Meeting of the Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of FMD (EuFMD) -1964/3

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RE,_?0:1T OF J'HD KmCU'i'IVE COI.'u,,ETTEE n 0 .,.,,-, c•r+ 1 ·.··rr"··1 J·-- ·' 1,0 L,!_.., ..•1-��:...i>:J ,,,,� .,_,,,1-,·, �-v J·. n,:· (.::, 1.·.; :....•-�e• J. I..,J..1. di''"-'0 cuc:" v,� ' v n o_·r_ t11e , contr1'but1·ons \_,_, -'. ,; ( .t.1.. , .' -'-'J.l<.. __x.., H-r-) ,.-'·1"-" received from co:1ntrios L1. :Gurorc a::cl tho Eln'o,:::cu.n EG(l:,omic Corarnunity and the �eed fer further con::ri lJut::ons to Jr.;;iuro a c,,tJti::.uc:cion of th(1 planned vaccinati ::m progr2ms "v7h�c c:1 wore _ ,;;c,,::ntio,l for t?w pro-t oct::.on o:t Europe against invasion by tho exotic SNP: virc1.s t:;·110� •ff:·l tc ::xrloi i; tho investment already made an::1 to contir.ue tho progrc;3,; alroad.y ,1chiovc.d.. ..:

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It was pointed out th�t a co�sidcrablo amount 0f the Secretary's time had been occupied iirith tho dove,lcp,,iont of the lnl•orat,Jric:J :Ln ,vh:.ch it ·.,as anticipated there would bo yrotlucocl s�ppliGs of vaccine to moat tho countries 1 needs �n& probably to assist other csuntri2s iL their requiro□ents.

It '.7as agreed the,t the:' vac:::ncies on tho Commission Is Stecncinc; 'I'c,chnical Comrnittee caused by the ror1ignc:tion oi' Professor .Altara, Dr. }'ronkol and Dr. Gallm;ay from their official nosts in their countrios should be filled and that ])1�. vc:;n Bekkum (Nothorla;::cls) 5 J)r. Erooksb;y (Uni tod iC:;.nc;c1.om) and Dr. Gaier (Austria) should lJG a:nrointecl a::.: n:i.ombo:i:s of t:ne Cor:!L:i ttee.

The membors of the Corri.rnission 1 s St2.,::,clin,_, '�..:;chnical Committee no1.'i ai'egSir John J:l. Ritc:1.ie (C:t.airman), ])r. van don Born, Dr. J.B. Bl'ooksby, Dr. J·.G. van Bekkun1 y Dr. R.P. Grtier, Dr. E. :hch::ilson, Prof •. B. Ubo:rtini and Dr. R. Will GJns. T:1.0 suggestions for the establishmor.t of an Emergenc;y F'u:r1cl to exponsos for immecliato :10tion in t'.10 ovent of tho occurrence or� an in EuroJ>O 17eTe explained.

'I110 rr.a �tor was novr L1 the hands o:.C the member countries as recor:1mendod. by tho FAO Conference ,�;::ci. they aro asked -�o suggest 7,rays and moans cf financing ,,uch a f\md..

meet epizootic 1''.AO being

T!lo l(ootin,s: vva;:.; info111:od 2nd acroed that tho Secretar;y· amon2; his future activities should visit 1:fo,u: E::1otern countries so that tr:.e Cbi11.i:i1ission may be kept informed of tho foot-and-�outh disease position in them. ff•he Ro:oo:rt of the E:x:ecuti vo Cor.,mittoe w2,s c:,do1ltod.

T:10 ::;xocutivo Committee ir.ot a.:.:�c.::.n in P.omo or, ;:,(; ;\frirch ·J 964 ar..d 1° eceived and app�coved tho Accounts for 1963 9 tl-:.e revised BuJgot fo1· ·J 964 and tho Budget ::'01° 1965.

It ::ms docic.od to i:old tho next mGotin�; of tho L.Xocutive Cammittoo during tho FAO/OIE/V:'.-10 Moc-:;:i.nz; in Borne, Sv0rit:rnrland 1il1.ich is to talo p:i.ace on 12-i7 Octobo1' 1961,.

It ·,12,,cJ eJ.so agrood that meetings of tho Exocuti-.'e Committee should -::o 1101( :'0G·c1larl�/ on tho morni:'15 of the Each Session would, therefore, hold its first first day of oach Session. meeting in tho aftornoo� of tho first day • .Amendment to Financial Rop.;ulation 6.2.2 Follo·,-iing an oxpla:1t,t::.on by the Chair1:1c.n, it waf' proposed '.'Jy tho dele­ gation fron the Uni toc1 Kingdon: and. seconded by tl10 dclo§:ation .t�rom Ireland and agreed by tho 1dooting thc1t ·be ::. ullowing ac.dition bo added to tho Commission 1 s Financial Rof;ulavion 6.��.2i "iilly dei'icit shown at tho end of tho fina11cial year on tho Goner<.12. Acco·c:tnt i:1a3r :JC nado good from the Special Account".

Tho accou11ts foi0 1963, t110 -rovis.:cl buueot for 1964 am1. tho budget for 1965 were approved (Aypcndicos 5 2�d 6)

Tho Commission v:ras ini'oio;�0d t'rnt it :ar: plarmGd to ho1cl -'.oho 1964 meeting of tho Research Group in .Arnstordo.1:1.

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It v.ras agreed that tho G:ri:mr; nho.,:i.d be a.skod to includo tho following subjects in tho agenda of the mooting Vaccination ac;J.in.st foot-an0.-r:outh clisense of livestock for o�:r'o1·t fro:n cour:trics in Eu:ro2)0.

The following ,rero unmlirnously elected to hold office until the end of the Twolfth Session of' tho Conmission in 1965 i_Chai rmang

Sir John IL Hitchio (Unitod Kinedom) (Proposed b;y tho dolo0Et tion from Ireland il by tho delegation :from Den;·;iark)

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Vice-Chairmen� Professor A • .A<lomollo (Italy) and Dr. R.P. Gaier (Austria) Proposed. by tho uologation from. lfonvay� crnconded by the do1egution frop1 Luxerc:bourg) Other Members of tho Executive Comnittoo; D1° . J.!L van do:1 Born (1fothor­ lands)T Dr. Ee· Fri t�,chi (Sv7i tzorland); Dr. S. Eihajlovi6 (Yugoslavia), (Proposed. by tho d.o_;_of;aticn :from Turkey.: soconclod by the delegation froJ01 JolciUI'.l).

(All tl10 abovz :form the D:x:cc;: "'ahro Cori1rni tteo, -Jit�1 Sir John I,T. Ritchie as Chairman).

On tho proposition of t:10 Llolo:.:'ation froo '.l7ur':.oy, seconded b�r tho delegation from tho :i:;etherlunds 9 t;1,:c l1o1:ort of' t':1e Session as presented was approved. for adoption 5 ::mbjoc"c to th0 amendments made at t210 meeting and to an:· necessary oditoi'ial c!·2.:::.c1c()S.

REPORT OF '.PHE z;cJJCliTIVE COI]UITTEE

The activities of the Co:7l!uission sinoo the l'en-;;h Session hold in April

1963 have been concorned m2.inl;y rri th the a~:sisto.nce to the countries en.::;aged in tl:e campaLsn against SAT1 virus.

Accordin5 to tho recommendations po.ssod at tho above Session, close contact has been maintnined v-ri t:,,_ FAO, in :92..rtic1J.lo.r ,;ii th tho Chief of tho Animal Heal th Branch, and also ,,-,i t;1 t~10 voterina:r;:,r authorj_ ti Gs ir. the countries Hhoro S.ATi was present.

In addition to tho organizn~ion of the sprinc and ~utumn vaccination campaigns in Greece, Bulgaric.i, 'rurkoy m:d C;r_prus, tho p:cocure;-11ont of equipment ancl trans1,ortation for Turl:o;:ir .:md Greoco req_uirod considerable time and involved many cont~cts nnd exchange of views with the competent offices in PAO and tho su:ppliors.

Tho osson-:;L,.l i toms of the activities carriod out in the SAT1 csrr.paign, of which the toci1nical details were doalt uith in a separate peper, wore:

A. Administrc.tion oi.' the Campaign:: A:to;::- tto re::1th Session, additional countries mac.o their contri 1mtion to the ~3.AT1 campr:.ign in line with the Di:roctor-Gonernl I s appeal o:f .July -1962.

Sweeten

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Denmark

(24 Jtc-10 1963)

Korrmy

(11 Sop~~. or: bor 1963)

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In May 1963, the Euro:;:ioan Economic Oomri:uni ty indicated its ,7illingness to tak:o part in ":,he SNI'1 cc.rn:,,r;i gn ::mc1 cJ.opozi ted th ii'J.O in tr10 sopo..ra te allocations in Juno and in Soptomber_tho ~nmu1t of USS1,508,762.

In accordance ni th the sp:Jcific dosiro of '.ho EEC, thi :3 1~und is being administrated separately and for this pu: poso, the advice of an ".:::cl hoc" Consul ta-;;i vo Comr:Ji ttoe w·es souc;ht.

An agreemen-~ •;ro.s :-onchod bot1-:oon EEC and. FAO tl1.0.t tho Consulta-civo Conni-~too s}:ould nl.so include e reprosentativo of OIE and a roprosai1t~tivo for all tho ot~er contributing Euror•oan countries not rncrncors of EEC.

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Tho FAO/t:EC Consul tdi vn Co:::ni ttoo oet for tho first timo in Romo, Itc.ly, on 22 July 1 963 and reached full 2croouor:.t on rmys cu-cc: r:ionns of utilizing_ tho above funds. /f11c Uinutos of this moGtinc; 2.re f1ttache:& o.c AP},ondi1: IIct to the Report on the Tosi tion of SAT1 Virus :1::1d 2NPf cc·:mp;f[~"l'l• · A socond rnoetinc of this Comm::. ttoe took plnce in Ankarn on 27-29 Jamwry 'Pho r-ur:poso o:f this mooting vras to oxamino tho ndministrcition of 'rrust Fund 111 during 1963, tc i'onml::,-;:,o :)lans for fnturo action ·.-::.th the romaininJ money and to discuss vays 2nd means to ensure tho continuation of assisto.nco in tho SAT1 campaign aftc-e Jun-2 1964, wr1en tho funds so far made available ~ill h~ve boon exhausted.

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- 49 Full discussions wor0 hold wi t:C t~10 Turkish nuthori tics and tho Commi ttoo was l)rivilogod to hnvo t~:c ·oonofi t of an oxchango of views ,vi th tho M:inistor cf A2,:ricn:.-t.uru uho o:-:prosaod his l:oon concern in tho vrork and his ·,;,isn to ensuro th:~t every possil;lt) effort is made to achieve tho succoBs of tho co,m 1_)aign age.List foo·c-and-mouth diso,:.so in 1'urkcy. jJhc report of this :ncotin 0 is e,tt.~ch?d 0-s. Ap1;0L,dix. 110 to tho roport on tho Position of SAT~ Viruc ard GAT1 O:1ir.p2.i,gn)_/ As to the ,;;tilization oi' t:10 c,n:t:c·~."i.,utions rocoived for tho SAT'1 campaign from diffoTont ;3:,ureos 7 it rr:ust be kept iL mind that, wholi purchasing equipment, tho cornpoti ti vo prioo8 on the mnrkot h-:wo to be taken into account and this requires f·.1rt]:or work in collnlJJrntion vrith tho Purcho.s.ing and Control Soction of FAO. Finally, tho :::-oc1.u:i::::-o,Jont:J of the a.ssistod countries must not only bo evaluated, but oxpcmdi ~uro h.:.iu to be k,3pt within the l:'..mi ts of tho funds avaii2.b::.e for us.ch countTy, in lL10 :ri th the breakdovv.r. suggested by tho ?AO/EEC Consul tativc Cornrai ttoo Hooting' of 22 July.

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Visits to countries and Vcterina~~~:{ In;.:;ti tutos

All the t::o.vol ca.rriod out by t;10 Sec1'e t.n~io, t sinoo the Tcmth Session has been ir. direct or incli:rect :~012.tion ·:rith tLo SATi campaign.

Visit to th, =sti t,,ito Zo';''")r-,fil::,ttico Sporimen"0::::.le at Brescia

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At the l)oc;inni:'::::; August, the Soci·otsry visited this Insti-~ute for the second time in i 96}..

Th.o puncoso of those visits was to arrange for training facili.tios i.n tho i'iold of foot-o.nd-mouth disease for 'I"urkish and Greek experts, to siiudy tb.o l'.larticuL ,rs cf sor:10 i tom of equipment. needed in Groeco? T1n·lrnzr and. Isra,ol~ to obte,in :i.n:I'ormation on iihe latest dovolopmonts of tho production of vaccine by the tissue culture method, and to becomo acqucintod. vri.ti the: latest tests :::.nd rosonrch on tho immunization of pigs.

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Visit to J3ulgnr::.n. Gr.Joco 2 'fo.rko:r ::u-::d Israel 2_ Octo"i:icr 1963

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Tho !Ju:r}poso c<' tto visit -:m,;; to dj_scuss, in oac:h ·country:;;ilans for the revnccination of t,.:-.o l::,u:ffor 2,1'oas to bo carriod out in the autumn; supplies of va.cc::.i:e from Israel; ox:)ansion o:f cha Insti tutos in Athans, .Anl;:ara and Tel Aviv; t}:c position of :~'cot-and-mouth di:Jeaso in tho countries? and, especially in T:,irkoy, ·plo.ns and nov,r f'aci::..i ties for the improvement of sanitary control of the disease.

In Bulgaria ,the Socrote.r,y took note of ths offorts made by the Government to proviclo th,J Voto:2inar;y Sorvicos with o.11 tho necessary means and persom1el in ti.10 border J.id:ricts.

A lr.,jorator~f for tho production of foot-and-mouth d:'.. □ oaso vaccine ~as recently been set up in Sofia and, despite the scarcity of oquipmont tmd proraises, a1)out 10,000 litres of vaccine vrnre produced in tbJ first yoar.

Kidney tissuo calls in Roux flasks sro used in virus production·, o.ncl both ·ci t:ce an:1 anti;:;onici ty of the cultivated virus are satisfactory.

Togo th or ,·;i '.;~1 1,h_; Votori;1c::ry :D_,_recto2° 9 Dr. Popov, and the Vi co-Chairman of tho Co□miosion, ?rof, A. },.domoJ.lo, who .ns in Bulgaria at the snmo time on officinl businos:ci 9 tho Secrotcuy m:::do ,:,, trip to Bulgarion Thrace and

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discussed the moasuros ndopted to prevent spread of the disease across the Turkish and Greek borders into 3ulgaria.

It vrc,s fuUy roc1lised hoi:r detrimontn:i. V·10 r;cnet:c2tio11 of cm exotic _foot••,':·1i'.-:·,nJ:L;o,~.:::c; virus into :this r,J,:::ion ,,10uld be to tho }3ulge.:rian o.:Oon'.)my ·,7hcr-c :uiii:;r•.l broodin.g and tr3de in livostuck~e quito intonso.

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In Grecco, the Secr2t:u•;y Y.•o.s inforr.1oc: 0£' the ci'forts r.1c1do by tho Government for t}10 control of O virus ,:1hj_ch ·.:r;,~: Gn:·:ctic .in tho no:-cthorn region of tto country.

In pnrticul::tr 9 he diE,cussGd. tho pl:1ns for tho proposed neF ·,:ing at tho i'oot-~md--Ifouth Disoc1so Ins ti tu.to for nhich an allocation of' 1J300 9 000 ::lro.ctmn had c,~1°02d~ 1:,2cn c 1.)t :lined tro~,1 tho Government.

The list of equipment subn::;. ttod c~r the G::-col:. Votorinary o.uthori ties to FAO for considorcltion was agcdn rovio\1od.

Tho Socrotary mis aloo rocei ved by tho :.Iinistor of Agriculture 5 :Dr. 13Grna::-is 5 who showed much interest in tho SAT1 car.1paign ::.nd promised to td:o all possible stops for an early start of tho Yrork for the expansion of t:1:::: Ins ti -:;ute.

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In Turkoy 2 tho Socrotary mot Dr. Enver Erlat 9 Under-Secretary of State of tho Ministry of Agricul turo, and had several discussions vii th him and Dr. D. Bester, i;,i th Dr. Oszoy, Director of tho Veterinary Institute at Etlik, and h:'.. s collo.1:10::::'c. tors Dr. 0:·al J Dr. SUtcU ad Dr. Bayramo~lu, and with the engineers enGagod in tho construction of tho now Institute.

Dr. A.VI. Stableforth and tho Csnadicm OXi)Ort, Dr, D.M.L. McGee participated in tho discussions and 2ccompaniod tte Secretary on a visit to the si to of tho new :.:oot-o.nd-mouth disease insti tuto, vfr1ich is already in nn advanced stage of construction.

This is n rer,wrkablo unit vvhich, in addition to tho central building for tho }reduction of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine, comprises administrative officos 1 stables for assembling nnimals intended for control tosts 9 isolntion uni ts 9 a sr.10,ll slaughterhouse and quarters for t}~o lXJTsonno1.

It is oxpoctod that abmlt 20 votorinari~ns ~ill bo employed in the nev; insti tuto.

During this visit scvorc1l alterations to tto plan of tho building

were proposed in ora.er to ensure bettor isolatior:. bot,7oon sections ar.d greater avnilnbili ty of li::.bor.c1torios for rosoo.rch o,nc1 sorolcgicc:-,1 work.

In Cyprus, tho Socroto.r;y cliscussocl rri th Dr. Orn.an end Dr. Potris·9 Director o.nd :Dopv.ty Director of the Vetorim,ry Services tho possibility of cnrryinc out systematic vncci:n.o.tion of the ,,rhole island before the ond of 1963.

It nas Jlointoc.: out ·chat Ett least the cattle (about 35,000 head) should bo vaccinated agdnst S.AT1 5 as the disease could cr:.tor the island at tmy timo bocnuse of tho lloo.v;y traffic vvi th all countries in tho N0ar East.

Cyprus is not only j_ tsolf vulnerable 1 but it i::.; ::else ::1 menace to tho Greek Islands.

It was agro od that 30-40, 000 o:l.' ~ho i 00 9 000 do sos of SAT1 vaccine, ordered in Israel by PAO in July 1963 should bo nlloc.:atod as 2r-:-,n as possible, in ardor to onm1:rc v2.ccination of the c:1t-~lo.

A ;;ouon(~ v~:ccini;;1;1 0n ·

51 on a 12,rce sca,le cculd ho :.:tndort::dcon in tho spring with the romo.indor of tho vaccir_o ::irclo:;..•od :or C~rprus.

Actually 9 38,000 do sos of ·rnccino noro employed in C;n~rus during Ilecembor. .A fu:di1.cr visit 'vlc1G mcdo toc;otho:r 7ri th Dr. :2Jichhorn in JL,,nu2,1•y 1964, when it bocc•.~,10 oviclont t!lat tho uoli tical situo,:io:n in CyprEc :;,:-:.do fuTtl:or offorts c::t vaccination impossible in tho me2.ntimo. ~n Isro.ol, t!:o Socrot~ry discuasod with· Dr. Jnhoda, Assistant DirectorGor::orcl, Hini;:;tr;: oi' ~~gricuJ.turc ,rnd ·::ith :Jr. Go,n\ :Ui:coctor oi' Votorirn:n°y Sorvicss, trio ,:,,ns f :ir the ox:ixrnsion of tho i-:'0Jt-;:-,nd-liout~1 Disoc.1so Institute ::l.ll'' ·:,·! av,~ ·1·, u·, -~-·.-, ·,·1·· u ""- l \1 ,.,u-l- .l ·'·vc,~) ~ '" ·t ·, ·i .,, ., ·: .,.,, ·t). -v·r- cc1' 1/';" or:1 of ..,u, 11 ru.m1' n~nt ,.__ th,o_, ::-'CJ.- '.c•" u· -.L, t-~ '--Y"--~-" c, s in tho country.

A long trip ~as ffiado ~i~~ Dr. Goar along tho frontier areas of tho country ~n ordor to domo::lstrato ~ba nocossity for Israel to hnvo the nnima:.· population _porrr.c.nontly 3irotectod t,~;-ainst viruses o, SA'.i:1 and possioly Asia i.

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At the timo of th0 visit, innocuity 2n6 potency tests woro in course of being ce,rriod out on bstchos oi' SA'l'1 v::-;.cci::1.c ~Jroducecl in Israel on kj_dnoy coll nonole1yors E,nd in-cconded ::'ois Cyprus.

Tho tests ·Noro c1:.rriod ou-'c in a section c,f t:,c 'JUE.r,c;ntinc st::itior, ::-,t Haifa; al::. tho animals had beon removed from tho station. ~o isolction units are so far available at or n0ar tho Tol-Aviv Institute.

A i'urthor visit '-'mf_; m0,do to~;o-t:,_o:r '.-ri·th. Dr. E:L0:1hO:i'D in ~Tc?.nuary 196/L to Israel.

Tho l:l::ms 1·ocnisding t?10 production of ::.no,ctivntod vaccine against tho typos of virus o, AGL\ 1? S.A;.I11, 1;oto~1ti.::J.:lx oxi'.;tinc;' in Iora_gl and in tho 1:-oic,;hbourhoocl . -v1oise dj_scussod with Drs. G'..Jor end Kalmar.

Noto tnko1, of the i2,vourablo rosul ts obto.in0d. l,y Dr. Goldsmit in pisolim.imn·y vc,c cin2 ti on exporiments wi tt modifi od SAT1 virus on .embryona ting egg.

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Visit to Ircm.

A visit to Iran ;1as undor"cnkon in conjunction vrith the mooting of tho ?.AO/EEC Consul t,"i.tive Ccr:.Di-ctoo, hold. r,t Ankara in J;::mu2,,ry 1964.

T·ogotto1' ni th · Dr. 1i?illor:1s 3 the Socrot,::.rz· visi tod the Prench Unit, si tuatod in a part of tl._o Foot-m1d-tiouth Di.s00.so Irwti tuto s.t Hossarok.

Tho technique of the 1-::rops,rc,tion of S.AT1 vcccir.o :md tho :i:'olo.t:'.vo protocols Ymro discussed ,,-,i th Dr. G:i_::;_bort, Dirocto:- of tho Fron.ch t:r.i t, o.ntl tho problems connected Yri th tho recogn::tion by PAO ::ii tho Hec,snro:•: Insti tuto as Regional Centro for tho t;ypil'<" d' foot-c:.ml-,:1,outh disease virus v1i th ::Jr. Rafyi and Dr. 'I'raub.

Tho Iro.ni;:m tonr:1 l'Jportod on the f.:wo1.u:--:lJlt, rosu:,. ts ootaincd in tho cultivation of' foot-ancl-mo ..1.th c~iscaso virus on coJ.l lines.

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Hootings of tho Europom1 Commissior.. for tho Control of Foot-c1nd-I.fo -.1th Di sonso 1

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llootin~ of the Rosoo.rch Group of t~e Standing Technical Committoo 9 London 11-13 June 1963

In June the Socrot-ary o.nct tho Cunsultant of tho Commission nttonci.od the Sixth Meo ting .Ji' th0 Hesosrc;1 Grc~11> of tho St2.,nding Technical Cammi ttee which -vras hold c:,t tho Anim<1l Vj_ruo Rosocrcli I1:rnti tuto; Pirbrighh Uni tod Kingdom.

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Several e;uosts wore invited rrho gnvo impo:::tant co:1tri'butions to the items on the aconda for discussion.

It was generally agreed that tho no~t meeting should bo hold some time during Juno 1964 c,t tho Votorino.r;i· Re300.rch Ins ti tuto, Amsterdam.

A summary of thG p1·oceodings of tho mooting at Pil'bright is in Ap1)0ndix IV n.

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Moo_t):_n(;, of tho E:x:ecutivo 09r:1111ittoeo LiGbon 2 23 October 1963

The Second CoLference of the OIE Permanent Commission for Europo 9 held in Lisbon from 22-25 October 1963 9 aff'6rdod c,n opportunity to convenG the Ex:ecuti ve Oo,:~mi ttoo thoro, as all momo0rs of tho Cor:imi tto0 were expected to attend this Oonforonce. ' ·rho moo tine took ~olace on 23 October, I)u:::,ing part of tho mooting, D:;.:-. R. W:j.ll··,ms 9 men,be:r of the Co:11ri1ission' s Strmding Technical Corm:ii ttoo and Dr·. 1!ia,nso RibcL:o, reprosentativo for the host country, also participated.

The Secretary oi' the Commission proso:.1.tod a r01,ort in which ho highlighted tho :9osi tion of foot-ancl-moutl: <1isoc.sc in Europe 9 Tu:rkey, nncl several countries in tho Near East and described tho activities of the Secretariat vli th rosc:crd to tho S.AT1 cnrnpaic;:1.

Tho Committee approved tho Socrot2T;/ 1 ::; report and o.xp1~essod its satisfaction at tho vmy :Ln which tho Socr0ta1·int ho.d collaboro.ted wi tt tho Chief of the FAO A."rJ.im2,l Heal th Branch in tho development of tho S.AT1 campaign.

In the discussion of tho report of tic Research Group of tho Standing Technical Com.mi ttoo, it ,-:0.s recoDmendod tl::::t, nt tho Eleventh Sossion of the Commission, tho vacancies crontod by the J'otirinee; mor.ibors she:uld bo filled.

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Tho Co:nmittoo o:xpressod its satisfe.ction that tho administrative expondi turos o:f the CommiGsion for 1963 hc,d boon kopt to a minimum.

It t:ns 11lso gono:rally agrood that the :,co~Josocl establishment b;y FAO of an Emergency Func1 ·1ms c,n excellent idoa.

Tho Commission has recor"monded tho ostablishrnon-'c of such a fund for quite somo time.

Tho main advantage of tho nevr ple,n 5 2,s outlined by FAO So'"'rota:ria t, soomod to bo tho moans by which it could bo financed.

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Meetings of the FAO/EEC Consul tativo Cor::mi tteo

The Socrok:.ry of tho Cormnission attondod tho mootings of t~10 above Cammi ttoo, hold in Rot.10 on 22 July 1963 ancl in A...YJ.kara, Turkey, on 27-29 January 1964.

Tho Sccrot:::sry attended tho XXIII. A1:.11ual Session of tho International Office of Epizootics ( OIEL hold in Paris on 13-18 ifoy 1963, the Wo:rld Veterinary Congross hold in Hnnnovor on 14-22 August ~nd the Second Session

53 of tho OIE Pcroanont Ccmmission for Eurcpo ~eld in Lisbon on 22-25 October Viherc ma-';:;ters rolatod to foot-and-mout.h clisoaso wore discussed.

At tho meeting in Lisbon, the Socrot2r;'l vms roq_uosted to give an account

of tb.e action taken for the control of tho SAT1 virus 1 nith psrticular roference to t11.e use of the c,rntri but ion ~nado availnble to FAO b;y EEC to the represontativos of the lo.ttor organizatio1: who attended tho OIE meeting.

Tho Chairman of t::10 Commission "ook part in this informal r.:leeting 2.t ··ahich the Secretary reported extensively on tho Camp,::lign.

F.

Emcrp;enSY:_ Fund_f or the Control of Li vosto ck Di seasos

Tho advantages of FAO having at its disposo.l an Emergency Fund \71:ict would allow tir:1ely action to deal with rm 01)izootic, such aa foot-o.nd-mouth disenso, vms s·~rossod on tho occasion ol the 'l'cnth Session of the C01,1!'nission o.nd a recommendation was _passed to this of!'oct.

Tho idea was further d.ovol :::ipocl oy ?AO :md ·the Director-Gono1°al roquosted tho 40th Session of Vie PAO Council (Juno 1963) to cor.sider tho desirability of es to.·01::..s~1.ing nn Eni.ergoncy Fund wi th,Jut placing an undue :financial burden on PAO momber countries.

The only way ,;1hich appeared to bo fonniblo without :1:1,ving to rc:i_uest additional contributions, consisted in J)roposing to ug, part of the Ilisocllaneous Income of tho Organizntion. :S.cvenues from interest on investments and bank d0posits constituto the mo.in item of such Miscellaneous Income.

Any excess over tho estimates not used have rsv:n,ted. h:,ck to tho Governments evory year since 1949• At tho 'Twelfth Session of tho FAO Coni'oronce ( 16 lfovomber-5 D0cor,1bei~) 9 the establishment of' the Fund ',ms discussed nnd more than 20 delegations ex:prossed full approval o:i:' the :proj::,ose.l rrhon it was first discus sod oy tho FAO Technical Committee on Agriculture. ]ifficul ties arose 9 howovoi· 9 whcm it o.ppoc:"Lred that tho sueges-cion previously mado for the establislunont of t1:e Fune. :froit H:iscellaneous Income could not be c1u'riod out 8t prcsent 9 since o. number of morr.bcr countries ho.d to ma\:o [';ood subnt,::mtL,l cir:ro;1,rs of })D,;yn:cnts of t:-::.;)i:C' cont:;.'i butions to FAO.

Nevertheless, the volume of support was such that consideration should be given to 0,l tornative menns of providin,3· the nocossnry financ;;:;s fo1' the csta1::lishmcnt o:L' the fund in tho future, ·The XIIth FAO Conforonce roportcd on the mntter and the rolovnnt paragra:phs of the Provisional Report of thL:; Conference nnd. -the Itesolu-tion arc shovm in Appendix IV b.

G.

Measures ar;a.inst the Spres.ding of .Animnl Disease

A resolution of the XIIth 1<7.b.O Conference on this su·bject is sho,m in Append.ix IV c.

H.

Constitution of tho European Cor.imission for tho Control of Foot-D.nd-

Mouth Disease Re:ference was mado to this mattor in the FAO Conference as follows:

- 54 "The Conferonco noted that tho European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-1v1outh Disease had amended, at its Ninth Session (Romo, 27-29 March 1962), tho provisions of its Constitution to bring them into lino•w:i..th tho principles adopted by tho Ninth Session of tho Conference.

The Conference viishos to express its appreciation for the action taken by tho Commission"o I. Future activities of· tho Commission in Europe will be nlong nuch the same lines as in tho past.

Close contact vrill be maintained ,;ii th OIE in all matters concerning foot-and-mouth disease~ &:1c'. with E:CC and tl1.oir vot~:r:ir:ary consul t~nts, particularly vli th reg:.ud to the concortoc.. effort d:i..roctod towards further preventing the invasion of the S.AT1 virus into Europe.

Members of tho Secretariat will continue tc- attend international meetings such as the XX.XII.General Session of the OIE and the Conference of the OIE Permanent Commission for Foot-nnd-I1/iouth :Di sec.so and will, where possible, also attend other international mootings of direct interest to tho Commission.

The Secretary uill visit votorinnry institutes in Italy and possibly in other European countries and collect information on tho progress of vaccine production, i.mmunogonici ty of nov, vaccines and research work on foot-and-mouth disease.

Prevention of t~10 introduction of exotic strains of foot-nY1cl-mouth disease virus into Europe will continue to havo tho attention of -che Commission and, in pnrticulo.r, everything possible will bo done to assist the countries directly threatened. by SA'I'i, such as Grooco, Bulgaria and Cyprus.

Close contact '.vill bo maink,inod Yd. th t~1.e Turkish <1uthori ties and the Secretary vrill visit tno country, ·when advisnblc 1 in order to ensure that the means and technical assistcnce for tl:o proper development of tho programs outlined and imple:nentation of tho rocommenda.tions adopted at the Tenth Session of tho Commission nro being carried out.

The Sooretc.ry ·will continue to collaborate in arrancin(s' sur,plios of equipment to the developing laboratories in tho assisted countries.

When necessary, visits will bo ::nade to countries to assist in the expansion of the vaccine-producing fccilitios, to nssess needs for additional equipment and to ensure tho 'oost use of oquip:nont and transportation supplied from tho funds of tho campaign.

While in eastern Europe; tho Secretary mc:y visit other countries in the Near East in order to socuro closor participation of the Commission in activities ~imod at improving coordinated inves~igation' of the epizobtiological situation and controL of foot-~nd-mouth disease.