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World Helath Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Pending the ratification of the Constitution of WHO by 26 members of the United Nations which will bring the Organization into existence, the Interim Commission, under the chairmanship of Dr. Andrija Stampar (Yugoslavia) and composed of health experts representing 18 Member States, has proceeded, as a provisional body, with the work of unifying international health operations and services. It had considered solutions for present urgent health problems and laid the groundwork for the convoking of the first World Health Assembly.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. The Specialized Agencies
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International Organization , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1947, pp. 365 - 366
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1947

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1 To date, China, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, New Zealand, Syria, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Transjordan, Denmark and Liberia have ratified the WHO Constitution.

2 See International Organization, I, p. 134–5.

3 Department of State Information Memorandum 3, April 4, 1947, “Current Reports on the Activities of the UN ECOSOC, Its Commissions and International Specialized Agencies,” p. 55–61.

4 Department of State, Bulletin, XV, p. 1134.

5 United Nations Press Release H/81, March 25, 1947.

6 Acda Final de la XII Conferencia Sanitaria Panamericana, 24 de Enero de 1947.