World Health Organisation, Constitution of Organisation

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
HEALTH
Signed at
Signed on
22 July 1946
In force on
7 April 1948

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ALGERIA
  4. ANDORRA
  5. ANGOLA
  6. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  7. Antilles
  8. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
  9. ARMENIA
  10. Aruba
  11. AUSTRALIA
  12. AUSTRIA
  13. AZERBAIJAN
  14. BAHAMAS
  15. Bahrain
  16. BANGLADESH
  17. BARBADOS
  18. BELGIUM
  19. BELIZE
  20. BHUTAN
  21. BOLIVIA
  22. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  23. BOTSWANA
  24. BRAZIL
  25. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
  26. BULGARIA
  27. BURMA
  28. BURUNDI
  29. BYELORUSSIA S S R
  30. CAMBODIA
  31. CAMEROON
  32. CANADA
  33. CAPE VERDE
  34. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  35. CEYLON
  36. CHAD
  37. CHILE
  38. COLOMBIA
  39. COMOROS
  40. CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
  41. Cook Islands
  42. COSTA RICA
  43. CROATIA
  44. CUBA
  45. CYPRUS
  46. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  47. CZECH REPUBLIC
  48. DAHOMEY
  49. DENMARK
  50. DJIBOUTI
  51. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
  52. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  53. ECUADOR
  54. EGYPT
  55. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  56. ERITREA
  57. ETHIOPIA
  58. Fiji
  59. FINLAND
  60. FRANCE
  61. GABON
  62. GAMBIA THE
  63. GEORGIA
  64. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  65. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  66. GHANA
  67. GREECE
  68. GRENADA
  69. GUATEMALA
  70. GUINEA
  71. GUINEA BISSAU
  72. GUYANA
  73. HAITI
  74. HONDURAS
  75. HUNGARY
  76. ICELAND
  77. INDIA
  78. INDONESIA
  79. IRAN
  80. IRAQ
  81. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  82. ISRAEL
  83. ITALY
  84. IVORY COAST
  85. JAMAICA
  86. JAPAN
  87. KAZAKHSTAN
  88. KENYA
  89. KIRIBATI
  90. KOREA
  91. KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
  92. KUWAIT
  93. KYRGYZSTAN
  94. LAOS
  95. LATVIA
  96. LEBANON
  97. LESOTHO
  98. LIBERIA
  99. LIBYA
  100. LITHUANIA
  101. LUXEMBOURG
  102. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  103. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
  104. MALAWI
  105. MALAYA
  106. MALDIVES
  107. MALI
  108. MALTA
  109. MARSHALL ISLANDS
  110. MAURITANIA
  111. MAURITIUS
  112. MEXICO
  113. MICRONESIA
  114. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  115. MONACO
  116. MONGOLIA
  117. MONTENEGRO
  118. MOROCCO
  119. MOZAMBIQUE
  120. NAMIBIA
  121. NEPAL
  122. NETHERLANDS THE
  123. NEW ZEALAND
  124. NICARAGUA
  125. NIGER
  126. NIGERIA
  127. NORWAY
  128. OMAN
  129. PAKISTAN
  130. PALAU
  131. PANAMA
  132. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  133. PARAGUAY
  134. PERU
  135. PHILIPPINES
  136. POLAND
  137. PORTUGAL
  138. Qatar
  139. ROMANIA
  140. RWANDA
  141. SAINT LUCIA
  142. SALVADOR
  143. SAN MARINO
  144. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
  145. SAUDI ARABIA
  146. SENEGAL
  147. SEYCHELLES
  148. SIAM
  149. SIERRA LEONE
  150. SINGAPORE
  151. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  152. SLOVENIA
  153. SOLOMON ISLANDS
  154. SOMALIA
  155. SOUTH AFRICA
  156. Southern Rhodesia
  157. SOVIET UNION
  158. SPAIN
  159. ST KITTS AND NEVIS
  160. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  161. SUDAN
  162. SURINAME
  163. SWAZILAND
  164. SWEDEN
  165. SWITZERLAND
  166. SYRIA
  167. TAIWAN
  168. TAJIKISTAN
  169. TANGANYIKA
  170. TOGO
  171. TONGA
  172. TRANSJORDAN
  173. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  174. TUNISIA
  175. TURKEY
  176. TURKMENISTAN
  177. TUVALU
  178. UGANDA
  179. UKRAINE
  180. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  181. UNITED KINGDOM
  182. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  183. UPPER VOLTA
  184. URUGUAY
  185. UZBEKISTAN
  186. VANUATU
  187. VENEZUELA
  188. VIETNAM
  189. VIETNAM D R
  190. WESTERN SAMOA
  191. YEMEN
  192. YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  193. YUGOSLAVIA
  194. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
  195. ZAIRE
  196. ZAMBIA
  197. Zanzibar
  198. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Acceptance 19 April 1948
ALBANIA Signature 22 July 1946
ALBANIA Acceptance 26 May 1947
ALBANIA Withdrawal 20 March 1950
ALGERIA Acceptance 8 November 1962
ANDORRA Acceptance 15 January 1997
ANGOLA Acceptance 15 May 1976
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Acceptance 12 March 1984
Antilles Extension 1 January 1986
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Signature 22 July 1946
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Acceptance 22 October 1948
ARMENIA Acceptance 4 May 1992
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Signature 22 July 1946
AUSTRALIA Acceptance 2 February 1948
AUSTRIA Signature 22 July 1946
AUSTRIA Acceptance 30 November 1947
AZERBAIJAN Acceptance 2 September 1992
BAHAMAS Acceptance 1 April 1974
Bahrain Acceptance 2 November 1971
BANGLADESH Acceptance 19 May 1972
BARBADOS Acceptance 25 April 1967
BELGIUM Signature 22 July 1946
BELGIUM Acceptance 25 November 1948
BELIZE Acceptance 23 August 1990
BHUTAN Acceptance 8 March 1982
BOLIVIA Signature 22 July 1946
BOLIVIA Acceptance 23 November 1949
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Acceptance 19 August 1992
BOTSWANA Acceptance 26 February 1975
BRAZIL Signature 22 July 1946
BRAZIL Acceptance 2 June 1948
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Acceptance 25 March 1985
BULGARIA Signature 22 July 1946
BULGARIA Acceptance 9 June 1948
BULGARIA Withdrawal 29 November 1949
BURMA Acceptance 1 July 1948
BURUNDI Acceptance 22 October 1962
BYELORUSSIA S S R Withdrawal 1 January 1905
BYELORUSSIA S S R Signature 22 July 1946
BYELORUSSIA S S R Acceptance 7 April 1948
CAMBODIA Acceptance 17 May 1950
CAMEROON Acceptance 6 May 1960
CANADA Signature 22 July 1946
CANADA Acceptance 29 August 1946
CAPE VERDE Acceptance 5 January 1976
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Acceptance 20 September 1960
CEYLON Acceptance 7 July 1948
CHAD Acceptance 1 January 1960
CHILE Signature 22 July 1946
CHILE Acceptance 15 October 1948
COLOMBIA Signature 22 July 1946
COLOMBIA Acceptance 14 May 1959
COMOROS Acceptance 9 December 1975
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 24 February 1961
Cook Islands Acceptance 9 May 1984
COSTA RICA Signature 22 July 1946
COSTA RICA Acceptance 17 March 1949
CROATIA Acceptance 11 June 1992
CUBA Signature 22 July 1949
CUBA Acceptance 9 May 1950
CYPRUS Acceptance 16 January 1961
CZECH REPUBLIC Acceptance 22 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 22 July 1946
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Acceptance 1 March 1948
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Withdrawal 14 April 1950
DAHOMEY Acceptance 20 September 1960
DENMARK Signature 22 July 1946
DENMARK Acceptance 19 April 1948
DJIBOUTI Acceptance 10 March 1978
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Acceptance 13 August 1981
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Signature 22 July 1946
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Acceptance 21 June 1948
ECUADOR Signature 22 July 1946
ECUADOR Acceptance 1 March 1949
EGYPT Signature 22 July 1946
EGYPT Acceptance 16 December 1947
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Acceptance 5 May 1980
ERITREA Acceptance 24 July 1993
ETHIOPIA Signature 22 July 1946
ETHIOPIA Acceptance 11 April 1947
Fiji Acceptance 1 January 1972
FINLAND Signature 22 July 1946
FINLAND Acceptance 7 October 1947
FRANCE Signature 22 July 1946
FRANCE Acceptance 16 June 1948
GABON Acceptance 21 November 1960
GAMBIA THE Acceptance 26 April 1971
GEORGIA Acceptance 26 May 1992
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Acceptance 8 May 1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Acceptance 29 May 1951
GHANA Acceptance 8 April 1957
GREECE Signature 22 July 1946
GREECE Acceptance 12 March 1948
GRENADA Acceptance 4 December 1974
GUATEMALA Signature 22 July 1946
GUATEMALA Acceptance 26 August 1949
GUINEA Acceptance 19 May 1959
GUINEA BISSAU Acceptance 29 July 1974
GUYANA Acceptance 27 September 1966
HAITI Signature 22 July 1946
HAITI Acceptance 12 August 1947
HONDURAS Signature 22 July 1946
HONDURAS Acceptance 8 April 1949
HUNGARY Acceptance 17 June 1948
HUNGARY Withdrawal 19 May 1950
HUNGARY Withdrawal Obj. 15 April 1991
ICELAND Acceptance 17 June 1948
INDIA Signature 22 July 1946
INDIA Acceptance 12 January 1948
INDONESIA Acceptance 23 May 1950
IRAN Signature 22 July 1946
IRAN Acceptance 23 November 1946
IRAQ Signature 22 July 1946
IRAQ Acceptance 23 September 1947
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 22 July 1946
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 20 October 1947
ISRAEL Acceptance 21 June 1949
ITALY Signature 22 July 1946
ITALY Acceptance 2 April 1947
IVORY COAST Acceptance 28 October 1960
JAMAICA Acceptance 21 March 1963
JAPAN Acceptance 16 May 1951
KAZAKHSTAN Acceptance 19 August 1992
KENYA Acceptance 27 January 1964
KIRIBATI Acceptance 26 July 1984
KOREA Acceptance 17 August 1949
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 19 May 1973
KUWAIT Acceptance 9 May 1960
KYRGYZSTAN Acceptance 29 April 1992
LAOS Acceptance 17 May 1950
LATVIA Acceptance 4 December 1991
LEBANON Signature 22 July 1946
LEBANON Acceptance 19 January 1949
LESOTHO Acceptance 7 July 1967
LIBERIA Signature 22 July 1946
LIBERIA Acceptance 14 March 1947
LIBYA Acceptance 16 May 1952
LITHUANIA Acceptance 25 November 1991
LUXEMBOURG Signature 22 July 1946
LUXEMBOURG Acceptance 3 June 1949
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Acceptance 22 April 1993
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Acceptance 16 January 1961
MALAWI Acceptance 9 April 1965
MALAYA Acceptance 24 April 1958
MALDIVES Acceptance 5 November 1965
MALI Acceptance 17 October 1960
MALTA Acceptance 1 February 1965
MARSHALL ISLANDS Acceptance 5 June 1991
MAURITANIA Acceptance 7 March 1961
MAURITIUS Acceptance 9 December 1968
MEXICO Signature 22 July 1946
MEXICO Acceptance 7 April 1948
MICRONESIA Acceptance 14 August 1991
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 4 May 1992
MONACO Acceptance 8 July 1948
MONGOLIA Acceptance 18 April 1962
MONTENEGRO Acceptance 29 August 2006 29 August 2006
MOROCCO Acceptance 14 May 1956
MOZAMBIQUE Acceptance 11 September 1975
NAMIBIA Acceptance 23 April 1990
NEPAL Acceptance 2 September 1952
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 22 July 1946
NETHERLANDS THE Acceptance 25 April 1947
NETHERLANDS THE Declaration 1 January 1986
NEW ZEALAND Signature 22 July 1946
NEW ZEALAND Acceptance 10 December 1946
NICARAGUA Signature 22 July 1946
NICARAGUA Acceptance 24 April 1950
NIGER Acceptance 5 October 1960
NIGERIA Acceptance 25 November 1960
NORWAY Signature 22 July 1946
NORWAY Acceptance 18 August 1947
OMAN Acceptance 28 May 1971
PAKISTAN Acceptance 23 June 1948
PALAU Acceptance 9 March 1995
PANAMA Signature 22 July 1946
PANAMA Acceptance 20 February 1951
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Acceptance 29 April 1976
PARAGUAY Signature 22 July 1946
PARAGUAY Acceptance 4 January 1949
PERU Signature 22 July 1946
PERU Acceptance 11 November 1949
PHILIPPINES Signature 22 July 1946
PHILIPPINES Acceptance 9 July 1948
POLAND Signature 22 July 1946
POLAND Acceptance 6 May 1948
POLAND Withdrawal 15 August 1950
PORTUGAL Signature 22 July 1946
PORTUGAL Acceptance 13 February 1948
Qatar Acceptance 11 May 1972
ROMANIA Acceptance 8 June 1948
ROMANIA Withdrawal 20 February 1950
RWANDA Acceptance 7 November 1962
SAINT LUCIA Acceptance 11 November 1980
SALVADOR Signature 22 July 1946
SALVADOR Acceptance 22 June 1948
SAN MARINO Acceptance 12 May 1980
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Acceptance 23 March 1976
SAUDI ARABIA Signature 22 July 1946
SAUDI ARABIA Acceptance 26 May 1947
SENEGAL Acceptance 31 October 1960
SEYCHELLES Acceptance 11 September 1979
SIAM Signature 22 July 1946
SIAM Acceptance 26 September 1947
SIERRA LEONE Acceptance 20 October 1961
SINGAPORE Acceptance 25 February 1966
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Acceptance 4 February 1993
SLOVENIA Acceptance 7 May 1992
SOLOMON ISLANDS Acceptance 4 April 1983
SOMALIA Acceptance 26 January 1961
SOUTH AFRICA Signature 22 July 1946
SOUTH AFRICA Acceptance 7 August 1947
Southern Rhodesia Acceptance 16 May 1950
SOVIET UNION Withdrawal 1 January 1905
SOVIET UNION Signature 22 July 1946
SOVIET UNION Acceptance 24 March 1948
SPAIN Acceptance 28 May 1951
ST KITTS AND NEVIS Acceptance 3 December 1984
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Acceptance 1 September 1983
SUDAN Acceptance 14 May 1956
SURINAME Acceptance 25 March 1976
SWAZILAND Acceptance 16 April 1973
SWEDEN Acceptance 28 August 1947
SWITZERLAND Signature 22 July 1946
SWITZERLAND Acceptance 26 March 1947
SYRIA Signature 22 July 1946
SYRIA Acceptance 18 December 1946
TAIWAN Definitive Signature 22 July 1946
TAJIKISTAN Acceptance 4 May 1992
TANGANYIKA Acceptance 15 March 1962
TOGO Acceptance 13 May 1960
TONGA Acceptance 14 August 1975
TRANSJORDAN Signature 22 July 1946
TRANSJORDAN Acceptance 7 April 1947
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Acceptance 3 January 1963
TUNISIA Acceptance 14 May 1956
TURKEY Signature 22 July 1946
TURKEY Acceptance 2 January 1948
TURKMENISTAN Acceptance 2 July 1992
TUVALU Acceptance 7 May 1993
UGANDA Acceptance 7 March 1963
UKRAINE Withdrawal 1 January 1905
UKRAINE Signature 22 July 1946
UKRAINE Acceptance 3 April 1948
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Acceptance 30 March 1972
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 22 July 1946
UNITED KINGDOM Definitive Signature 22 July 1946
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 22 July 1946
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Acceptance 21 June 1948
UPPER VOLTA Acceptance 4 October 1960
URUGUAY Signature 22 July 1946
URUGUAY Acceptance 22 April 1949
UZBEKISTAN Acceptance 22 May 1992
VANUATU Acceptance 7 March 1983
VENEZUELA Signature 22 July 1946
VENEZUELA Acceptance 7 July 1948
VIETNAM Acceptance 17 May 1950
VIETNAM D R Acceptance 22 October 1975
WESTERN SAMOA Acceptance 16 May 1962
YEMEN Definitive Signature 20 November 1953
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 6 May 1968
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 22 July 1946
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 28 November 2000 28 November 2000
ZAIRE Acceptance 26 October 1960
ZAMBIA Definitive Signature 2 February 1965
Zanzibar Acceptance 29 February 1964
ZIMBABWE Acceptance 16 May 1980

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/328/0: 0
  2. UN Registration 221/0: 14 185
  3. Treaty Series 043/1948: Cmd. 7458||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1948-TS0043.pdf
  4. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
Metadata

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UUID: 31a40b50-04ec-4ac7-8825-895bb187ee1c
Treaty ID: 4226
Record ID: 72671