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 62 STAT.] ECUADOR-HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAM-AUG. 6, 18, 1948 3927 Agreement between the United States of America and Ecuadorrespecting a cooperative health and sanitationprogram in Ecuador, modifying and extending the agreement of February24, 1942, as modified and extended. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Quito August 6 and 18, 1948; entered into force August 20, 1948, operative retroactively from June 30, 1948. The American Ambassador to the EcuadoranMinister of ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Quito, August 6, 1948 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the notes exchanged between His Excellency the Minister Counselor of the Ecuadoran Embassy to the United States of America and His Excellency the Under Secretary of State of the United States of America on February 24, 1942, and the Basic Agreement, as amended, between the Republic of Ecuador and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, entered into in January 1943,['] providing for the initiation and execution of the existing co- operative health and sanitation program in Ecuador. I also refer to Your Excellency's note no. 123-DDP, of August 5, 1948,[ 1] suggesting the consideration by our respective Governments of a further extension of that Agreement. As Your Excellency knows, the above referred to Basic Agreement provides that the cooperative health and sanitation program will ter- minate on June 30, 1948. However, considering the mutual benefits which both governments are deriving from the program, my Govern- ment agrees with the Republic of Ecuador that an extension of such program would be desirable. I have been advised by the Department of State in Washington that arrangements may now be made for the Institute to continue its participation in the cooperative program for a period of one year, from June 30, 1948, through June 30, 1949. It would be understood that, during such period of extension, the Institute would make a contribution of $100,000.00 U.S. cy. to the Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Salud Publica for use in carrying out project activities of the program on condition that your Government would contribute to the Servicio for the same purpose the sum of 4,020,000.00 sucres. The Institute would also be willing during the same extension period to make available funds to be re- tained by the Institute, and not deposited to the account of the Servicio, for payment of salaries and other expenses of the members of the Institute Health and Sanitation Division Field Staff, who are maintained by the Institute in Ecuador. The amounts referred to would be in addition to the sums already required under the present ' Not printed. 57 Stat. 1370. Period of extension. Contributions. August 6,18, 1948 [T. I.A. S. 2003] No. 227

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