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Registration Number
221
Title
Constitution of the World Health Organization
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of conclusion
Place
Date
New York
22/07/1946
EIF information
7 April 1948 , in accordance with article 80
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Chinese
Attachments
ICJ information
Depositary
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Registration Date
ex officio 7 April 1948
Subject terms
Charters-Constitutions-Statutes
Health and health services
World Health Organization (WHO)
Agreement type
Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number
14 (p.185)
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s)
volume-14-I-221-Chinese-Russian-Spanish.pdf
Volume In PDF
v14.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
Participant
Action
Date of Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Afghanistan
Acceptance
19/04/1948
Albania
Signature
22/07/1946
Albania
Acceptance
26/05/1947
07/04/1948
Algeria
Acceptance
08/11/1962
Andorra
Acceptance
15/01/1997
15/01/1997
Angola
Acceptance
15/05/1976
15/05/1976
Antigua and Barbuda
Acceptance
12/03/1984
12/03/1984
Argentina
Acceptance
22/10/1948
Argentina
Signature
22/07/1946
Armenia
Acceptance
04/05/1992
04/05/1992
Australia
Signature
22/07/1946
Australia
Acceptance
02/02/1948
07/04/1948
Austria
Signature
22/07/1946
Austria
Acceptance
30/06/1947
07/04/1948
Azerbaijan
Acceptance
02/10/1992
02/10/1992
Bahamas
Acceptance
01/04/1974
Bahrain
Acceptance
02/11/1971
Bangladesh
Acceptance
19/05/1972
Barbados
Acceptance
25/04/1967
Belgium
Acceptance
25/06/1948
Belgium
Signature
22/07/1946
Belize
Acceptance
23/08/1990
23/08/1990
Bhutan
Acceptance
08/03/1982
08/03/1982
Bolivia
Acceptance
23/12/1949
Bolivia
Signature
22/07/1946
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Acceptance
10/09/1992
10/09/1992
Botswana
Acceptance
26/02/1975
26/02/1975
Brazil
Signature
22/07/1946
Brazil
Acceptance
02/06/1948
Brunei Darussalam
Acceptance
25/03/1985
25/03/1985
Bulgaria
Signature
22/07/1946
Bulgaria
Acceptance
09/06/1948
Burma
Acceptance
01/07/1948
Burundi
Acceptance
22/10/1962
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
22/07/1946
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Acceptance
07/04/1948
07/04/1948
Cambodia
Acceptance
17/05/1950
Cameroon
Acceptance
06/05/1960
Canada
Signature
22/07/1946
Canada
Acceptance
29/08/1946
07/04/1948
Cape Verde
Acceptance
05/01/1976
05/01/1976
Central African Republic
Acceptance
20/09/1960
Ceylon
Acceptance
07/07/1948
Chad
Acceptance
01/01/1961
Chile
Signature
22/07/1946
Chile
Acceptance
15/10/1948
China
Definitive signature
22/07/1946
07/04/1948
Colombia
Acceptance
14/05/1959
Colombia
Signature
22/07/1946
Comoros
Acceptance
09/12/1975
09/12/1975
Congo (Brazzaville)
Acceptance
26/10/1960
Congo (Leopoldville)
Acceptance
24/02/1961
Cook Islands
Acceptance
09/05/1984
09/05/1984
Costa Rica
Signature
22/07/1946
Costa Rica
Acceptance
17/03/1949
Croatia
Acceptance
11/06/1992
11/06/1992
Cuba
Signature
22/07/1946
Cuba
Acceptance
09/05/1950
Cyprus
Acceptance
16/01/1961
Czech Republic
Acceptance
22/01/1993
22/01/1993
Czechoslovakia
Signature
22/07/1946
Czechoslovakia
Acceptance
01/03/1948
07/04/1948
Dahomey
Acceptance
20/09/1960
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Acceptance
19/05/1973
Denmark
Signature
22/07/1946
Denmark
Acceptance
19/04/1948
Djibouti
Acceptance
10/03/1978
10/03/1978
Dominica
Acceptance
13/08/1981
13/08/1981
Dominican Republic
Signature
22/07/1946
Dominican Republic
Acceptance
21/06/1948
Ecuador
Acceptance
01/03/1949
Ecuador
Signature
22/07/1946
Egypt
Signature
22/07/1946
Egypt
Acceptance
16/12/1947
07/04/1948
El Salvador
Acceptance
22/06/1948
El Salvador
Signature
22/07/1946
Equatorial Guinea
Acceptance
05/05/1980
05/05/1980
Eritrea
Acceptance
24/07/1993
24/07/1993
Estonia
Acceptance
31/03/1993
31/03/1993
Ethiopia
Signature
22/07/1946
Ethiopia
Acceptance
11/04/1947
07/04/1948
Federal Republic of Germany
Acceptance
29/05/1951
Federal Republic of Germany
Territorial application
26/10/1964
Fiji
Acceptance
01/01/1972
Finland
Signature
22/07/1946
Finland
Acceptance
07/10/1947
07/04/1948
France
Signature
22/07/1946
France
Acceptance
16/06/1948
Gabon
Acceptance
21/11/1960
Gambia
Acceptance
26/04/1971
Georgia
Acceptance
26/05/1992
26/05/1992
German Democratic Republic
Acceptance
08/05/1973
Ghana
Acceptance
08/04/1957
Greece
Signature
22/07/1946
Greece
Acceptance
12/03/1948
07/04/1948
Grenada
Acceptance
04/12/1974
04/12/1974
Guatemala
Signature
22/07/1946
Guatemala
Acceptance
26/08/1949
Guinea
Acceptance
19/05/1959
Guinea-Bissau
Acceptance
29/07/1974
29/07/1974
Guyana
Acceptance
27/09/1966
27/09/1966
Haiti
Signature
22/07/1946
Haiti
Acceptance
12/08/1947
07/04/1948
Honduras
Signature
22/07/1946
Honduras
Acceptance
08/04/1949
Hungary
Acceptance
17/06/1948
Hungary
Signature
19/02/1947
Hungary
Withdrawal of reservation
03/10/1990
03/10/1990
Iceland
Acceptance
17/06/1948
India
Signature
22/07/1946
India
Acceptance
12/01/1948
07/04/1948
Indonesia
Acceptance
23/05/1950
Iran
Acceptance
23/11/1946
07/04/1948
Iraq
Signature
22/07/1946
Iraq
Acceptance
23/09/1947
07/04/1948
Ireland
Signature
22/07/1946
Ireland
Acceptance
20/10/1947
07/04/1948
Islamic Republic of Iran
Signature
22/07/1946
Israel
Acceptance
21/06/1949
Italy
Signature
22/07/1946
Italy
Acceptance
11/04/1947
07/04/1948
Ivory Coast
Acceptance
28/10/1960
Jamaica
Acceptance
21/03/1963
Japan
Acceptance
16/05/1951
Jordan
Signature
22/07/1946
Jordan
Acceptance
07/04/1947
07/04/1948
Kazakhstan
Acceptance
19/08/1992
19/08/1992
Kenya
Acceptance
27/01/1964
Kiribati
Acceptance
26/07/1984
26/07/1984
Korea
Acceptance
17/08/1949
Kuwait
Acceptance
09/05/1960
Kyrgyzstan
Acceptance
29/04/1992
29/04/1992
Laos
Acceptance
17/05/1950
17/05/1950
Latvia
Acceptance
04/12/1991
04/12/1991
Lebanon
Acceptance
19/01/1949
Lebanon
Signature
22/07/1946
Lesotho
Acceptance
07/07/1967
Liberia
Signature
22/07/1946
Liberia
Acceptance
14/03/1947
07/04/1948
Libya
Acceptance
16/05/1952
Lithuania
Acceptance
25/11/1991
25/11/1991
Luxembourg
Signature
22/07/1946
Luxembourg
Acceptance
03/06/1949
Madagascar
Acceptance
16/01/1961
Malawi
Acceptance
09/04/1965
Malaysia
Acceptance
24/04/1958
Maldives
Acceptance
05/11/1965
Mali
Acceptance
17/10/1960
Malta
Acceptance
01/02/1965
Marshall Islands
Acceptance
05/06/1991
Mauritania
Acceptance
07/03/1961
Mauritius
Acceptance
09/12/1968
Mexico
Signature
22/07/1946
Mexico
Acceptance
07/04/1948
07/04/1948
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Acceptance
14/08/1991
14/08/1991
Monaco
Acceptance
08/07/1948
Mongolia
Acceptance
18/04/1962
Montenegro
Acceptance
29/08/2006
29/08/2006
Morocco
Acceptance
14/05/1956
Mozambique
Acceptance
11/09/1975
11/09/1975
Namibia
Acceptance
23/04/1990
23/04/1990
Nauru
Acceptance
09/05/1994
09/05/1994
Nepal
Acceptance
02/09/1953
Netherlands
Signature
22/07/1946
Netherlands
Acceptance
25/04/1947
07/04/1948
New Zealand
Signature
22/07/1946
New Zealand
Acceptance
10/12/1946
07/04/1948
Nicaragua
Acceptance
24/04/1950
Nicaragua
Signature
22/07/1946
Niger
Acceptance
05/10/1960
Nigeria
Acceptance
25/11/1960
Niue
Acceptance
05/05/1994
05/05/1994
Norway
Signature
22/07/1946
Norway
Acceptance
18/08/1947
07/04/1948
Oman
Acceptance
28/05/1971
Pakistan
Acceptance
23/06/1948
Palau
Acceptance
09/03/1995
09/03/1995
Panama
Acceptance
20/02/1951
Panama
Signature
22/07/1946
Papua New Guinea
Acceptance
29/04/1976
29/04/1976
Paraguay
Acceptance
04/01/1949
Paraguay
Signature
22/07/1946
Peru
Acceptance
11/11/1949
Peru
Signature
22/07/1946
Philippines
Acceptance
09/07/1948
Philippines
Signature
22/07/1946
Poland
Acceptance
06/05/1948
Poland
Signature
22/07/1946
Portugal
Signature
22/07/1946
Portugal
Acceptance
13/02/1948
07/04/1948
Qatar
Acceptance
11/05/1972
Republic of Korea
Acceptance
17/08/1949
17/08/1949
Republic of Moldova
Acceptance
04/05/1992
Romania
Acceptance
08/06/1948
Rwanda
Acceptance
07/11/1962
Samoa
Acceptance
16/05/1962
San Marino
Acceptance
12/05/1980
12/05/1980
Sao Tome and Principe
Acceptance
23/03/1976
23/03/1976
Saudi Arabia
Signature
22/07/1946
Saudi Arabia
Acceptance
26/05/1947
07/04/1948
Senegal
Acceptance
31/10/1960
Seychelles
Acceptance
11/09/1979
11/09/1979
Sierra Leone
Acceptance
20/10/1961
Singapore
Acceptance
25/02/1966
Slovakia
Acceptance
04/02/1993
04/02/1993
Slovenia
Acceptance
07/05/1992
07/05/1992
Solomon Islands
Acceptance
04/04/1983
04/04/1983
Somalia
Acceptance
26/01/1961
South Africa
Signature
22/07/1946
South Sudan
Acceptance
27/09/2011
27/09/2011
Southern Yemen
Acceptance
06/05/1968
Spain
Acceptance
28/05/1951
St. Christopher and Nevis
Acceptance
03/12/1984
03/12/1984
St. Lucia
Acceptance
11/11/1980
11/11/1980
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Acceptance
01/09/1983
01/09/1983
Sudan
Acceptance
14/05/1956
Suriname
Acceptance
25/03/1976
25/03/1976
Swaziland
Acceptance
16/04/1973
Sweden
Signature
13/01/1947
Sweden
Acceptance
28/08/1947
07/04/1948
Switzerland
Signature
22/07/1946
Switzerland
Acceptance
26/03/1947
07/04/1948
Syria
Signature
22/07/1946
Syria
Acceptance
18/12/1946
07/04/1948
Tajikistan
Acceptance
04/05/1992
04/05/1992
Tanganyika
Acceptance
15/03/1962
15/03/1962
Thailand
Signature
22/07/1946
Thailand
Acceptance
26/09/1947
07/04/1948
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Acceptance
22/04/1993
22/04/1993
Timor-Leste
Acceptance
27/09/2002
27/09/2002
Togo
Acceptance
13/05/1960
Tonga
Acceptance
14/08/1975
14/08/1975
Trinidad and Tobago
Acceptance
03/01/1963
Tunisia
Acceptance
14/05/1956
Turkey
Signature
22/07/1946
Turkey
Acceptance
02/01/1948
07/04/1948
Turkmenistan
Acceptance
02/07/1992
02/07/1992
Tuvalu
Acceptance
07/05/1993
07/05/1993
Uganda
Acceptance
07/03/1963
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
22/07/1946
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Acceptance
03/04/1948
07/04/1948
Union of South Africa
Acceptance
07/08/1947
07/04/1948
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Signature
22/07/1946
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Acceptance
24/03/1948
07/04/1948
United Arab Emirates
Acceptance
30/03/1972
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Definitive signature
22/07/1946
07/04/1948
United States of America
Acceptance
21/06/1948
United States of America
Signature
22/07/1946
Upper Volta
Acceptance
04/10/1960
Uruguay
Acceptance
22/04/1949
Uruguay
Signature
22/07/1946
Uzbekistan
Acceptance
22/05/1992
22/05/1992
Vanuatu
Acceptance
07/03/1983
07/03/1983
Venezuela
Acceptance
07/07/1948
Venezuela
Signature
22/07/1946
Viet Nam
Acceptance
17/05/1950
Yemen Arab Republic
Definitive signature
20/11/1953
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)
Acceptance
28/11/2000
28/11/2000
Zambia
Definitive signature
02/02/1965
Zimbabwe
Acceptance
16/05/1980
16/05/1980
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