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 TREATIES agreements and arrangements for the notification of epidemic di- seases and for uniformity in quar- antine regulations to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (hereinafter refer- red to as UNRRA), in accordance with Resolution No. 8 (2) adopted by the Council of UNRRA at its First Session, without prejudice however to the status of the Inter- national Office of Public Health which it is hoped will be able at the expiry of the present Con- vention to resume the above-men- tioned duties and functions; and having received the recommenda- tions of UNRRA in this connection; Having agreed that, in regard to the American Republics, the Pan American Sanitary Bureau shall continue to act as the gen- eral coordinating sanitary agency, including the general collection and distribution of sanitary in- formation to and from the said Republics, as specified in the Pan American Sanitary Code and rec- ognized heretofore by the Inter- national Office of Public Health; Desiring also to modify as between themselves the provisions of the International Sanitary Con- vention signed in Paris on June 21, 1926, as modified by the Sani- tary Convention signed in Paris in 1938,[ 1] insofar as the provisions of the Convention of 1938 may be in force between the respective Governments (hereinafter referred to as the 1926 Convention), in the light of the present-day conditions which call for special measures to prevent the spread by land and I'Administration des Nations Uni- es de Secours et de Restauration (denommee ci-apres VNRRA), confid a l'UNRRA la tache de resoudre ce probleme temporaire en elaborant, a titre de mesures d'urgence, des accords et arrange- ments pour la notification des maladies epidemiques ainsi que pour l'uniformisation des mesures de quarantaine, sans porter at- teinte au statut de l'Office inter- national d'Hygiene publique qui, il est permis de l'esp6rer, pourra, A l'expiration de la presente Con- vention, reprendre les tAches et fonctions mentionnees ci-dessus; et ayant recu les recommanda- tions de l'UNRRA A ce sujet; Ayant convenu que, A l'egard des R6publiques americaines, le Bureau sanitaire panamericain jouera, comme par le passe, le role d'organe general de coordina- tion en matiere sanitaire, notam- ment pour la reunion et la distri- bution g6nerales d'informations sanitaires qui proviennent des- dites R6publiques ou leur sont destinees, ainsi qu'il est sp6cifi6 dans le Code sanitaire pana- mericain et comme cela a 6te accepte jusqu'ici par l'Office in- ternational d'Hygiene publique; Desirant aussi modifier, en ce qui les concerne, les dispositions de la Convention sanitaire inter- nationale signee A Paris le 21 juin 1926-telle qu'elle a ete modifiee par la Convention sanitaire signee a Paris en 1938 et pour autant que les dispositions de la Convention de 1938 restent en vigueur entre les Gouvernements interesses (d- nommee ci-apres la Convention de 1926)-pour tenir compte des con- ditions actuelles qui n6cessitent des mesures speciales pour em- 1 [198 League of Nations Treaty Series 205.] 956 45 Stat. 2492 . [59 STAT.

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