MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 167
Appendices MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 169
Appendix 1
MEMBERS OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (at 31 May 2009)
The Members and Associate Members of the World Health Organization are listed below, with the date on which each became a party to the Consti- tution or the date of admission to associate membership.
Afghanistan ...... 19 April 1948 Albania* ...... 26 May 1947 Algeria* ...... 8 November 1962 Andorra ...... 15 January 1997 Angola ...... 15 May 1976 Antigua and Barbuda* ...... 12 March 1984 Argentina* ...... 22 October 1948 Armenia ...... 4 May 1992 Australia* ...... 2 February 1948 Austria* ...... 30 June 1947 Azerbaijan ...... 2 October 1992 Bahamas* ...... 1 April 1974 Bahrain* ...... 2 November 1971 Bangladesh ...... 19 May 1972 Barbados* ...... 25 April 1967 Belarus* ...... 7 April 1948 Belgium* ...... 25 June 1948 Belize ...... 23 August 1990 Benin ...... 20 September 1960 Bhutan ...... 8 March 1982 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ...... 23 December 1949 Bosnia and Herzegovina* ...... 10 September 1992 Botswana* ...... 26 February 1975 Brazil* ...... 2 June 1948 Brunei Darussalam ...... 25 March 1985 Bulgaria* ...... 9 June 1948 Burkina Faso* ...... 4 October 1960 Burundi ...... 22 October 1962 Cambodia* ...... 17 May 1950 Cameroon* ...... 6 May 1960 Canada ...... 29 August 1946 Cape Verde ...... 5 January 1976 Central African Republic* ...... 20 September 1960 Chad ...... 1 January 1961 Chile* ...... 15 October 1948 China* ...... 22 July 1946 Colombia ...... 14 May 1959 Comoros ...... 9 December 1975 Congo ...... 26 October 1960 ______* Member States that have acceded to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies and its Annex VII.
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Cook Islands ...... 9 May 1984 Costa Rica ...... 17 March 1949 Côte d'Ivoire* ...... 28 October 1960 Croatia* ...... 11 June 1992 Cuba* ...... 9 May 1950 Cyprus* ...... 16 January 1961 Czech Republic* ...... 22 January 1993 Democratic People's Republic of Korea ...... 19 May 1973 Democratic Republic of the Congo* ...... 24 February 1961 Denmark* ...... 19 April 1948 Djibouti ...... 10 March 1978 Dominica* ...... 13 August 1981 Dominican Republic...... 21 June 1948 Ecuador* ...... 1 March 1949 Egypt* ...... 16 December 1947 El Salvador ...... 22 June 1948 Equatorial Guinea...... 5 May 1980 Eritrea ...... 24 July 1993 Estonia* ...... 31 March 1993 Ethiopia ...... 11 April 1947 Fiji* ...... 1 January 1972 Finland* ...... 7 October 1947 France* ...... 16 June 1948 Gabon* ...... 21 November 1960 Gambia* ...... 26 April 1971 Georgia* ...... 26 May 1992 Germany* ...... 29 May 1951 Ghana* ...... 8 April 1957 Greece* ...... 12 March 1948 Grenada ...... 4 December 1974 Guatemala* ...... 26 August 1949 Guinea* ...... 19 May 1959 Guinea-Bissau...... 29 July 1974 Guyana* ...... 27 September 1966 Haiti* ...... 12 August 1947 Honduras ...... 8 April 1949 Hungary* ...... 17 June 1948 Iceland* ...... 17 June 1948 India* ...... 12 January 1948 Indonesia* ...... 23 May 1950 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* ...... 23 November 1946 Iraq* ...... 23 September 1947 Ireland* ...... 20 October 1947 Israel ...... 21 June 1949 Italy* ...... 11 April 1947 Jamaica* ...... 21 March 1963 Japan* ...... 16 May 1951 Jordan* ...... 7 April 1947 Kazakhstan ...... 19 August 1992 Kenya* ...... 27 January 1964 Kiribati ...... 26 July 1984 Kuwait* ...... 9 May 1960 Kyrgyzstan ...... 29 April 1992
______* Member States that have acceded to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies and its Annex VII. MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 171
Lao People's Democratic Republic* ...... 17 May 1950 Latvia* ...... 4 December 1991 Lebanon...... 19 January 1949 Lesotho* ...... 7 July 1967 Liberia ...... 14 March 1947 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya* ...... 16 May 1952 Lithuania* ...... 25 November 1991 Luxembourg* ...... 3 June 1949 Madagascar* ...... 16 January 1961 Malawi* ...... 9 April 1965 Malaysia* ...... 24 April 1958 Maldives* ...... 5 November 1965 Mali* ...... 17 October 1960 Malta* ...... 1 February 1965 Marshall Islands ...... 5 June 1991 Mauritania ...... 7 March 1961 Mauritius* ...... 9 December 1968 Mexico ...... 7 April 1948 Micronesia (Federated States of) ...... 14 August 1991 Monaco ...... 8 July 1948 Mongolia* ...... 18 April 1962 Montenegro* ...... 29 August 2006 Morocco* ...... 14 May 1956 Mozambique ...... 11 September 1975 Myanmar ...... 1 July 1948 Namibia ...... 23 April 1990 Nauru ...... 9 May 1994 Nepal* ...... 2 September 1953 Netherlands* ...... 25 April 1947 New Zealand* ...... 10 December 1946 Nicaragua* ...... 24 April 1950 Niger* ...... 5 October 1960 Nigeria* ...... 25 November 1960 Niue ...... 4 May 1994 Norway* ...... 18 August 1947 Oman ...... 28 May 1971 Pakistan* ...... 23 June 1948 Palau ...... 9 March 1995 Panama ...... 20 February 1951 Papua New Guinea ...... 29 April 1976 Paraguay* ...... 4 January 1949 Peru ...... 11 November 1949 Philippines* ...... 9 July 1948 Poland* ...... 6 May 1948 Portugal ...... 13 February 1948 Qatar ...... 11 May 1972 Republic of Korea* ...... 17 August 1949 Republic of Moldova...... 4 May 1992 Romania* ...... 8 June 1948 Russian Federation* ...... 24 March 1948 Rwanda* ...... 7 November 1962 Saint Kitts and Nevis ...... 3 December 1984 Saint Lucia* ...... 11 November 1980
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ...... 2 September 1983 Samoa ...... 16 May 1962 San Marino ...... 12 May 1980 Sao Tome and Principe ...... 23 March 1976 Saudi Arabia ...... 26 May 1947 Senegal* ...... 31 October 1960 Serbia* ...... 28 November 2000 Seychelles* ...... 11 September 1979 Sierra Leone* ...... 20 October 1961 Singapore* ...... 25 February 1966 Slovakia* ...... 4 February 1993 Slovenia* ...... 7 May 1992 Solomon Islands ...... 4 April 1983 Somalia ...... 26 January 1961 South Africa* ...... 7 August 1947 Spain* ...... 28 May 1951 Sri Lanka ...... 7 July 1948 Sudan ...... 14 May 1956 Suriname ...... 25 March 1976 Swaziland ...... 16 April 1973 Sweden* ...... 28 August 1947 Switzerland ...... 26 March 1947 Syrian Arab Republic ...... 18 December 1946 Tajikistan ...... 4 May 1992 Thailand* ...... 26 September 1947 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* . . . . . 22 April 1993 Timor-Leste ...... 27 September 2002 Togo* ...... 13 May 1960 Tonga* ...... 14 August 1975 Trinidad and Tobago* ...... 3 January 1963 Tunisia* ...... 14 May 1956 Turkey ...... 2 January 1948 Turkmenistan ...... 2 July 1992 Tuvalu ...... 7 May 1993 Uganda* ...... 7 March 1963 Ukraine* ...... 3 April 1948 United Arab Emirates* ...... 30 March 1972 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* ...... 22 July 1946 United Republic of Tanzania* ...... 15 March 1962 United States of America ...... 21 June 1948 Uruguay* ...... 22 April 1949 Uzbekistan* ...... 22 May 1992 Vanuatu* ...... 7 March 1983 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ...... 7 July 1948 Viet Nam ...... 17 May 1950 Yemen ...... 20 November 1953 Zambia* ...... 2 February 1965 Zimbabwe* ...... 16 May 1980 Associate Members Puerto Rico ...... 7 May 1992 Tokelau ...... 8 May 1991 ______
______* Member States that have acceded to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies and its Annex VII.