Archives of WHO

Sound Collection

Different types of sound archives
Audio tapes and vinyl records

The archives keep sound recordings of some major events in the history of WHO:

  • International Health Conference, New York, 1946, official constitution of the World Health Organization
  • Commemorative session on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of WHO in 1958
  • visit to WHO Headquarters by the United States Senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey in 1958
  • Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1964, one year after its creation at the initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and WHO
  • meetings of the Committee on the creation of a cancer research institute, Lyon, early 1965, then the first meetings after its creation (end of 1965-early 1966)
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