Aly A M
Office of Languages. WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
East Mediterr Health J. 2008;14 Suppl:S174-81.
The course of Arabic in WHO began in September 1954 when the Regional Subcommittee "A" requested the Regional Director to study the possibility of using Arabic as a working language for WHO in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. At WHO Headquarters, Arabic was used as an official language in the World Health Assembly in May 1972, and became a working language for the Organization in May 1975. This article reviews the progression of the use of Arabic in WHO since then.
