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May 23, 1967

MULTILATERAL

Amendments to the Constitution of the World Health Organization

Resolution adopted by the Twentieth World

Health Assembly at Geneva 23 May 1967;

Amending articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization;

With Annexes;

Entered into force for the Philippines 21 May 1975.

The Twentieth World Health Assembly,

Considering the proposal made by the Government of Brazil for the amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution;^[1] and

Noting that the provision of Article 73 of the Constitution, which requires that the texts of proposed amendments to the Constitution, shall be communicated to Members at least six months before consideration by the Health Assembly, has been duly complied with,

I

1. Adopts the amendments to the Constitution set forth in the Annexes to this resolution, and which shall form an integral part of this resolution, the texts in the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages being equally authentic;

2. Decides that two copies of this resolution shall be authenticated by the signatures of the President of the Twentieth World Health Assembly, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization, of which one copy shall be transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, depositary of the Constitution, and one copy retained in the archives of the World Health Organization;

II

Considering that the aforesaid amendments to the Constitution shall come into force for all Members when accepted by two-thirds of the Members in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, as provided for in Article 73 of the Constitution,

DECIDES that the notification of such acceptance shall be effected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as required for acceptance of the Constitution by Article 79{b) of the Constitution.

IN FAITHE WHEREOF we have appended our signatures hereto.

Done at Geneva this twenty-third day of May 1967 in two copies.

ANNEXES

Article 24 — Delete and replace by

ARTICLE 24

The Board shall consist of thirty persons designated by as many Members. The Health Assembly, taking into account an equitable geographical distribution, shall elect the Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Board. Each of these Members should appoint to the Board 1 person technically qualified in the field of health, who may be accompanied by alternates and advisers.

Article 25 — Delete and replace by

ARTICLE 25

These Members shall be elected for three years and may be re-elected, provided that of the fourteen Members elected at the first session of the Health Assembly held after the coming into force of the amendment to this Constitution increasing the membership of the Board from twenty-four to thirty the terms of two Members shall be for one year and the terms of two Members shall be for two years, as determined by lot.

I hereby certify that the foregoing text is a true copy of resolution WHA 20.36 adopted by the Twentieth World Health Assembly on 23 May 1967, amending Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization signed at New York on 22 July 1946, a duly authenticated copy of which is deposited with with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

United Nations New York

7 July 1967