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 TREATIES Having entrusted the task of solving this temporary problem by the preparation of emergency agreements and arrangements for the notification of epidemic dis- eases and for uniformity in quar- antine regulations to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (hereinafter re- ferred to as UNRRA), in accord- ance with Resolution No. 8 (2) adopted by the Council of UNRR A at its First Session, with- out prejudice however to the status of the International Office of Public Health which it is hoped will be able at the expiry of the present Convention to resume the above-mentioned duties and func- tions; and having received the recommendations 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 general coordinating sanitary agency, in- cluding the general collection and distribution of sanitary informa- tion to and from the said Repub- lics, as specified in the Pan Ameri- can Sanitary Codeand recognized heretofore by the International Office of Public Health; Desiring also to modify as between themselves the provisions of the International Sanitary Con- vention for Aerial Navigation signed at The Hague on April 12, 1933 (hereinafter referred to as the 1933 Convention) in the light of the present-day conditions which call for special measures to prevent the spread by air across Ayant, conformement A la r6so- lution No. 8 (2) adoptee lors de sa premiere session par le Conseil de l'Administration des Nations Unies de Secours et de Restauration (de- nomm6e ci-apres UNRRA), confie a 1'UNRRA la tAche de resoudre ce probleme temporaire en 6labo- rant, A titre de mesures d'urgence, des accords et arrangements pour la notification des maladies 6pi- demiques ainsi que pour l'unifor- misation des mesures de quaran- taine, sans porter atteinte au statut de l'Office international d'Hygiene publique qui, il est permis de l'esperer, pourra, A l'expiration de la pr6sente Con- vention, reprendre les taches et fonctions mentionnees ci-dessus; et ayant regu les recommandations de I'UNRRA A ce sujet; Ayant convenu que, a Rl'gard des Republiques americaines, le Bureau sanitaire panamericain jouera, comme par le passe, le r6le d'organe general de coordina- tion en matiere sanitaire, notam- ment pour la reunion et la dis- tribution generales d'informations sanitaires qui proviennent desdites Republiques ou leur sont des- tinees, ainsi qu'il est specifie dans le Code sanitaire panamericain et comme cela a et6 accepte jusqu'ici par l'Office international d'Hy- giene publique; Desirant aussi modifier, en ce qui les concerne, les dispositions de la Convention sanitaire inter- nationale pour la Navigation aerienne signee a la Haye le 12 avril 1933 (denomee ci-apres la Convention de 1933), pour tenir compte des conditions actuelles qui necessitent des mesures spe- ciales pour empecher la propaga- 49 Stat. 3279. 992 [59 STAT.

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