22 U.S.C. § 290c — Withdrawal from Organization on one-year notice

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Congress passed this law knowing the World Health Organization's constitution has no exit process. So the United States keeps its right to leave the Organization with one year's notice. Until it leaves, the U.S. must still pay its dues in full for that year.

This section explains why Congress passed this law the way it did. The World Health Organization's own constitution does not say how a member can withdraw. So Congress passed this law understanding that the United States keeps the right to withdraw from the Organization by giving one year's notice. But there is a condition: while that year runs, the United States must still pay its full financial dues to the Organization for its current fiscal year.

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In adopting this subchapter the Congress does so with the understanding that, in the absence of any provision in the World Health Organization Constitution for withdrawal from the Organization, the United States reserves its right to withdraw from the Organization on a one-year notice: Provided, however, That the financial obligations of the United States to the Organization shall be met in full for the Organization’s current fiscal year.

Source credit: (June 14, 1948, ch. 469, § 4, 62 Stat. 442.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 14, 1948, ch. 469 · 62 Stat. 442

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