South Sudan becomes newest member of UN health agency Monday, 03 October 2011 08:53 South Sudan >>> E-mail Print
treaty-1The world's newest country, South Sudan, today became a member of the World Health Organization (WHO). South Sudan, which gained independence in July and membership of the UN later that same month, is now officially the 194th member of WHO. UN Member States automatically become WHO members if they accept its constitution. The step from South Sudan was one of eight treaty actions taken today at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing the total for the five-day treaty promotion event to 88. The treaty event is the UN's annual attempt to encourage States to ratify, accede or sign on to global conventions and, through that, increase the application of international law. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
