CHAPTER IX
HEALTH1aAmendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health OrganizationGeneva, 28 May 195925 October 1960, in accordance with article 73 of the Constitution, for all Members of the World Health Organization*.25 October 1960, No. 221Parties*United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 377, p. 380.The amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization were adopted by the Twelfth World Health Assembly by resolution WHA 12.43 of 28 May 1959.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 had 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<superscript>1,2,3,4</superscript>Acceptance(A)Afghanistan11 Aug 1960 AAlbania27 Jul 1960 AAustralia12 Aug 1959 AAustria29 Mar 1960 ABelgium20 Nov 1959 ABenin20 Sep 1960 ABulgaria11 Feb 1960 ABurkina Faso 4 Oct 1960 ACambodia 8 Dec 1959 ACameroon 6 May 1960 ACanada25 Feb 1960 ACentral African Republic20 Sep 1960 AChile28 Apr 1960 ACuba27 Jul 1960 ADenmark15 Jan 1960 ADominican Republic16 Sep 1960 AEcuador10 Jun 1960 AEgypt<superscript>5</superscript>25 Mar 1960 AEl Salvador10 Feb 1960 AEthiopia 3 May 1960 AFinland 4 May 1960 AGhana16 Sep 1960 AGreece23 May 1960 AGuinea 5 Aug 1960 AHonduras23 Feb 1960 AIndia23 Feb 1960 AIran (Islamic Republic of) 2 May 1960 AIraq25 Nov 1959 AIreland15 Oct 1960 AIsrael 4 Jan 1960 AJordan25 Mar 1960 AKuwait 9 May 1960 ALao People's Democratic Republic 4 May 1960 ALibya 8 Feb 1960 ALuxembourg25 Oct 1960 AMalaysia 4 Feb 1960 AMali17 Oct 1960 AMexico 2 Aug 1960 AMorocco28 Mar 1960 AMyanmar19 Apr 1960 ANauru 9 May 1994 ANepal12 Apr 1960 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>6</superscript>14 Sep 1960 ANew Zealand<superscript>7</superscript> 4 Apr 1960 ANiger 5 Oct 1960 ANorway 2 Nov 1959 APakistan12 Feb 1960 AParaguay 8 Feb 1960 APhilippines25 Mar 1960 APoland18 Feb 1960 ARepublic of Korea29 Dec 1959 ARomania 2 Dec 1960 ARussian Federation17 Jun 1960 ASpain 4 Nov 1959 ASri Lanka 9 May 1960 ASudan 1 Apr 1960 ASweden 1 Dec 1959 ASwitzerland15 Jan 1960 ASyrian Arab Republic<superscript>5</superscript>25 Mar 1960 AThailand24 Sep 1959 ATogo13 May 1960 ATunisia18 Mar 1960 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 Apr 1960 AViet Nam<superscript>8</superscript> 7 Sep 1959 A
1See note 2 under “China” regarding Hong Kong in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.2The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 8 April 1960. 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.3See note 3 under “China” regarding Macao in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.4Acceptance on behalf of the Republic of China on 25 April 1960. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume).5See note 1 under “United Arab Republic” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6The instrument of acceptance stipulates that the Kingdom of the Netherlands accepts the amendments for the Kingdom in Europe, Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles and Netherlands New Guinea. See also note 1 under “Netherlands” regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antillies in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.7See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.8By a letter dated at Hanoi on 12 July 1976, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet-Nam notified the Director-General of the World Health Organization that the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam and the Republic of South Viet-Nam had united to form the Socialist Republic of Viet-Nam, and that the latter would continue to exercise the official membership in the World Health Organization of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam and the Republic of South Viet-Nam. The above-mentioned communication from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet-Nam was brought to the attention of the Member States of the World Health Organization by a circular letter from the Director-General of that Organization dated 30 August 1976. The Thirtieth World Health Assembly took note of the said notification in its resolution WHA 30.13 dated 10 May 1977.The amendments had been accepted on behalf of the Republic of Viet-Nam (later replaced by the Republic of South Viet-Nam) on 7 September 1959.