CHAPTER IX
HEALTH1hAmendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health OrganizationGeneva, 16 May 199815 September 2005, in accordance with article 73 of the Constitution, for all Members of the World Health Organization*.15 September 2005, No. 221Parties*United Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 2335, p. 4; Resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/WHA51_23-E.pdf" target="_blank">WHA51.23</a>, doc. WHA51/1998/REC/1, p. 26.The amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization were adopted by the Fifty-first World Health Assembly by resolution WHA 51.23 of 16 May 1998. 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.
ParticipantAcceptance(A)Afghanistan10 Aug 2005 AAlgeria23 Mar 2001 AAndorra31 Mar 1999 AAngola29 Sep 1998 AArgentina20 Jul 2001 AAustralia18 Jul 2001 AAustria15 Sep 2005 ABahamas16 Aug 2005 ABahrain20 Jul 1998 ABangladesh24 Mar 2000 ABarbados14 May 2004 ABelgium 8 Mar 1999 ABelize10 Oct 2003 ABenin10 Sep 1998 ABhutan23 Jan 2004 ABotswana 4 Oct 2004 ABrazil 9 May 2002 ABrunei Darussalam10 Jun 1999 ABulgaria11 Aug 2004 ABurkina Faso26 Aug 2005 ACambodia30 Nov 2001 ACanada23 May 2003 AChad20 Apr 1999 AChina<superscript>1,2</superscript> 6 Nov 1998 AComoros15 Sep 1998 ACook Islands14 Feb 2000 ACôte d'Ivoire24 Sep 1998 ACroatia29 Jun 2000 ACuba21 Nov 2002 ACyprus29 Jul 2002 ACzech Republic12 Nov 2002 ADemocratic People's Republic of Korea 7 Oct 1998 ADenmark20 Jan 1999 ADjibouti30 Mar 2005 ADominica26 Aug 1998 AEcuador17 Mar 2004 AEgypt 1 Sep 1999 AEl Salvador 2 Feb 2005 AEstonia 9 Mar 2005 AEthiopia 5 Jul 2000 AFiji 9 Feb 1999 AFinland14 Jul 1998 AFrance 5 Oct 2000 AGermany 9 Jan 2003 AGhana 5 Nov 1998 AGreece 7 Dec 1998 AGrenada17 Feb 2005 AGuinea27 May 2005 AHungary13 Dec 2004 AIceland29 May 2002 AIndia 2 Oct 2003 AIndonesia23 Feb 2005 AIreland26 Jun 2002 AIsrael 9 Oct 2003 AJamaica20 Dec 2001 AJapan11 Jun 2002 AJordan11 Apr 2000 AKiribati 8 Jun 1999 ALao People's Democratic Republic21 Feb 2002 ALatvia23 Dec 2004 ALebanon21 Oct 1998 ALuxembourg28 Aug 2000 AMadagascar16 Sep 1999 AMalaysia26 Oct 2001 AMaldives12 Apr 1999 AMali 5 Nov 1998 AMalta29 Mar 2000 AMarshall Islands 8 May 2002 AMauritius17 Mar 1999 AMexico20 Jun 2001 AMicronesia (Federated States of) 9 Sep 1998 AMonaco 5 Nov 2003 AMongolia15 Jun 1999 AMorocco12 Mar 1999 AMyanmar23 Apr 2002 ANamibia26 Mar 1999 ANauru10 Mar 1999 ANepal22 Aug 2003 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Jun 1999 ANew Zealand<superscript>4</superscript>16 Jun 2000 ANiger 4 Jun 2002 ANiue 8 Jul 2002 ANorth Macedonia 9 Mar 1999 ANorway25 Oct 1999 AOman 4 Dec 1998 APalau 5 Nov 1998 APanama16 Aug 2004 APapua New Guinea 3 Sep 2002 APeru19 Aug 1998 APhilippines 4 Nov 2003 APortugal 7 Jan 2005 AQatar21 Jun 1999 ARepublic of Korea 4 Jun 1999 ARomania22 Jun 1999 ARussian Federation25 Mar 2004 ASamoa19 Aug 1998 ASan Marino 5 Nov 1998 ASaudi Arabia23 Mar 1999 ASerbia28 Dec 2004 ASeychelles10 Sep 1998 ASingapore 4 Dec 1998 ASlovakia11 May 2005 ASlovenia21 Oct 1998 ASolomon Islands 3 Sep 2002 ASpain26 Sep 2001 ASri Lanka29 Nov 2004 ASt. Kitts and Nevis 7 Jul 2004 ASudan12 May 1999 ASweden16 Sep 1998 ASwitzerland13 Nov 1998 ASyrian Arab Republic24 Jun 1999 ATajikistan21 Jul 1998 AThailand 4 Aug 1998 ATogo15 Dec 1998 ATonga 3 Sep 2002 ATrinidad and Tobago18 Oct 2004 ATunisia 9 Apr 1999 ATürkiye22 Aug 2002 ATuvalu 6 Sep 2001 AUganda16 Sep 1998 AUnited Arab Emirates15 Dec 1998 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland15 Jun 2001 AUnited Republic of Tanzania23 Sep 1998 AUzbekistan23 Apr 2004 AVanuatu 5 Oct 1998 AViet Nam 4 Jun 1999 AYemen10 Oct 2002 AZimbabwe14 Sep 1998 A
Objections (Unless otherwise indicated, the objections were made upon acceptance.)France<right>13 October 1983</right>The Secretariat should take note that France not recognizing the Government of the [Democratic Kampuchea], considers as being without effect the acceptance by that Government of the 1976 amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, adopted by the Twenty-ninth World Health Assembly on 17 May 1976.1See 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.3On behalf of the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.4See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.