WHA9.23 Correction of the French and Spanish Texts of Resolution

WHA9.23
Correction of the French and Spanish Texts of Resolution WHA1.133
The Ninth World Health Assembly
1. DECIDES that the French text of resolution WHA1.133 adopted byjthe First World Health Assembly
(and the Spanish translation thereof), dealing with the official seal and emblem, shall be corrected by the
deletion in the second paragraph of the reference to the caduceus, the corrected paragraph consequently
reading as follows :
" (2) d'adopter, pour cet emblème, le symbole des Nations Unies coupé verticalement par le bâton
d'Esculape avec serpent en or, à la condition que le Directeur général obtienne du Secrétaire général
des Nations Unies le consentement de celles-ci pour l'utilisation projetée de leur sceau;"
paragraph (2) of the Spanish text consequently reading as follows :
" (2) adoptar para este emblema el símbolo de las Naciones Unidas cargado de la vara y la serpiente
de Esculapio en oro, a condición de que el Director General obtenga de las Naciones Unidas, por
conducto del Secretario General, autorización para utilizar su sello ; "
and
2. REQUESTS the Director-General to notify this correction to all Member States.
Handb. Res., 3rd ed., 9.7
Tenth plenary meeting, 21 May 1956 (section 3 of
the second report of the Committee on Administration,
Finance and Legal Matters)