Common use of Statistical services Clause in Contracts

Statistical services. 1. The United Nations and the World Health Organization agree to strive for maximum co-operation, the elimination of all undesirable duplication between them, and the most efficient use of their technical personnel in their respective collection, analysis, publication and dissemination of statis- tical information. They agree to combine their efforts to secure the greatest possible usefulness and utilization of statistical information and to mini- ▇▇▇▇ the burdens placed upon national governments and other organiza- tions from which such information may be collected. 2. The World Health Organization recognizes the United Nations as the central agency for the collection, analysis, publication, standardization, dis- semination and improvement of statistics serving the general purposes of international organizations. 3. The United Nations recognizes the World Health Organization as the appropriate agency for the collection, analysis, publication, standardiza- tion, dissemination and improvement of statistics within its special sphere, without prejudice to the right of the United Nations to concern itself with such statistics so far as they may be essential for its own purposes or for the improvement of statistics throughout the world. 4. The United Nations shall, in consultation with the specialized agen- cies, develop administrative instruments and procedures through which effective statistical co-operation may be secured between the United Nations and the agencies brought into relationship with it. 5. It is recognized as desirable that the collection of statistical informa- tion should not be duplicated by the United Nations or any of the special- ized agencies whenever it is practicable for any of them to utilize information or materials which another may have available. 6. In order to build up a central collection of statistical information for general use, it is agreed that data supplied to the World Health Organization for incorporation in its basic statistical series or special reports should, so far as practicable, be made available to the United Nations.