Holden High School - Clarion Yearbook (Holden, MA)

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION cermng outbreaks of disease everywhere Its Epl demlcologxcal Instltute ln Smgapore also serves as an lntelllgence station relaymg mformatxon from almost four hundred sea and axrports v1a twelve radlo statxons m the Orlent to axrplanes shlps at sea and port authorltles thus protectlng agannst further outbreaks of epldemxcs By on the spot campalgns the World Health Organlzatlon helps control and vvlpe out dlsease By constant surveys of vvorld health and by means of demonstratxons mlsslons and techmcal a1d 1nd1 vldual countrles are helped to tackle thenr own prob lems and Improve serv lces The orgamzatlon IS also concerned vvxth the control of drugs Flfty countrles have agreed to dls contmu the medncal use of herom Ever s1nce the World Health Orgamzatxon be came a fact there have been slx pr1or1ty projects They are actlons agamst malarxa tuberculosls and venereal dls ase and campalgns for nutr1t1on envx ronmental samtatxon and maternal and chlld health Each year malarla strlkes three hundred mtl llon people k1ll1ng three m1ll1on Tuberculosls takes five m1l11on l1v es a year and venereal diseases are a major problem wlthout pen1c11l1n Nutrltlon IS vltal m regard to health Lack of nutrltxon makes the body subject to many dlseases Progress 1n samta txcn IS needed so that health can be mamtamed ln areas clear of dnsease It lS xmportant to uphold chxld health Mortahty rates among chlldren many countrles are pathetic It can be truly sald that these deaths can be used as a yardstlck to measure populatxon m all parts of the world The World Health Orgamzatlon has done and IS domg many thlngs to ralse health standards everywhere ThlS agency devotes about two thirds of xts normal resources to helpmg governments ldentlfy health problems and embark on the next approprlate step whlch m many cases IS trammg of personel and educatlon of the people ln health In large areas of the world there IS an average of one doctor to twelve thousand people Something has to be done and WHO IS domg xt Malarla control demonstratxons have been held m Paklstan Indna Thailand Afghanistan and Cen tral and South Amerxca International trammg centers for tuberculosls control have been estab llshed m Turkey El Salvadore and Indla wlth mass chest X ray campaxgns A laboratory has been set up m MEXICO for the use of BCG vacclne valuable nn develop1ng an xmmumty to tuberculosxs Dem onstratxons ln the control of venereal diseases wlth pemclllm have been held ln many parts of the world Advlce has been glven by WHO experts to Indna Afghamstan Korea Paklstan Ceylon and the Phxl lppxnes on subjects relatmg to health of mothers and chnldren chlld guldance and juvemle delm quency Many medlcal books and much materxal have been sent to backwoods doctors teachmg them new techmques WHO has estabhshed an Interna tlonal Tra1n1ng Center on Anaesthesxology ln Copen hagen Denmark The World Health Orgamzatlon IS not only com batmg dlsease by demonstratlon and teachmg but also sends out teams of experts and techmcal equxp ment lncludlng serums and DDT to all parts of the world to combat s1ckness By the use of D D T experts ln Greece cut down by seventy five percent a malarla epldemlc coverlng a large part of the country Smce control of the epldemlc food pro- ductlon has rnsen seventy per cent demonstratmg that good health makes for hlgh productivity Ten ml1llOn acres of farm land have been developed ln slx dxsease rxdden zones by WHO Adequate programs have been mstltuted for the control of physical envlronment emphaslzxng proper sewage pure water and clean food Sanlta tlon fac1l1t1es have been lmproved 1n Ethxopla The war mcldentally has made for poor llvmg stand ards m many countrles Dlseases llke tuberculosxs thrnve under such condltlons The problem of health does not stop wxth the s1x prxorlty projects WHO has glven ald to vlctlms of Nazx prlson medxcal experlments The first mter natnonal research center for chemlcal mlcroblology has been opened ln Rome Hnghly capable of qulck actlon WHO provlded medlcal servxces for Arablan refugees m Palestine and sent ald to Equador dur mg a bad earthquake WHO IS also domg long range planning An ln ternatxonal fellowshxp enablmg doctors and nurses to recelve trammg m the latest medical techmques has been established Health demonstratlon areas have been worked out to see how health standards act over a perxod of years The World Health Or gamzatlon IS seeklng to standardlze medxcxnes and drugs throughout the world Over slxty blologlcal substances have been standardlzed already A four year plan has been approved to strengthen national publlc health services and develop WHOs perma nent world wxde techmcal servlces April 7 has been deslgnated as World Health Day The asslgned goal of WHO lS the lmprovement of health standards everywhere Desplte new dxscoverles for home farm factory and defense elghty per cent of the world populatxon suffers from poverty and dlsease Some- thmg must clearly be done and we must help to do xt The World Health Orgamzatxon IS the least con tentxous of all agencies for thxs problem of health concerns everyone As the Llberlan delegate sald WHO IS mterested m people not governments John Mattson 1 1 1 - - 1 1 ' . , . . . . 1 1 1 ' ' . . , . . . 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04441555 of fwfefaome Mx Bubar Alumn1 of the Class of 1902 and friends Thls night lS the occasion to which we haxe been lookmg forward for four years There IS not much I can say that has not been said many times before from this platform I can say however straight from my heart that this IS truly a great moment in my life and ln the lxyes of my classmates Despite what we sometlmes say I believe that these have been four years that will newer be forgotten and I know lt will not be long before many of us w1ll be wlshmg we were back again But this should be a happy occasion not a sad one so I will not dwell on the memorable moments m oux class history I would rather ln behalf of the class thank all the teachers and friends who have so willingly helped us through four glorious years We welcome you all to our exercxses this ey en1ng The speakers tonight are gomg to consider some of the lesser known organizations related to the Umted Nations They have chosen three of the Specxallzed Agencles the Umted Natlons Educa tlonal Social and Cultural Organization the World Health Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization The Spec all cd Agencies were set up at the Umted NHIIODS Organlzatlon was founded to meet the need m some special field When the Charter was drawn up plans had not been sufiiclently thought out for them to be mcluded in a dlstmct section of the Charter but they are referred to m Artlcle 57 as established by Inter governmental agreement and has mg wlde international responsl bllltl6S ln economic soclal cultural educational The World Health Orgamzatlon started on the road to reallty on February 15 1946 when the ECODOITIIC and Soclal Council established a Techm cal Preparatory Commlsslon It was the duty of th1s Commission to prepare for the International Health Conference and draft a constltutxon for an agency of health The International Health Con ference met in New York Clty from June 19 to July 22 of the same year The constitution was ap proved and accepted and an Interim Commlssxon was established to do health work until the World Health Organlzatlon should be ready to function Thls commlsslon and later the mam body resumed the duties of the League of Natxons Health Orrfan ization the International Office of Pubhc Hygiene lh Parls and the Umted Nations Relief and Reha bllltatlon Agency Its committee dealt with many sltuatlons One was the cholera epidemic in Egypt which was wlped out ln s1x weeks In 1947 the World Health Orgamzatxon came mto full exlstence with 1tS headquarters in Geneva Switzerland Membership IS open to all countrles terrntorxes health ind 1 'ated fields They are brought mto relatlonshxp with the Umted Nations organization through the Economic and Social Council whlch exercises hmlted SUDGIWISIOD oxer them and the Umted Natlons orgamzatlon may make arrange ments for mutual representation of the organs of the Umted Nations and of the Specxahred Agency nn each other s dellberatxons Legallv the Speclahzed Agency owes its exist ence to a special agreement or treaty made between states whlch thereby become its members It is required that the Agency be general not confined to 'mv one geographical region and not otherwise llmlted to a small group of members Presumably ns membership IS open to all states and should be as nearly unn ersal as posslble Although these agencies 'ue small and may seem ummportant ln the over all world organization they are Just as lmportant to its success as xs small gear in a huge machme All agencies need to func t on properly and lf they do they can make the Umted Nations our tool in the reach for peace and happiness As Richard Law Chairman of the Brltxsh Delegation saxd at the Food and Agriculture Con ference ln 1042 VVe have begun a process of pile dI'1VlI'lg We drop one pile mto the shifting sands lmon whlch ln these days our lives are founded method by which to approach the problem of re construction We shall not find peace in a blueprint If we tackle these problems one by one lf we dnve down mto the sand one p1le after another some of them mav dissolve but some of them will last and we shall have 1n the end a stable foundation upon w h1ch to build the temple of peace Robert Mclnnls KM! fc! C7171 fig 01 cuuzafcoiz and groups States not responslble for mternatlonal affairs are given assoclate memberships The World Health Organxzatlon lncldentally IS the only speclal lzed agency to whlch Soviet Russia has belonged I say has belonged because the Communlst block mcludmg Chma announced its wlthdrawal about two years ago Thls action came as a blow to the World Health Orgamzatxon for at the withdrawal hundreds of mxllxons of people were removed from ax The budget IS the agencys own problem In the perxod of formation It was financed by loans from the Umted Natlons and grants from the Umted Nations Rellef and Rehabxhtatlon Agency residual funds Each member now subscribes a certa1n amount to 1ts upkeep The proposed budget for 1952 IS S3 700000 The object of the World Health Orgamzatlon is very slmple and clear cut It IS to help all peoples attam the highest level of health One of its mam functions IS to mamtam a disease warning service Ten times daily It broadcasts from transmltters m Geneva to all parts of the world information con . . . . . y 3 . g D ' ' . 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G4 'ucu fwza 'z 0JZLZClfLOIZ After World War II ln many countrles farmers lacked seed and fertxllzer and machmery In xarxous parts of the xx orld crops xx ere spoxled by too much cold and too much or too l1ttle ram Flshermen lacked boats nets and other equxpment In xlew of these facts member natlons of the Umted Nations declded that thex should xxork together to find enough food for the people of the world These natxons set up the Food and Agrlculture Orgamza t1on to solxe world food problems Thls organlzatlon was recommended at the Hot Sprlngs Conference ln June 1943 A conference of forty four natlons proxlded for the creatwn of the Interlm Commxs slon on Food and Agrlculture The commxsslon drexx up a constltutlon for the permanent orvanlzatlon xxhlch was created at the Hrst sesslon of the con ference xx hlch met 1n Quebec m October 1945 The conference declared xts bellef that the goal of freedom from want of food suitable and adequate for the health and strength of all peoples can be achlexed It xx ent on to say The first cause of hunger and malnutrltlon s poxertx It IS useless to produce more food unless men and nat1ons prox 1de the markets to absorb lt Thele must be an expan slon of the xx hole xx orld economy to prox 1de the put chaslng power sufliclent to m'x1nta1n an adequate dlet fol xll The first Iesponslbllltx lles wlth each natlon for seelng that lts oxxn people haxe the food needcd for l fc 'md health But each natxon can fully leach lts goal onlx lf all work together FAO orlglnated ln the hope expressed In the Atlantlc Charter of seelng establlshed a peace xx hlch w1ll afford assurance that all men ln all lands may l1xe out thelr llxes ln freedom from xx ant The motto of FAO IS Let there be bread FAO IS gox elned by a conference of representa tlx es from the membel states WhlCh meets at annual sesslons Each natlon has one xote ln the conference The FAO conferences haxe the responslblllty of plannmg the program for the organlzatlon and de termmlng lts budget How much emphasls shall be placed on dex elopmg marketlng cooperatlx es as com pared wlth educatlon on weenl control m stored gram or spreadmg knowledge of hybrid corn What shall be the budget of the Flsherles DIXISIOD and how shall lt be spent These problems requlre tech l1lClaIlS m the xaxlous fields of FAOs work as well as budget 0fllC1alS who are famllxar wlth the pro gram An FAO conference IS more than a meeting of goxernmental representatlxes to determlne the xx olk program of the orgamzatlon for the next year A mayor part of the time IS glxen over to the dis cusslon by top goxernmental OHICIHIS not of what the organlzatlon shall do-but of what goxernments shall do IH thelr domestlc program and through ln ternatlonal actlon to achxewe the FAO objectlxes of a better fed world and a sounder agrxcultural econ omy The conference elects a council conslstmg of representatlxes of elghteen member natlons Thls counc1l acts on behalf of all member natlons and ns responslble to the conference In addltlon to actmg for the conference between sesslons the counc1l superxlses and helps to coordinate the work be twecn gox ernmental authorltles FAO IS a small xoung orgamzatlon xx1th a budget of flxe m1ll1on dollars yet lt manages to accompllsh an amazmg amount It IS able to do thls only because lt xxorks through goxernments The Umted Natlons ln 1ts expanded technlcal axd plogram has reallzed the lmportance of FAO s work ln th1s field and has glxen to lt a greater portlon of Umted Natxons funds than to anx other Speclallzed Agencx Baslcally howexer FAO holds to tts orxgmal purpose of proxldmg leadershlp for the txxo thlrds of the worlds populatlon who l1xe on the land It takes people where they are shows them how to use a llttle more effectne tools than those they haxe been uslng teaches them fundamentals of good nutrltxon and glx es them hope of bemg better fed bx attacklng problems whxch they as mdlvld uals cannot solxe FAO cannot gxxe orders to na txons but xt may collect lnformatlon draw up re ports make suggestlons and send experts to help natlons ralse more food In Afghamstan a simple change m farmers hablts has resulted ln lncreased productlon The Afghamstan goxernment reallzxng the lmportance of ransmg more cotton as a cash crop requested the help of the FAO A successful Arkansas cotton ranser was sent to gxye practlcal ald After studymg the sltuatlon he wrote back for an ordmary hoe as there was none m the country and he needed one From th1s model he had thlrty hoes made and he proceeded to teach them the technlque of hoemg What a slmple thmg to do but what a blg achleve ment lt was to change the age old habits of these people' An Amerlcan of Greek extractlon was sent to Greece to ald ln the nutrxtlon program She worked wlth a few natlve glrls and taught them to prepare natne foods 1n a nutrltlous way She then sent them out through towns and vlllages r1ngmg dmner bells and summomng housewlves to demonstratlons of food preparatlon oxer alcohol burners As a result a Home Economlcs Extensxon Servxce was estab llshed ln the goxernment When a bl1ght attacked Italys chestnut trees lmportant for both food and tlmber FAO helped the country obtam bllght resxstant strams from Chma In Slam one of the m1ss1ons recommended methods of mcreasmg rlce output In Venezuala another FAO mxssxon mvestlgated palms and other plants as possxble sources of edxble fats long lack mg ln Venezualean dlets FAO techmclans and Chmese scxentlsts have developed two new types of vaccmes for rxnderpest a scourge kxllmg mllllons of farm ammals yearly The Internatlonal Wheat Agreement recently adopted by twenty five natlons was forwarded by the FAO and dlrectly ands the expanslon of world food productlon by easing the fear of producers that abundant food productxon w1ll brmg about a collapse of the world market The FAO has helped Peru establxsh refrxgeratlon and storage facxlltles for tts Hsherxes and has given slm llar techmcal help to Iran 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