Entry into force of the constitution of the World Health Organization

UN General Assembly, Entry into force of the constitution of the World Health Organization, A/RES/131, UN General Assembly, 17 November 1947, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1947/en/7832 [accessed 20 March 2025]
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II. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
131. Entry into force of the constitution of the World Health Organization

The General Assembly, Noting the action taken by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 61 (I)[1] adopted by the General Assembly on 14 December 1946 concerning the establishment of the World Health Organization; Noting that acceptances of the constitution of the World Health Organization by Members of the United Nations fall considerably short of the number required to bring the constitution of the Organization into force; Having regard to the urgent and important problems of public health and hygiene that require international action for their solution, Recommends all Members of the United Nations which have not already done so to accept the constitution of the World Health Organization at the earliest possible date, and Authorizes the Secretary-General to transmit the above recommendation to all States, which, whether Members of the United Nations or not, sent representatives or observers to the International Health Conference. Hundred and seventeenth plenary meeting,
17 November 1947.
[1] See Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly during the second part of its first session, page 96.
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