FIFTY-THIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Agenda item 15
WHA53.9 20 May 2000
Participation of WHO in the 1986 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations The Fifty-third World Health Assembly, Acknowledging that the United Nations General Assembly, by resolution 53/100 of 8 December 1998, encouraged international organizations that have signed the 1986 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations, to deposit an act of formal confirmation of the Convention at an early date; Having considered the report on the subject;1 Bearing in mind that the entry into force of the Convention would safeguard the legal interests of both States and international organizations, including WHO; Wishing to support, within its area of competence, promotion of the acceptance of and respect for the principles of international law, which was one of the purposes of the United Nations Decade of International Law, AUTHORIZES the Director-General to deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations an act of formal confirmation of the 1986 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations, in conformity with Article 83 of the Convention.
Eighth plenary meeting, 20 May 2000 A53/VR/8 = = =
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See document EB105/2000/REC/1, Annex 6.