The International Health Conference was held in New York from 19 June to 22 July 1946. In four and a half weeks the Conference succeeded in producing: the Constitution of the World Health Organization ; a protocol for the termination of the Rome Agreement of 9 December 1907 and the performance by the Organization, or the Interim Commission, of the duties and functions of the Office International d'Hygiène Publique (OIHP) ; and an arrangement for the setting-up of an Interim Commission to make preparations for the First World Health Assembly, to carry on without interruption the surviving activities of the League of Nations Health Organisation and those of the OIHP and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), and to perform other urgent duties pending the final establishment of the Organization.

The International Health Conference, held in New York, June - July 1946. General view of a Plenary Session.
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Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken.