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

• Official Document 326
  —  Interim Financial Report of the Director for 2006
  
  
• Official Document 327
  —  Proposed Program Budget 2008-2009
  
  
• Official Document 328
  —  Proposed Strategic Plan 2008-2012
  
  
• Official Document 329
  —  Quinquennial Report 2003-2007 of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
  
  
• Scientific and Technical Publication 622
  —  Health in the Americas
  

Final Report

• CSP27/FR
  —  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