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 61 STAT.] COLOMBIA--HEALTH AND SANITATION Jan 24, Feb. 12 ,1944 Feb. 14. 19, 1946 2895 and October 23, 1942, [1] respectively, and the writer's communication to Your Excellency dated December 15, 1943.['] These communica- tions relate to the cooperative program of public health and sanitation provided for by Resolution XXX, approved at the Third Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January 1942.[2 ] The Government of the United States of America, as represented tAailabity .of.addi- by the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, an agency of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, is now prepared to make available an additional sum of money for the purpose of cooperating with the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Welfare in extending the cooperative program of public health and sanitation and providing for the termination of the program within a predetermined period of time insofar as funds appropriated by the Government of the United States of America are concerned. It is proposed for consideration by Your Excellency that the Insti- butionsnt of contri- tute of Inter-American Affairs make available an additional sum of not to exceed $600,000 U.S. to be expended over a period of two years beginning July 1, 1944 and that the Government of the Republic of Colombia contribute a sum in pesos equivalent to $600,000 U.S. at the present rate of exchange to be combined with the funds allo- cated by the Government of the United States of America through the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, and expended over the same period of time for the cooperative program of public health and sani- tation in the Republic of Colombia. The sums mentioned would be in addition to the $1,000,000 U.S. already allocated by the Government of the United States and the 1,000,000 pesos allocated by the Government of Colombia. It is proposed that the cooperative health and sanitation program Conditions. and the expenditure of the funds in connection therewith, as herein- above referred to, be subject to the following conditions: 1. The Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Welfare (hereinafter M.it"u orftle called the Ministry) and the Institute of Inter-American Affairs shall continue to maintain the special technical service known as the Ser- vicio Cooperative Inter-Americano de Salud Publica (hereinafter called the Servicio) which shall function as a separate section within and subordinated to the Ministry. The Director of the Servicio shall nirector. be responsible to the Minister or his representative for the execution of the cooperative program of health and sanitation and for doing all that may be necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of this purpose. 2. The Institute of Inter-American Affairs (hereinafter referred to as Maintenance offield party of technicians. the Institute) which is a corporate instrumentality of the United States Government devoted to the execution of certain of its public purposes and having juridic personality, may continue to maintain in Colombia a field party of technicians to consummate the cooperative program hereinafter described. The party of technicians shall be of such size 1 [Not printed.] 2 [Department of State Bulletin, Feb. 7, 1942, p 137.]

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