Your telegrams 31st January No.54 and 20th February No.87. [1]
International Health Organisation.

We were glad to have the Commonwealth Government's views before us
in considering questions of form of Organisation before discussion
in the Economic and Social Council. The Commonwealth Government
will now have learned of the proceedings of the council and
resolution of 15th February providing for calling of a conference
not later than 20th June and establishing a technical preparatory
committee to prepare agenda and proposals for consideration of
conference. The question whether the organisation should have the
form of organisation of Assembly or of Economic and Social Council
or of a specialised agency was not discussed by the Council.

2. We share the desire of Commonwealth Government that future
international health organisation should be closely linked with
U.N.O. After careful consideration, however, we have reached the
conclusion that it would be best for the organisation to be
specialised agency subject to agreement on suitable principles in
regard to specialised agencies in general and their relationship
with the United Nations.

3. As regards the form of relationship between such an
international health organisation and the United Nations we feel
that there would be practical advantages if it were in primary
relationship with the Economic and Social Council rather than the
Assembly since it is contemplated that other specialised agencies
will be brought into relationship with the Council (see paper E17
[2]) and we expect that one of the functions of the council will
be to prevent overlapping between such agencies. Such relationship
would not prevent health business coming up in the Assembly when
appropriate on reports from Economic and Social Council or
otherwise.