8 July 1987

35th plenary meeting

Fortieth anniversary of the World Health Organization, 1988

The Economic and Social Council,

Having heard the statement by the Director-General of the World Health Organization,

Expressing its appreciation for the important achievements of the World Health Organization in fulfilling its constitutional mandate to direct and co-ordinate international health work,

Noting with satisfaction World Health Assembly resolution WHA40.36 of 15 May 1987 on the fortieth anniversary of the World Health Organization,

1. Notes that the World Health Organization intends to celebrate its fortieth anniversary during 1988, in accorance with World Health Assembly resolution WHA40.36;

2. Notes also that the World Health Organization will use the occasion of its fortieth anniversary as a global opportunity to inform and mobilize all concerned with a view to achieving the goal of health for all by the year 2000 in an atmosphere of goodwill, consensus and mutual respect;

3. Invites the General Assembly to observe, at its forty-third session, the fortieth anniversary of the World Health Organization in a manner befitting its achievements and future role in international health.