CHAPTER IX

HEALTH1bAmendment to article 7 of the Constitution of the World Health OrganizationGeneva, 20 May 1965Not yet in forcesee article 73 of the Constitution which reads as follows: "1. Texts of proposed amendments to this Constitution shall be communicated by the Director-General to Members at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Health Assembly. Amendments shall come into force for all Members when adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Health Assembly and accepted by two-thirds of the Members in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.".StatusParties98TextWorld Health Assembly resolution 18.48; <i>Official Records of the World Health Organization </i>, No. 143, p. 32.The amendment to article 7 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization was adopted by the Eighteenth World Health Assembly by resolution WHA 18.48 of 20 May 1965.

Participant<superscript>1,2</superscript>Acceptance(A)Afghanistan16 Nov 1966 AAlgeria27 May 1966 AAndorra30 Apr 2001 AAustria15 Sep 2005 ABahrain25 Jun 1975 ABangladesh24 Mar 2000 ABarbados 3 Jul 1967 ABelize10 Oct 2003 ABenin 2 Feb 1966 ABhutan14 Apr 1999 ABotswana 4 Oct 2004 ABrazil 9 May 2002 ABulgaria26 Jan 1973 ABurkina Faso 6 May 1966 ABurundi11 May 1970 ACameroon 5 Sep 1967 ACentral African Republic30 Dec 1970 AChad15 Dec 1998 AColombia29 Jan 2008 ACook Islands14 Feb 2000 ACosta Rica15 Jun 1967 ACôte d'Ivoire 6 Dec 1965 ACroatia29 Jun 2000 ACuba17 Jun 1975 ACyprus29 Jul 2002 ACzech Republic12 Nov 2002 ADjibouti30 Mar 2005 ADominica13 Aug 1998 ADominican Republic13 Dec 1965 AEgypt20 Jul 1966 AEstonia 9 Mar 2005 AEthiopia19 Sep 1966 AFiji 9 Feb 1999 AFrance 5 Oct 2000 AGhana 9 Feb 1966 AGreece 7 Dec 1998 AGuinea22 Dec 1965 AIceland29 May 2002 AIndia10 May 1966 AIraq12 Feb 1968 AJamaica28 Sep 1970 AJordan11 May 1970 AKuwait11 May 1966 ALebanon 5 Feb 1968 ALiberia16 Sep 2005 AMadagascar26 Nov 1965 AMaldives10 Jul 1968 AMali18 Oct 1966 AMalta29 Mar 2000 AMauritania26 Oct 1965 AMauritius 8 Apr 1969 AMexico20 Jun 2001 AMonaco 5 Nov 2003 AMongolia 5 Oct 1971 AMorocco 2 Mar 1967 AMozambique 9 Jul 1998 AMyanmar 8 Mar 1966 ANamibia21 Sep 2004 ANepal22 Aug 2003 ANew Zealand<superscript>3</superscript>16 Jun 2000 ANiger 9 May 1966 ANigeria30 Jun 1966 ANiue12 Oct 1998 AOman25 Jun 1971 APakistan 8 Jul 1966 APalau 7 Oct 2003 APanama16 Aug 2004 APeru20 Jun 1967 APhilippines20 Nov 1967 APoland19 Feb 1971 APortugal 7 Jan 2005 AQatar21 Jun 1999 ARussian Federation 2 Feb 1972 ARwanda 5 Jan 1966 ASamoa19 Aug 1998 ASan Marino28 Oct 1980 ASaudi Arabia26 May 1967 ASenegal 7 Jul 1966 ASerbia28 Dec 2004 ASeychelles 6 Oct 2004 ASierra Leone 3 Mar 1966 ASlovakia11 May 2005 ASomalia26 Apr 1971 ASpain26 Sep 2001 ASudan12 May 1999 ASyrian Arab Republic 2 Jun 1966 AThailand22 Jul 1998 AThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 9 Mar 1999 ATogo15 Dec 1998 ATrinidad and Tobago 2 Dec 1965 ATunisia 9 Mar 1966 AUganda26 May 1999 AUnited Republic of Tanzania17 Aug 1966 AUruguay 7 Nov 2007 AUzbekistan23 Apr 2004 AViet Nam 4 Jun 1999 AYemen18 Oct 2002 AZambia22 Nov 1965 A1The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 29 March 1966. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.2The German Democratic Republic had accepted the amendment on 21 February 1974. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.3See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.