CHAPTER IX
HEALTH1cAmendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health OrganizationGeneva, 23 May 196721 May 1975, in accordance with article 73 of the Constitution, for all Members of the World Health Organization*.21 May 1975, No. 221Parties*United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 970, p. 360.The amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization were adopted by the Twentieth World Health Assembly by resolution WHA 20.36 of 23 May 1967.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</superscript>Acceptance(A)Afghanistan28 Apr 1975 AAlbania17 Oct 1974 AArgentina 5 Feb 1971 AAustralia14 Oct 1968 AAustria10 Feb 1970 AAzerbaijan 2 Oct 1992 ABangladesh25 Apr 1975 ABarbados27 Dec 1967 ABelgium 3 May 1968 ABenin14 Dec 1970 ABrazil 8 Aug 1968 ABulgaria26 Jan 1973 ABurkina Faso10 Jan 1972 ABurundi11 May 1970 ACameroon 2 Dec 1970 ACanada24 May 1968 ACentral African Republic30 Dec 1970 AChina<superscript>3,4,5</superscript>14 Jan 1974 ACôte d'Ivoire12 Sep 1967 ACyprus24 Nov 1969 ADenmark20 Nov 1967 AEcuador22 Oct 1974 AEgypt26 Jul 1968 AEthiopia 1 May 1972 AFiji29 Jan 1975 AFinland21 Dec 1967 AFrance24 Feb 1970 AGabon13 Dec 1974 AGambia13 May 1974 AGermany<superscript>6,7</superscript>23 Dec 1971 AGhana30 Aug 1968 AGuatemala30 Apr 1975 AGuinea12 Nov 1973 AHaiti 5 Sep 1974 AHonduras31 Oct 1974 AIceland12 Jul 1972 AIndia16 Mar 1971 AIran (Islamic Republic of)31 Jul 1972 AIraq 9 Apr 1970 AIreland 3 Mar 1975 AIsrael20 Oct 1970 AJamaica28 Sep 1970 AJapan21 Jun 1972 AJordan11 May 1970 AKenya 3 Jan 1972 AKuwait 2 Jan 1968 ALao People's Democratic Republic29 Jul 1968 ALesotho21 Feb 1974 ALuxembourg 5 Apr 1972 AMadagascar19 Oct 1967 AMalawi20 May 1970 AMalaysia24 Jan 1974 AMaldives 2 Dec 1968 AMali 6 Aug 1968 AMauritania21 May 1975 AMauritius 8 Apr 1969 AMexico 6 Sep 1968 AMonaco14 May 1970 AMongolia 5 Oct 1971 AMyanmar27 Feb 1969 ANepal20 May 1975 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the) 7 Jun 1968 ANew Zealand<superscript>8</superscript>28 Dec 1967 ANicaragua 6 Dec 1974 ANiger 4 Sep 1968 ANigeria24 Jan 1968 ANorway 7 Feb 1968 AOman25 Jun 1971 APanama26 Feb 1975 APeru18 Oct 1967 APhilippines10 Nov 1971 APoland19 Feb 1971 ARepublic of Korea<superscript>9</superscript>13 Dec 1967 ARomania24 Feb 1972 ASamoa19 Feb 1975 ASaudi Arabia 9 Nov 1967 ASenegal12 Jun 1970 ASierra Leone26 Jan 1970 ASomalia26 Apr 1971 ASpain21 Apr 1970 ASri Lanka12 Apr 1974 ASweden 9 Sep 1968 ASwitzerland 5 Dec 1967 AThailand27 Jan 1975 ATogo29 Dec 1969 ATrinidad and Tobago27 Feb 1968 ATunisia 5 Oct 1967 ATürkiye15 Aug 1969 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland19 Jun 1968 AUnited States of America<superscript>10</superscript>19 May 1975 AYemen<superscript>11</superscript>17 Jan 1975 AZambia25 Jan 1968 A
1The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 3 September 1968. 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.2By 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 12 July 1973.3With a declaration to the effect that the acceptance of the Amendments by the Chiang Kai-shek clique usurping the name of China is illegal and null and void. 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). An instrument of acceptance on behalf of the Republic of China had been deposited with the Secretary-General on 19 January 1971. In this connection, the Secretary-General had received communications from the Governments of Mongolia, Poland, Romania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics objecting to the said acceptance, as well as communications in reply on behalf of the Government of the Republic of China.4See note 3 under “China” regarding Macao in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5See note 2 under “China” regarding Hong Kong in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.7The German Democratic Republic had accepted the amendments on 21 February 1974. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.8See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.9In a communication received by the Secretary-General on 24 February 1972 with reference to the above-mentioned acceptance, the Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations stated that his Government considers that the said acceptance constitutes an illegal act, inasmuch as the South Korean authorities can, in no case, act on behalf of Korea.10The instrument of acceptance contains the following statement:"As was the case in the original acceptance by the United States of America of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, the present acceptance is subject to the provisions of the joint resolution of the Congress of the United States of America approved June 14, 1948 (Public Law 643, 80th Congress)."11The formality was effected by Democratic Yemen. See also note 1 under “Yemen” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.