22 U.S.C. § 290 — Acceptance of membership by the United States

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The President can accept U.S. membership in the World Health Organization, called 'the Organization' here. Its constitution was adopted in New York in 1946. That constitution is stored in the United Nations archives.

This section authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the World Health Organization, which this law calls "the Organization." The Organization's constitution was adopted on July 22, 1946, in New York, by the International Health Conference that created it. That constitution is kept in the archives of the United Nations.

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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the World Health Organization (hereinafter referred to as the Organization), the constitution of which was adopted in New York on July 22, 1946, by the International Health Conference for the establishment of an International Health Organization, and deposited in the archives of the United Nations.

Source credit: (June 14, 1948, ch. 469, § 1, 62 Stat. 441.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 14, 1948, ch. 469 · 62 Stat. 441

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