Regulations & Deed of the foundation for the award of the Darling Medal and Prize
Regulations & Deed of the foundation for the award of the Darling Medal and Prize
Regulations
Article 1
A committee of the World Health Organization (hereinafter called the "Organization") shall be formed, to be styled the "Darling Foundation Committee" and to be composed of the following members: the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Organization as such; the Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Board of the Organization as such; the Chairman of the Organization's Expert Committee on Malaria responsible for the selection and proposal of the name or names of the candidate or candidates in accordance with the provisions of Articles 2 and 7, or any other member of the said Expert Committee designated by him. The Director-General of the Organization as such shall act as secretary to the Committee and as administrator of the Foundation.
Article 2
The Darling Foundation Committee shall, in accordance with the Deed of Foundation and with these Regulations, and on the recommendation of the competent Expert Committee on Malaria, propose to the Executive Board the award of a prize to be known as the "Darling Foundation Prize" for outstanding achievements in the pathology, etiology, epidemiology, therapy, prophylaxis or control of malaria.
Article 3
The Darling Foundation Prize shall consist of a bronze medal and a fixed sum of 2500 Swiss francs. It shall be awarded whenever the accumulated interest on the Foundation's capital amounts to a net sum of not less than 2500 Swiss francs, after deducting the total cost of striking the medal.
Article 4
The administrator shall ascertain twice yearly from the trustee of the Foundation's funds the total amount of the interest accumulated since the last award of the Darling Prize. When the interest amounts to a sufficient sum for a prize to be awarded in accordance with the provisions of Article 3, the administrator shall notify the Member States and Associate Members of the Organization, the members of the Darling Foundation Committee, and the members of the Expert Advisory Panel who have already served on an Expert Committee on Malaria.
Article 5
In transmitting notifications under Article 4, the administrator shall invite Member States and Associate Members of the Organization, and the members of the Expert Advisory Panel who have already served on an Expert Committee on Malaria, to put forward, within six months, the name of any person whose candidature is thought worthy of examination with a view to the award of the prize, such nomination to be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons on which it is based. The same candidature, if unsuccessful, may be submitted on several occasions. The candidature must be in respect of a work published or accomplished not more than ten years before its submission or citation to the Organization. No conditions are made as to the age, sex, profession, nationality, race or religion of candidates.
Article 6
On expiry of the six months period provided in Article 5, the administrator shall communicate to the members of the competent Expert Committee on Malaria copies of all nominations received by him. He shall then regard the list as closed.
Article 7
After the communication of the nominations under Article 6, the competent Expert Committee on Malaria shall discuss the relative merits of the candidates nominated and shall recommend to the Darling Foundation Committee the name or names of the candidate or candidates to whom the medal and the prize should, in the opinion of the Committee, be awarded.
Article 8
The Darling Foundation Committee shall be empowered, at least three members being present and after consideration of all nominations made by the Expert Committee on Malaria, to make, by a majority of the members present, a recommendation to the Executive Board regarding the choice for the award of the medal and prize. These shall be presented during a meeting of the World Health Assembly to the recipient or, in his absence, to a person representing him.
Article 9
On the proposal of one of the members of the Darling Foundation Committee or of an Expert Committee on Malaria, the Executive Board may decide to revise these Regulations.
Article 10
The administrator of the Darling Foundation shall be responsible:
(a) for the execution of the decisions taken by the Darling Foundation Committee within the limits of its powers as defined in these Regulations;
(b) for the observance of these Regulations and, generally, for the operation of the Darling Foundation as limited by the Deed of Foundation and by these Regulations.
Deed
Article 1
Under the name of "The Darling Foundation", M. Jean-Antoine Buero, ex-Legal Adviser to the Secretariat of the League of Nations, has created a Foundation governed by Articles 80 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code and also by the special provisions as set out hereunder. The said Foundation is to be under the surveillance of the competent authorities.
Article 2
The Foundation is to be established for the purpose of awarding whenever the accumulated interest on capital permits, a prize for outstanding achievements in the pathology, etiology, epidemiology, therapy, prophylaxis or control of malaria. The said prize is to consist of a bronze medal and a fixed sum of two thousand five hundred Swiss francs.
Article 3
The headquarters of the Foundation shall be at the headquarters of the World Health Organization, in Geneva.
Article 4
The founder has donated ten thousand Swiss francs as the initial capital of the said Foundation.
Article 5
The organs of the Foundation shall be:
(1) the administrator of the Foundation, i.e., the Director-General of the World Health Organization;
(2) the manager of the Foundation's estate.
Article 6
The administrator shall, within the limits of the present provisions, implement the decisions of the Darling Foundation Committee completed by those of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. He shall represent the Foundation before third parties. He shall submit a yearly written report on his administration of the Foundation.
Article 7
The manager's accounts shall be subject to examination and approval by the administrator. The financial year shall be from 1 January to 31 December of each year. On 31 December of each year a balance sheet and profit and loss account shall be established.
Article 8
The administrator shall each year appoint an auditor to verify the Foundation's accounts, and the said auditor shall submit a written report of his auditing operations.
Article 9
The management of the Foundation's estate shall be entrusted to Lloyds and National Provincial Foreign Bank Limited, Geneva Branch, a limited Company whose headquarters is in London and which has a Branch Office in Geneva, the said managership having been accepted on behalf of the above-mentioned Company by Messrs. Ernest William Briscoe, Manager, and Emile Gretler, Accountant, both resident in Geneva.
Article 10
The managers shall enjoy all the rights and be subject to all the obligations attaching to their function. In the management of the Foundation's estate they shall follow the principle that the funds are to be invested in gilt-edged stock.
Article 11
The Foundation may be dissolved if the conditions of Articles 88 and 89 of the Swiss Civil Code are fulfilled. No dissolution or liquidation measure shall be adopted without prior consent thereto by the authorities exercising surveillance.
Article 12
All expenses incurred with respect to the present Deed and to the Regulations of the Foundation for the award of the medal and prize, together with any incurred by subsequent deeds which may complete, amend or annul the two above-mentioned initial instruments shall be borne by the Foundation.