Deed of Foundation & Implementing Regulations for the Jacques Parisot Foundation
Deed of Foundation & Implementing Regulations for the Jacques Parisot Foundation
Deed of Foundation
(as amended in January 1980)
Article 1
Under the title of "Jacques Parisot Foundation", Madame J. Parisot establishes a foundation which shall be governed by Articles 80 and following of the Swiss Civil Code and the specific provisions hereunder, and which shall possess legal personality.
Article 2
This Foundation is established for the purpose of awarding every two years a fellowship for research in social medicine or public health in accordance with the procedure laid down in the regulations for the implementation of the present Deed.
Article 3
The headquarters of the Foundation shall be Geneva.
Article 4
The founder endows the Foundation with an initial capital of 50 000 Swiss francs. The Foundation is empowered to accept gifts and bequests. The capital of the Foundation may be increased by all the income from its undistributed reserve.
Article 5
The Foundation shall be administered by its administrator, namely the Director-General of the World Health Organization. The administrator shall implement the decisions of the Foundation Committee consisting of at least five members appointed by the Executive Board of the Organization. The management of the funds of the Foundation shall be the responsibility of the World Health Organization.
Article 6
The right of signature shall be determined by the Foundation Committee.
Article 7
The duration of the Foundation shall be indefinite. Should the Foundation be dissolved, its assets shall be made over to the World Health Organization, or failing that possibility to an organization pursuing the same objectives.
Article 8
The procedure for application of the present Deed is laid down in implementing regulations.
Article 9
The costs assignable to the present Deed and to the Implementing Regulations, or those assignable to subsequent instruments, shall be borne by the Foundation.
Implementing Regulations
(as amended in January 1998)
In accordance with Article 8 of the Deed of Foundation of the Jacques Parisot Foundation, the following Implementing Regulations define the procedure for the application of that Deed.
Article 1
The Foundation Committee shall be composed of five members, to be elected by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization from among its members for a period that may not exceed the duration of their terms of office of the Executive Board. The Director-General of the World Health Organization shall act as administrator of the Foundation and as Secretary of the Committee.
Article 2
At least three members of the Committee must be present for its discussions and votes to be valid.
Article 3
A Selection Panel shall be constituted which shall be composed of two members, to be appointed by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization from among the members of the Foundation Committee, for a duration that may not exceed the duration of their terms of office on the Executive Board. The consent of both its members shall be required for the taking of decisions. The Director-General of the World Health Organization shall act as Secretary of the Selection Panel.
Article 4
The Selection Panel, in accordance with the Deed of Foundation and the present Regulations, shall make a recommendation to the Executive Board regarding the choice for the award of the fellowship from among three candidates proposed by a Regional Committee of the World Health Organization. The order in which Regional Committees are successively invited to present candidates shall be determined by the drawing of lots by the Foundation Committee.
Article 5
Before adopting its recommendation, the Selection Panel shall consult the Advisory Committee on Medical Research concerning each of the subjects for research proposed by the candidates.
Article 6
The medal of the Foundation shall be handed during a meeting of the World Health Assembly either to the fellow in person or, in his absence, to a person representing him.
Article 7
The accounting period shall end on 31 December of each year. A profit and loss account shall be drawn up as of that date.
The administrator shall then inform the Selection Panel of the total amount of interest accumulated since the last fellowship award. If the Selection Panel considers the sum sufficient, it shall undertake the selection of the fellow according to the procedure indicated in Article 4 above.
Article 8
On the proposal of the administrator of the Foundation, the Committee may decide to revise the present Regulations.