Venues of the Assemblies of the WMA
|
|
Venues of Assemblies held
|
President |
| 1st |
1947 |
Paris, France |
Eugène Marquis |
| 2nd |
1948 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Eugène Marquis |
| 3rd |
1949 |
London, England |
Charles Hill |
| 4th |
1950 |
New York City, USA |
Elmer L. Henderson |
| 5th |
1951 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Dag Knutson |
| 6th |
1952 |
Athens, Greece |
George Krimpas |
| 7th |
1953 |
The Hague, Netherlands |
L. A. Hults |
| 8th |
1954 |
Roma, Italy |
A. Spinelli |
| 9th |
1955 |
Vienna, Austria |
K. Niederberger |
| 10th |
1956 |
Havana, Cuba |
Leopoldo Araujo
J. A. Bustamante |
| 11th |
1957 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
A. R. Onat |
| 12th |
1958 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Charles Jacobsen |
| 13th |
1959 |
Montreal, Canada |
R. Lemieux |
| 14th |
1960 |
Berlin, Germany |
Paul Eckel |
| 15th |
1961 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
A.M. de Aragao |
| 16th |
1962 |
New Delhi, India |
R. V. Sarthe |
| 17th |
1963 |
New York City, USA |
E. Annis |
| 18th |
1964 |
Helsinki, Finland |
U. Siirala |
| 19th |
1965 |
London, England |
Sir C. Price-Thomas |
| 20th |
1966 |
Manila, Philippines |
Jesus Tamesis |
| 21st |
1967 |
Madrid, Spain |
A. De La Fuente Chaos |
| 22nd |
1968 |
Sydney, Australia |
Leonard Mallen |
| 23rd |
1969 |
Paris, France |
J. Monier |
| 24th |
1970 |
Oslo, Norway |
O. K. Harlem |
| 25th |
1971 |
Ottawa, Canada |
A.F.W. Peart |
| 26th |
1972 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Th. Vossenaar |
| 27th |
1973 |
Munich, Germany |
E. From |
| 28th |
1974 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
S. Nilssen |
| 29th |
1975 |
Tokyo, Japan |
T. Takemi |
| 30th |
1976 |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
P. Kassab |
| 31st |
1977 |
Dublin, Ireland |
P. A. Farrelly |
| 32nd |
1978 |
Manila, Philippines |
A. Z. Romualdez |
| 33th |
1979 |
Caracas, Venezuela |
R. Castellanos |
| |
1989 |
went into Biennial Assemblies |
|
| 34th |
1981 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
A. Gentil Martins |
| 35th |
1983 |
Venice, Italy |
A.G.N. Sinha, India |
| |
|
returned to Annual Assemblies |
|
| 36th |
1984 |
Singapore |
B. Baruchello, Italy |
| 37th |
1985 |
Brussels, Belgium |
T. J. Moon, Korea |
| 38th |
1986 |
Rancho Mirage, USA |
J. Farber, Belgium |
| 39th |
1987 |
Madrid, Spain |
H. L. Thompson, Australia |
| 40th |
1988 |
Vienna, Austria |
E. Huertas, Cuba |
| 41st |
1989 |
Hong Kong |
R. Ishay, Israe |
| 42nd |
1990 |
Rancho Mirage, USA |
M. Macedo, Portugal |
| 43rd |
1991 |
St. Julians, Malta |
A. R. Nelson, USA |
| 44th |
1992 |
Marbella, Spain |
I. Badran, Egypt |
| 45th |
1993 |
Budapest, Hungary |
J. Pace, Malta |
| 46th |
1994 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
P. Kincaid-Smith, Australia |
| 47th |
1995 |
Bali, Indonesia |
J. Moulin, France |
| 48th |
1996 |
Somerset West, South Africa |
B. B. Mandell, South Africa |
| 49th |
1997 |
Hamburg, Germany |
A. Azwar, Indonesia |
| 50th |
1998 |
Ottawa, Canada |
D. H. Johnson, USA |
| 51st |
1999 |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
J. Blahos, Czech Rep |
| 52nd |
2000 |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
E. Tsuboi, Japan |
| 53rd |
2001 |
Ferney-Voltaire, France |
Dr E. Accorsi |
| 54th |
2002 |
Washington, DC, USA |
Dr K. Myllymaki |
| 55th |
2003 |
Helsinki |
Dr J. Appleyard |
| 56th |
2004 |
Tokyo |
Dr Y. D. Coble |
| 57th |
2005 |
Chile |
Dr K. Letlape |
From 1947 to 1981 it was customary that the President
of WMA be appointed by the member association (NMA) hosting the
Assembly. This changed at the Venice General Assembly, 1983. Singapore
was the only Assembly held in a country whose national medical
association was not a member of WMA.
 General
Assemblies and Council Sessions of the WMA
Chairs
of council
Vice-chairs
of council
Eminent
persons who graced the Assemblies with their presence
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| Background and preliminary organization
| The golden years in medical ethics
| Officials |
General assemblies and council sessions of the WMA | Regional
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