WMA History













General Assemblies and Council Sessions of the WMA

General Assemblies and Council Sessions of the World Medical Association

Date Place G.A. C.S.
1947 Paris, France I 1
1948 New York, USA   2
  Geneva, Switzerland II 3-4
1949 Madrid, Spain   5
  London, UK III 6-7
1950 Denmark   8
  New York City, USA IV 9-10
1951 Geneva   11
  Stockholm V 12-13
1952 Brussels   14
  Athens, Greece VI 15-16
1953 Portugal   17
  Holland VII 18-19
  London; First World Conference on Medical Education    
1954 Zurich, Switzerland   20
  Roma, Italy VIII 21-22
1955 Ireland   23
  Vienna, Austria IX 24-25
1956 Germany   26
  Havanna, Cuba X 27-28
1957 Norway   29
  Istanbul, Turkey XI 30-31
1958 Paris, France   32
  Copenhagen, Denmark XII 33-34
1959 Sydney, Australia   35
  Montreal, Canada XIII 36-37
  Chicago Second World Conference on Medical Education    
1960 Spain   38
  Berlin, Germany XIV 39-40
1961 New York City, USA   41
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil XV 42-43
1962

Chicago, IL, USA

  44
  New Delhi, India XVI 45-46
1963 Yugoslavia   47
  New York, USA XVII 48-49
1964 Luxembourg   50
  Helsinki, Finland XVIII 51-52
1965 Santiago, Chile   53
  London, U.K. XIX 54-55
1966

Headquarters

  56
  Manila, Philippines XX 57-58
  New Delhi Third World Conference on Medical Education    
1967 Headquarters   59
 

Madrid, Spain

XXI 60-61
1968 New York City, USA   62
  Sydney, Australia XXII 63-64
1969 Montevideo, Uruguay   65
  Paris, France XXIII 66-67
1970 New York City, USA   68
  Oslo, Norway XXIV 69-70
1971 Tokyo, Japan   71
  Ottawa, Canada (Sept. 13-17) XXV 72-73
1972 New York City, USA   74
  Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sept. 18-23) XXVI 75-76
  Copenhagen Fourth World Conference on Medical Education    
1973 New York, USA   77
  Munich, Germany (Oct. 15-20) XXVII 78-79
1974

New York, USA

  80
  Stockholm, Sweden (Sept. 1-8) XXVIII 81-82
1975 Paris, France   83
 

Tokyo, Japan (Oct. 6-10)

XXVIX 84-85
1976 Ferney-Voltaire, France   86
  Sao Paulo, Brazil (Oct. 24-30) XXX 87-88
1977 Munich, Germany   89
 

Dublin, Ireland (Sept. 4-10)

XXXI 90-91
1978 Divonne-les-Bains, France   92
  Manila, Philippines (Nov. 13-17) XXXII 93-94
1979 Divonne-les-Bains, France   95
  Caracas, Venezuela (Oct. 21-26) XXXIII 96-97
1980 New Orleans, LA, USA   98
  Munich, Germany (Council Session replacing Assembly)   99
1981 Divonne-les-Bains, France   100
  Lisbon, Portugal (Sept. 28 - Oct. 2) XXXIV 101-102
1982

Madrid, Spain

  103
  Honolulu, USA   104
1983 Monaco   105
  Venice, Italy (Oct. 24-28) XXXV 106-107
1984 Luxembourg   108
  Singapore (Oct. 28-31) XXXVI 109-110
1985 Talloires, France   111
  Bruxelles, Belgium (Oct. 21-24) XXXVII 112-113
1986 Buenos Aires, Argentina   114
  Rancho Mirage, CA, USA (Oct. 18-23) XXXVIII 115-116
1987 Munich, Germany   117
  Madrid, Spain (Oct. 4-8) XXXIX 118-119
1988 Monte-Carlo, Monaco   120
  Vienna, Austria (Sept. 25-29) XL 121-122
1989 Miami, FL, USA   123
  Hong Kong (Sept. 24-28) XIL 124-125
1990 Jerusalem, Israel   126
  Rancho Mirage, CA, USA (Oct. 24-28) XIIL 127-128
  Rancho Mirage Fifth World Conference on Medical Education    
1991 Divonne-les-Bains, France   129
  St Julians, Malta (Nov. 5-9) XIIIL 130-131
1992

Santiago, Chile

  132
  Marbella, Spain (Sept. 27 - Oct. 1) XIVL 133-134
1993 Istanbul, Turkey   135
  Budapest, Hungary (Oct. 1-5) XVL 136-137
1994 Sydney, Australia   138
 

Stockholm, Sweden (Sept. 1-5)

VIL 139-140
1995 Divonne-les-Bains, France   141
  Bali, Indonesia (Sept. 4-8) VIIL 142-143
1996 Geneva, Switzerland   144
  Somerset West, S. Africa (Oct. 22-26) VIIIL 145-146
1997 Paris, France   147
 

Hamburg, Germany (Nov. 10-14)

VIXL 148-149
1998 Montevideo, Uruguay   150
  Ottawa, Canada (Oct. 14-18) L 151-152
1999 Santiago, Chile   153
  Tel Aviv, Israel (Oct. 13-17) LI 154-155
2000 Divonne-les-Bains, France   156
  Edinburgh, Scotland (Oct. 3-7) LII 157-158
2001 Divonne-les-Bains, France   159
  Ferney-Voltaire, France   160
2002 Divonne-les-Bains, France   161
 

Washington, DC, USA (Oct. 3-7)

LIII 162-163
2003 Divonne-les-Bains, France   164
  Helsinki, Finland ( Sept. 10-14) LIV 165-166
2004 Divonne les Bains, France   167
  Tokyo, Japan LV 168-169
2005 Divonne les Bains, France   170
  Santiago, Chile LVI 171-172


Venues of the assemblies
Chairs of council
Vice-chairs of council
Eminent persons who graced the Assemblies with their presence



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