UN System Documentation

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Constitution adopted by 61 countries in 1946. WHO formally established on 7 Apr. 1948
  • 14 UNTS 185
• Relationship Agreement with UN (1948)
  • 19 UNTS 193
• Governing Bodies
  • WHO Assembly
    • All Member States
    • Meets annually
  • Executive Board
    • 34 members
• Basic Documents
• Flagship publications
  • Codex Alimentarius
  • Global Report on Tuberculosis
  • World Health Report
  • World Health Statistics
• Data
• Digital Repository
• Library
• Directors-General
  • 2017- : Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ethiopia)
  • 2007-2017: Margaret Chan (China)
  • 2006-2007: Anders Nordström (Sweden) (Acting Director)
  • 2003-2006: Jong Wook Lee (Republic of Korea)
  • 1998-2003: Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway) (Press release SG/SM/6447-SAG/1 [1998])
  • 1988-1998: Hiroshi Nakajima (Japan) (Press release BIO/2780-H/2804 [1993])
  • 1973-1988: Halfdan T. Mahler (Denmark) (Press release H/2276-BIO/1022 [1973], H/2292-BIO/1035 [1973])
  • 1953-1973: Marcolino Gomes Candau (Brazil)
  • 1948-1953: Brock Chisholm (Canada)