22 USC § 290c - Withdrawal from Organization on one-year notice

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s290c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 290c - Withdrawal from Organization on one-year notice"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "290c"
section_name: "Withdrawal from Organization on one-year notice"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "XX"
subchapter_name: "WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 14, 1948, ch. 469, § 4, 62 Stat. 442.)"
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# § 290c. Withdrawal from Organization on one-year notice

*Provided, however*

In adopting this subchapter the Congress does so with the understanding that, in the absence of any provision in the World Health Organization Constitution for withdrawal from the Organization, the United States reserves its right to withdraw from the Organization on a one-year notice: , That the financial obligations of the United States to the Organization shall be met in full for the Organization’s current fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (June 14, 1948, ch. 469, § 4, 62 Stat. 442.)