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34th Meeting of the Board of Governors, Bucharest,1977

“RESOLUTION No.7

Nursing’s role in pre-disaster planning and relief

The Board of Governors

recommends that the League’s Nursing Advisers should draw up guidelines on the nurse’s role in pre-disaster planning and relief and should be free to consult such experts as they wish.

recommends further that National Societies be urged to include nurses at all levels as members of the predisaster planning committee, such committees being set up on a multi-disciplinary basis”.

“RESOLUTION No. 8

Inclusion of the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and of  the Geneva Conventions in the training syllabus of doctors and nurses

The Board of Governors

recommends that the League approach the ICRC and the WHO to explore the possibility of sending a circular letter to Governments asking them to include in the training syllabus of doctors and nurses the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and of the Geneva Conventions. National Societies should be urged to contact the appropriate Ministers in their respective countries for the same purpose”.

“RESOLUTION No. 9

Report of the Nursing Advisory Committee

The Board of Governors

having heard the report of the Nursing Advisory Committee.

approves the report and congratulates the Committee on its excellent work”.

“RESOLUTION No. 36

Elections

The Board of Governors

7. elects the National Societies of the following countries to membership of the Nursing Advisory Committee (15 members) for a four-year term of office:

Costa Rica; Egypt; Germany (Fed. Rep.); Ghana; Greece; Japan; Korea (Rep.); Lebanon;

Senegal; South Africa; Switzerland; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Venezuela”

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33rd Meeting of the Board of Governors, Geneva, 1975

“RESOLUTION NO. 25

The Red Cross and International Women’ s Year

The Board of Governors,

Recalling that 1975 is International Women’s Year and that throughout this year special attention must be devoted to worldwide study of the promotion of the situation of women, in the context of development and peace,

Endorses fully the noble objectives of International Women’s Year,

Expressed the wish that the documents adopted by the World, Conference on International Women’s Year at Mexico City in June 1975 be studied by the competent bodies of the League”.

“RESOLUTION NO. 18

Coordination of the activities of Advisory Committees

The Board of Governors,

Cognisant of the recommendation of the Health and Social Service Advisory Committee to the 1974 Session of the Executive Committee to the effect that the Health and Social Service, Youth. Nursing and Development Programme Advisory Committees should be merged to form a General Commission that might be called the Standing Programmes Commission;

Agreeing that there is a need for closer coordination of the activities carried on under the competence of these four Advisory Committees;

Believing that the next few years will continue to be critical for the Development Programme;

Recommends that there be regular annual meetings of the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Advisory Committees, possibly with the Committee of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the League; and,

Recommends further that the Development Programme Advisory Committee remains in being”.

RESOLUTION 35

Elections and Appointments

The Board of Governors.

4. Elects as members of the Nursing Advisory Committee for a period of four years the National Societies bf the following countries:

Egypt; Ghana; Greece; Japan; Mexico; Phillippines; Romania; Thailand”