Directing Council, and the Executive Committee; and the
Financial Regulations of the Pan American Health Organization.
The Basic Documents are a valuable tool for a wide range of users,
particularly public health administrators and policy makes in a governmental,
intergovernmental, and nongovernmental organizations. This publication in
available in English and in Spanish, and the electronic version can be accessed
through the Pan American Health Organization's website (www.paho.org).
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