Australian Treaty Series

The Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly,

HAVING EXAMINED the desirability of introducing a biennial programme and budget as set out in Resolution WHA25.24 and in the Report of the Director-General to the Twenty-fifth World Health Assembly on this subject;

CONSIDERING the recommendation made to the Twenty-sixth Health Assembly by the Executive Board at its Fifty-first session in Resolution EB51.R51 that a programme and budget for a biennial period be introduced as soon as possible and to adopt the proposed amendments to Articles 34 and 55 of the Constitution;

NOTING that the provisions of Article 73 of the Constitution, which requires that the texts of proposed amendments to the Constitution shall be communicated to Members at least six months before consideration by the Health Assembly, has been duly complied with,

1. ADOPTS the amendments to the Constitution set forth in the Annexes[2] to this resolution, and which shall form an integral part of this resolution, the texts in the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages being equally authentic;

2. DECIDES that two copies of this resolution shall be authenticated by the signatures of the President of the Twenty-sixth World Health Assembly, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization of which one copy shall be transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, depositary of the Constitution, and one copy retained in the archives of the World Health Organization.

CONSIDERING that the aforesaid amendments to the Constitution shall come into force for all Members when accepted by two-thirds of the Members in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, as provided for in Article 73 of the Constitution,[3]

DECIDES that the notification of such acceptance shall be effected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as required for acceptance of the Constitution by Article 79(b) of the Constitution.

IN FAITH WHEREOF we have appended our signatures hereto.

DONE at Geneva this twenty-fourth day of May 1973 in two copies.

[Signed:] [Signed:]

J SULIANTI M G CANDAU

President of the Twenty-sixth Director-General of the

World Health Assembly World Health Organization

In Article 34 delete the word "annually";

In Article 55 delete the word "annual";

the amended Articles reading as follows:

The Director-General shall prepare and submit to the Board the financial statements and budget estimates of the Organization.

The Director-General shall prepare and submit to the Board the budget estimates of the Organization. The Board shall consider and submit to the Health Assembly such budget estimates, together with any recommendations the Board may deem advisable.

[1] Adopted by the 26th World Health Assembly at Geneva on 22 May 1973 pursuant to Resolution WHA26.37.

[2] Only Annex B (English language text) reproduced here.