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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. April 8, 9, 11, 23, 1946 Agreement between the United States of America and Uruguay respecting T. .A.S.2157 a cooperative health and sanitationprogram in Uruguay, modifying and extending the agreement of October 1 and November 1, 1943. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Montevideo April 8 and 23, 1946; entered into force April 23, 1946; operative January 1, 1947. And exchange of letters signed at Montevideo April 9 and 11, 1946. The AmericanAmbassadortothe UruguayanMinister of ForeignRelations EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No-38 Montevideo, April 8, 1946 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the note of the Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America of October 1, 1943, and to the 58 Stat. 1434 . reply of His Excellency the Ambassador of Uruguay in Washington, relative 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 of the American Republics held at Rio de Janeiro in January, 1942. Pursuant to this exchange of notes, the Executive Vice-President of The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, an agency of the Government of the United States of America, addressed under date of November 13, 1943, a communication to His Excellency the Minister of Public Health,['] in which he outlined the terms and conditions under which The Institute of Inter-American Affairs would be prepared to carry out a cooperative program of public health and sanitation in the Republic of Uruguay. This proposal was accepted by the Minister of Public Health on November 17, 1943,['] and under these arrangements the health and sanitation program has been successfully carried out in Uruguay. More recently there have been conversations between the Chief of Field Party of The Institute and His Excellency the Minister of Public Health with a view to examining the possibilities of extending the period and scope of the program. Under date of August 29, 1945, the Minister of Public Health addressed the President of The Insti- tute of Inter-American Affairs [l] expressing the belief that the program should be continued through the calendar year 1947. My Government has given most sympathetic consideration to this matter and I am pleased to be able to inform Your Excellency that it is prepared to cooperate with Your Excellency's Government in extend- ing the program in Uruguay and to make available additional funds for that purpose. The period of extension, the sums to be made available by both Governments, and any additional details with regard to the continuance and scope of the program would be worked out by mutual agreement between the Minister of Public Health and 'Not printed. 4108

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