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CHAPTER IX

HEALTH

1. g Amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization

Geneva, 12 May 1986

Entry into force

11 July 1994, in accordance with article 73 of the Constitution, for all Members of the World Health Organization*.

Registration

11 July 1994, No. 221

Status

Parties*

Text

Certified true copy

United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 1788, p. 370; Resolution WHA39.6, doc. WHA39/1986/REC/1, p. 3.

Note

The amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization were adopted by the Thirty-ninth World Health Assembly by resolution WHA 39.6 of 12 May 1986.

In accordance with article 73 of the Constitution, amendments 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. Following is the list of States which have accepted the amendments prior to the entry into force of the amendments.

*See chapter IX.1 for the complete list of Participants, Members of the World Health Organization, for which the above amendments are in force, pursuant to article 73 of the Constitution.

Participant	Acceptance(A)
Afghanistan	7 Dec 1989 A
Australia	25 Feb 1987 A
Bahamas (The)	2 Jun 1987 A
Bahrain	21 Jun 1991 A
Bangladesh	18 May 1994 A
Barbados	2 Nov 1993 A
Belarus	16 Feb 1993 A
Belgium	5 Feb 1987 A
Bhutan	23 Oct 1990 A
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	18 Mar 1992 A
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16 Jul 1993 A
Botswana	10 Jan 1992 A
Brunei Darussalam	4 Mar 1987 A
Bulgaria	4 May 1994 A
Burkina Faso	1 Apr 1992 A
Cambodia	17 Nov 1993 A
Cameroon	15 Oct 1987 A
Chad	26 May 1993 A
China ^{1, 2}	4 Dec 1986 A
Colombia	24 Sep 1993 A
Congo	13 Jul 1993 A
Cook Islands	2 Jan 1990 A
Côte d'Ivoire	30 Apr 1993 A
Croatia	11 Feb 1993 A
Cyprus	18 Jan 1990 A
Denmark	8 Jul 1991 A
Djibouti	2 Jun 1993 A
Dominica	1 Mar 1990 A
Ecuador	14 Apr 1993 A
Egypt	10 Sep 1990 A
El Salvador	13 Jan 1994 A
Eswatini	10 Dec 1991 A
Ethiopia	4 Dec 1990 A
Fiji	23 Oct 1989 A
Finland	19 Dec 1986 A
France	17 Mar 1987 A
Gabon	20 May 1987 A
Germany ^{3, 4}	15 Sep 1987 A
Ghana	4 Oct 1991 A
Greece	23 Jan 1991 A
Grenada	31 Dec 1991 A
Guinea	27 Dec 1991 A
Guinea-Bissau	7 Nov 1991 A
Honduras	9 Jan 1991 A
Hungary	2 Jun 1992 A
Iceland	2 Apr 1991 A
India	12 Dec 1988 A
Indonesia	6 Jul 1988 A
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	22 Oct 1990 A
Iraq	20 Mar 1990 A
Ireland	6 Oct 1993 A
Jamaica	4 Dec 1986 A
Japan	23 Jun 1987 A
Jordan	26 Mar 1987 A
Kiribati	11 May 1988 A
Kuwait	27 Apr 1987 A
Lao People's Democratic Republic	5 Apr 1988 A
Latvia	19 Apr 1993 A
Lebanon	9 Sep 1993 A
Lithuania	11 Mar 1993 A
Luxembourg	29 Sep 1987 A
Madagascar	24 Nov 1986 A
Malaysia	29 Sep 1988 A
Maldives	26 Oct 1990 A
Malta	23 Jan 1990 A
Marshall Islands	12 Jul 1993 A
Mauritius	23 Apr 1993 A
Mexico	17 Feb 1989 A
Micronesia (Federated States of)	13 Mar 1992 A
Monaco	22 Feb 1990 A
Mongolia	26 Mar 1993 A
Morocco	2 Mar 1987 A
Mozambique	8 Oct 1991 A
Myanmar	17 Nov 1993 A
Namibia	11 Nov 1991 A
Nepal	30 Aug 1990 A
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ⁵	6 Nov 1987 A
New Zealand ⁶	30 Dec 1986 A
Nicaragua	14 Apr 1994 A
Nigeria	3 Jan 1991 A
Niue	11 Jul 1994 A
Norway	1 Feb 1990 A
Oman	3 Jul 1990 A
Panama	14 Jun 1990 A
Papua New Guinea	17 Oct 1990 A
Philippines	16 Mar 1989 A
Portugal	22 Mar 1994 A
Qatar	17 May 1993 A
Republic of Korea	5 May 1987 A
Romania	17 Nov 1993 A
Russian Federation	2 Apr 1990 A
Samoa	21 Feb 1991 A
San Marino	30 Jul 1987 A
Saudi Arabia	10 Jan 1990 A
Senegal	16 Apr 1987 A
Seychelles	30 Jul 1993 A
Singapore	2 Mar 1987 A
Slovenia	21 Jun 1993 A
Solomon Islands	9 Mar 1987 A
South Africa	5 May 1994 A
Spain	17 Apr 1991 A
Sri Lanka	21 May 1993 A
St. Lucia	26 Sep 1991 A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	24 Sep 1991 A
Sudan	13 Nov 1990 A
Sweden	10 Oct 1986 A
Switzerland	19 Feb 1987 A
Syrian Arab Republic	6 Feb 1990 A
Thailand	15 Aug 1990 A
Togo	30 Jan 1987 A
Tonga	2 Jan 1987 A
Trinidad and Tobago	15 Oct 1986 A
Tunisia	4 Oct 1990 A
Turkmenistan	16 Apr 1993 A
Tuvalu	27 Jan 1994 A
Uganda	9 Oct 1991 A
United Arab Emirates	11 Feb 1987 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	18 Mar 1987 A
United States of America	1 May 1990 A
Uzbekistan	27 Aug 1993 A
Vanuatu	19 Mar 1987 A
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	22 Apr 1988 A
Viet Nam	14 Oct 1987 A
Yemen	9 Sep 1993 A
Zimbabwe	15 Jun 1992 A

End Note

1See note 3 under “China” regarding Macao in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
2See note 2 under “China” regarding Hong Kong in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
3See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
4See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
5On behalf of the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
6See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

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