Article
1
Use of Terms
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
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“Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Public Health Agency;
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“Associate Member” means an Associate Member of CARPHA admitted pursuant to Article 3;
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“Board Member” means a member of the Executive Board;
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“CAREC” means the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, administered by PAHO for the Caribbean region including Members of the Caribbean Community;
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“Caribbean Community” means the Caribbean Community established by the Revised Treaty;
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“CARPHA” means the Caribbean Public Health Agency established by Article 2;
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“CCH” means the Caribbean Cooperation in Health which is the regional strategic framework for cooperation in health approved by the Conference of Ministers responsible for Health and endorsed by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in the Nassau Declaration, in July 2001;
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“CEHI” means the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute, established by an Intergovernmental Agreement among Members of the Caribbean Community in 1972;
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“CFNI” means the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, administered by PAHO for the Caribbean region, including Members of the Caribbean Community;
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“CHRC” means the Caribbean Health Research Council, established originally in 1972 as the Commonwealth Caribbean Medical Research Council (CCMRC) by Ministers responsible for Health in the Caribbean;
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“COHSOD” means the Council for Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community;
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“Council” means the Council of Ministers established by Article 7;
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“CRDTL” means the Caribbean Regional Drug Testing Laboratory, established by an Intergovernmental Agreement among Members of the Caribbean Community concluded on 16 December 1974;
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“Executive Board” means the Executive Board established by Article 6;
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“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of CARPHA appointed pursuant to Article 13;
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“organ” means an entity established by Article 6;”
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“Member” means a country which has signed the Agreement;
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“PAHO” means the Pan-American Health Organisation, an international public health agency, which is the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for the Americas and part of the United Nations System;
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“Revised Treaty” means the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, signed on 4 July 2001 at Nassau, The Bahamas;
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“RHIs” means the regional health institutions, which are to be incorporated into CARPHA. These are: CAREC; CEHI; CFNI; CHRC; and CRDTL;
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“Secretary-General” means the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community;
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“Technical Advisory Committee” means the committee established by Article 11.