Registration Number 221
Title Constitution of the World Health Organization
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of conclusion
PlaceDate
New York22/07/1946
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
   

ParticipantActionDate of Notification/DepositDate of Effect
AfghanistanAcceptance19/04/1948 
AlbaniaSignature22/07/1946 
AlbaniaAcceptance26/05/194707/04/1948
AlgeriaAcceptance08/11/1962 
AndorraAcceptance15/01/199715/01/1997
AngolaAcceptance15/05/197615/05/1976
Antigua and BarbudaAcceptance12/03/198412/03/1984
ArgentinaAcceptance22/10/1948 
ArgentinaSignature22/07/1946 
ArmeniaAcceptance04/05/199204/05/1992
AustraliaSignature22/07/1946 
AustraliaAcceptance02/02/194807/04/1948
AustriaSignature22/07/1946 
AustriaAcceptance30/06/194707/04/1948
AzerbaijanAcceptance02/10/199202/10/1992
BahamasAcceptance01/04/1974 
BahrainAcceptance02/11/1971 
BangladeshAcceptance19/05/1972 
BarbadosAcceptance25/04/1967 
BelgiumAcceptance25/06/1948 
BelgiumSignature22/07/1946 
BelizeAcceptance23/08/199023/08/1990
BhutanAcceptance08/03/198208/03/1982
BoliviaAcceptance23/12/1949 
BoliviaSignature22/07/1946 
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAcceptance10/09/199210/09/1992
BotswanaAcceptance26/02/197526/02/1975
BrazilSignature22/07/1946 
BrazilAcceptance02/06/1948 
Brunei DarussalamAcceptance25/03/198525/03/1985
BulgariaSignature22/07/1946 
BulgariaAcceptance09/06/1948 
BurmaAcceptance01/07/1948 
BurundiAcceptance22/10/1962 
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicSignature22/07/1946 
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicAcceptance07/04/194807/04/1948
CambodiaAcceptance17/05/1950 
CameroonAcceptance06/05/1960 
CanadaSignature22/07/1946 
CanadaAcceptance29/08/194607/04/1948
Cape VerdeAcceptance05/01/197605/01/1976
Central African RepublicAcceptance20/09/1960 
CeylonAcceptance07/07/1948 
ChadAcceptance01/01/1961 
ChileAcceptance15/10/1948 
ChileSignature22/07/1946 
ChinaDefinitive signature22/07/194607/04/1948
ColombiaSignature22/07/1946 
ColombiaAcceptance14/05/1959 
ComorosAcceptance09/12/197509/12/1975
Congo (Brazzaville)Acceptance26/10/1960 
Congo (Leopoldville)Acceptance24/02/1961 
Cook IslandsAcceptance09/05/198409/05/1984
Costa RicaSignature22/07/1946 
Costa RicaAcceptance17/03/1949 
CroatiaAcceptance11/06/199211/06/1992
CubaSignature22/07/1946 
CubaAcceptance09/05/1950 
CyprusAcceptance16/01/1961 
Czech RepublicAcceptance22/01/199322/01/1993
CzechoslovakiaSignature22/07/1946 
CzechoslovakiaAcceptance01/03/194807/04/1948
DahomeyAcceptance20/09/1960 
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaAcceptance19/05/1973 
DenmarkSignature22/07/1946 
DenmarkAcceptance19/04/1948 
DjiboutiAcceptance10/03/197810/03/1978
DominicaAcceptance13/08/198113/08/1981
Dominican RepublicAcceptance21/06/1948 
Dominican RepublicSignature22/07/1946 
EcuadorAcceptance01/03/1949 
EcuadorSignature22/07/1946 
EgyptSignature22/07/1946 
EgyptAcceptance16/12/194707/04/1948
El SalvadorAcceptance22/06/1948 
El SalvadorSignature22/07/1946 
Equatorial GuineaAcceptance05/05/198005/05/1980
EritreaAcceptance24/07/199324/07/1993
EstoniaAcceptance31/03/199331/03/1993
EthiopiaSignature22/07/1946 
EthiopiaAcceptance11/04/194707/04/1948
Federal Republic of GermanyAcceptance29/05/1951 
Federal Republic of GermanyTerritorial application26/10/1964 
FijiAcceptance01/01/1972 
FinlandSignature22/07/1946 
FinlandAcceptance07/10/194707/04/1948
FranceSignature22/07/1946 
FranceAcceptance16/06/1948 
GabonAcceptance21/11/1960 
GambiaAcceptance26/04/1971 
GeorgiaAcceptance26/05/199226/05/1992
German Democratic RepublicAcceptance08/05/1973 
GhanaAcceptance08/04/1957 
GreeceSignature22/07/1946 
GreeceAcceptance12/03/194807/04/1948
GrenadaAcceptance04/12/197404/12/1974
GuatemalaSignature22/07/1946 
GuatemalaAcceptance26/08/1949 
GuineaAcceptance19/05/1959 
Guinea-BissauAcceptance29/07/197429/07/1974
GuyanaAcceptance27/09/196627/09/1966
HaitiSignature22/07/1946 
HaitiAcceptance12/08/194707/04/1948
HondurasSignature22/07/1946 
HondurasAcceptance08/04/1949 
HungaryAcceptance17/06/1948 
HungarySignature19/02/1947 
HungaryWithdrawal of reservation03/10/199003/10/1990
IcelandAcceptance17/06/1948 
IndiaSignature22/07/1946 
IndiaAcceptance12/01/194807/04/1948
IndonesiaAcceptance23/05/1950 
IranAcceptance23/11/194607/04/1948
IraqSignature22/07/1946 
IraqAcceptance23/09/194707/04/1948
IrelandSignature22/07/1946 
IrelandAcceptance20/10/194707/04/1948
Islamic Republic of IranSignature22/07/1946 
IsraelAcceptance21/06/1949 
ItalySignature22/07/1946 
ItalyAcceptance11/04/194707/04/1948
Ivory CoastAcceptance28/10/1960 
JamaicaAcceptance21/03/1963 
JapanAcceptance16/05/1951 
JordanSignature22/07/1946 
JordanAcceptance07/04/194707/04/1948
KazakhstanAcceptance19/08/199219/08/1992
KenyaAcceptance27/01/1964 
KiribatiAcceptance26/07/198426/07/1984
KoreaAcceptance17/08/1949 
KuwaitAcceptance09/05/1960 
KyrgyzstanAcceptance29/04/199229/04/1992
LaosAcceptance17/05/195017/05/1950
LatviaAcceptance04/12/199104/12/1991
LebanonAcceptance19/01/1949 
LebanonSignature22/07/1946 
LesothoAcceptance07/07/1967 
LiberiaSignature22/07/1946 
LiberiaAcceptance14/03/194707/04/1948
LibyaAcceptance16/05/1952 
LithuaniaAcceptance25/11/199125/11/1991
LuxembourgSignature22/07/1946 
LuxembourgAcceptance03/06/1949 
MadagascarAcceptance16/01/1961 
MalawiAcceptance09/04/1965 
MalaysiaAcceptance24/04/1958 
MaldivesAcceptance05/11/1965 
MaliAcceptance17/10/1960 
MaltaAcceptance01/02/1965 
Marshall IslandsAcceptance05/06/1991 
MauritaniaAcceptance07/03/1961 
MauritiusAcceptance09/12/1968 
MexicoSignature22/07/1946 
MexicoAcceptance07/04/194807/04/1948
Micronesia (Federated States of)Acceptance14/08/199114/08/1991
MonacoAcceptance08/07/1948 
MongoliaAcceptance18/04/1962 
MontenegroAcceptance29/08/200629/08/2006
MoroccoAcceptance14/05/1956 
MozambiqueAcceptance11/09/197511/09/1975
NamibiaAcceptance23/04/199023/04/1990
NauruAcceptance09/05/199409/05/1994
NepalAcceptance02/09/1953 
NetherlandsSignature22/07/1946 
NetherlandsAcceptance25/04/194707/04/1948
New ZealandSignature22/07/1946 
New ZealandAcceptance10/12/194607/04/1948
NicaraguaAcceptance24/04/1950 
NicaraguaSignature22/07/1946 
NigerAcceptance05/10/1960 
NigeriaAcceptance25/11/1960 
NiueAcceptance05/05/199405/05/1994
NorwaySignature22/07/1946 
NorwayAcceptance18/08/194707/04/1948
OmanAcceptance28/05/1971 
PakistanAcceptance23/06/1948 
PalauAcceptance09/03/199509/03/1995
PanamaAcceptance20/02/1951 
PanamaSignature22/07/1946 
Papua New GuineaAcceptance29/04/197629/04/1976
ParaguayAcceptance04/01/1949 
ParaguaySignature22/07/1946 
PeruAcceptance11/11/1949 
PeruSignature22/07/1946 
PhilippinesAcceptance09/07/1948 
PhilippinesSignature22/07/1946 
PolandAcceptance06/05/1948 
PolandSignature22/07/1946 
PortugalSignature22/07/1946 
PortugalAcceptance13/02/194807/04/1948
QatarAcceptance11/05/1972 
Republic of KoreaAcceptance17/08/194917/08/1949
Republic of MoldovaAcceptance04/05/1992 
RomaniaAcceptance08/06/1948 
RwandaAcceptance07/11/1962 
SamoaAcceptance16/05/1962 
San MarinoAcceptance12/05/198012/05/1980
Sao Tome and PrincipeAcceptance23/03/197623/03/1976
Saudi ArabiaSignature22/07/1946 
Saudi ArabiaAcceptance26/05/194707/04/1948
SenegalAcceptance31/10/1960 
SeychellesAcceptance11/09/197911/09/1979
Sierra LeoneAcceptance20/10/1961 
SingaporeAcceptance25/02/1966 
SlovakiaAcceptance04/02/199304/02/1993
SloveniaAcceptance07/05/199207/05/1992
Solomon IslandsAcceptance04/04/198304/04/1983
SomaliaAcceptance26/01/1961 
South AfricaSignature22/07/1946 
South SudanAcceptance27/09/201127/09/2011
Southern YemenAcceptance06/05/1968 
SpainAcceptance28/05/1951 
St. Christopher and NevisAcceptance03/12/198403/12/1984
St. LuciaAcceptance11/11/198011/11/1980
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesAcceptance01/09/198301/09/1983
SudanAcceptance14/05/1956 
SurinameAcceptance25/03/197625/03/1976
SwazilandAcceptance16/04/1973 
SwedenSignature13/01/1947 
SwedenAcceptance28/08/194707/04/1948
SwitzerlandSignature22/07/1946 
SwitzerlandAcceptance26/03/194707/04/1948
SyriaSignature22/07/1946 
SyriaAcceptance18/12/194607/04/1948
TajikistanAcceptance04/05/199204/05/1992
ThailandSignature22/07/1946 
ThailandAcceptance26/09/194707/04/1948
The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaAcceptance22/04/199322/04/1993
Timor-LesteAcceptance27/09/200227/09/2002
TogoAcceptance13/05/1960 
TongaAcceptance14/08/197514/08/1975
Trinidad and TobagoAcceptance03/01/1963 
TunisiaAcceptance14/05/1956 
TurkeySignature22/07/1946 
TurkeyAcceptance02/01/194807/04/1948
TurkmenistanAcceptance02/07/199202/07/1992
TuvaluAcceptance07/05/199307/05/1993
UgandaAcceptance07/03/1963 
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicSignature22/07/1946 
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicAcceptance03/04/194807/04/1948
Union of South AfricaAcceptance07/08/194707/04/1948
Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsSignature22/07/1946 
Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsAcceptance24/03/194807/04/1948
United Arab EmiratesAcceptance30/03/1972 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandDefinitive signature22/07/194607/04/1948
United States of AmericaAcceptance21/06/1948 
United States of AmericaSignature22/07/1946 
Upper VoltaAcceptance04/10/1960 
UruguayAcceptance22/04/1949 
UruguaySignature22/07/1946 
UzbekistanAcceptance22/05/199222/05/1992
VanuatuAcceptance07/03/198307/03/1983
VenezuelaAcceptance07/07/1948 
VenezuelaSignature22/07/1946 
Viet NamAcceptance17/05/1950 
Yemen Arab RepublicDefinitive signature20/11/1953 
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)Acceptance28/11/200028/11/2000
ZambiaDefinitive signature02/02/1965 
ZimbabweAcceptance16/05/198016/05/1980