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The Secret a riat should also coll aborate in any rese a rch proj e cts which may be operated on the lines s1,1ggested by the Joint Advisory Co_mmitte e of O.SEC, OIE ·and the Commission , set :up at the First Meeting of the Commission. Af ter full consideration of the report pres (rnt ed by the Joint Advisory Cammi tt ee, the Commission s trongly recommended tha t the follovving rese arch proj e cts be carried out in the near future~ (i)
Holding a seminar, in 11.msterdam, in the l a t a autumn 1955, on the typing and cultivation of foot-and-mouth dis ease virus ,
(ii) · Experiments to determine the dur a tion of immunity in c a ttl e for the virus cont a ined in the commonly--used trivalent v accines against foot- and-mouth disease 9 these experiments s hould be carried out · from the field or practical a~gle as now ii1 progress in the Ne th e rlands and under strictly controlled l aboratory conditions , . It was further agr eed thq t an approach be made to OEEC for collaboration and fin ancial support for these projects. The Ob se rve r from OEEC said - that - i1is Organization is a lway s happy to collabor a te with the Commiss ion ·. OEEC i s prepared to mo unt the Seminar or.. behalf of and as r .egards the propo sed expe riments ; when satisf actory been worked out includ ing the q_ues tion of material support diffe re nt countries, he b e li eved tha t it would be possible the proposed · r esearch w·ork .
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C. Arrangements sh ould be made to ~eceive informa tion on the foot-andmouth position in pa rt s of the wo rld out s id e Europe. Assessment s hould be made of t he risks of the presence of . the di sease in such p arts of the world to European countri es through· trad e and other~'activi ties. Conside r a tion should be given to methods whereby such risks can be removed or minimized.
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In all this work, the clos e st collabora tion wil l maintained. with other int e rl'1ational organizations especially OIE and OEEC. Draft ' for an International Sanitary Convention for the Prevention of Foot-and-Mouth Dis ease , The Co"mmi.ssion had before it the Provi.sional Draft for an Interna tional Sanitary Conye n't ion for . the Prevent io_n · of Foot-and-Mouth Dis ease, which has recently b een circulated by the Government of France • .
FAO/ 55/3/2005
