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 61 STAT.] MULTILATERA-WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION-JULY 22. 1946 Arrangement between the United States of America and other governments respecting a World Health Organization and the establishment of an Interim Commission. Signed at New York July 22, 1946; effective July 22, 1946. ARRANGEMENT CONCLUDED BY THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CON- FERENCE Held in the City of New York, from 19 June to 22 July 1946 THE GOVERNMENTS represented at the International Health Con- ference convened on 19 June 1946 in the City of New York by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Having agreed that an international organization to be known as the World Health Organization shall be established, Having this day agreed upon a Constitution for the World Health Organization, and Having resolved that, pending the coming into force of the Con- stitution and the establishment of the World Health Organization, as provided in the Constitution, an Interim Commission should be established, AGREE as follows: 1. There is hereby established an Interim Commission of the World Health Organization consisting of the following eighteen States en- titled to designate persons to serve on it: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, India, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, United Kingdom, United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. Each of these States should designate to the Interim Commission a person technically qualified in the field of health, who may be accompanied by alternates and advisers. 2. The functions of the Interim Commission shall be: (a) to convoke the first session of the World Health Assembly as soon as practicable, but not later than six months after the date on which the Constitution of the Organization comes into force; (b) to prepare and submit to the signatories to this Arrangement, at least six weeks before the first session of the Health Assembly, the provisional agenda for that session and necessary documents and recommendations relating thereto, including: (i) proposals as to programme and budget for the first year of the Organization, (ii) studies regarding location of headquarters of the Organization, July 22, 1946 [T.I.A.S.151 Establishment of Interim Commission of World Health Or- ganization. Functions. 2349

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