Transfer to the World Health Organization of certain assets of the United Nations

UN General Assembly, Transfer to the World Health Organization of certain assets of the United Nations, A/RES/129, UN General Assembly, 17 November 1947, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1947/en/7757 [accessed 25 June 2025]
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II. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
129. Transfer to the World Health Organization of certain assets of the United Nations

The. General Assembly, Having considered the resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its fifth session on 22 July 1947,[1] concerning the request of the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization for the transfer to it of certain assets of the League of Nations which have been transferred to the United Nations, and Recognizing the desirability of transferring certain of such assets to the World Health Organization, Instructs the Secretary-General

1. To take the necessary steps, subject to the agreements concluded between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, to effect the following transfers to the World Health Organization:

(a) Title of ownership of the archives and correspondence files of the League of Nations Health Section;

(b) Title of ownership of the stock of publications of the League of Nations Health Section, provided the World Health Organization shall reimburse to the United Nations the value of such publications as may be established by negotiation between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the World Health Organization;

(c) Title of ownership of the archives, furniture and financial assets of the Eastern Bureau of Epidemiological Intelligence of the League of Nations in Singapore;

(d) Title of ownership of the assets of the Darling Foundation and the Léon Bernard Fund;

2. To consider the different aspects of the problem of the transfer of the medical and health material of the League of Nations Library and to submit to the Economic and Social Council a draft plan within the framework of a general policy relating to the use of the Central Library by the United Nations and by the specialized agencies.

Hundred and seventeenth plenary meeting,
17 November 1947.
[1] See Resolutions adopted by the Economic and Social Council during its fifth session, resolution 93 (V), page 85.
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