Marshall Islands

In May 1953, the Marshall Islands was assigned to the Western Pacific Region by the Sixth World Health Assembly ''without prejudice to any questions regarding sovereignty'' as an area. It joined WHO on 5 June 1991 as a Member State. Prior to joining WHO in 1991, the Republic was a member of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands dominated by the United States of America until the Office of the High Commissioner determined to end its existence on 10 July 1987. Thus all functions were transferred to individual governments including Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands was initially covered by the WHO Representative Office in Singapore, then by the WHO Representative Office in Taipei, China (Taiwan) from 1959 to 30 June 1972. In the same year, the responsibility for the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was transferred to the Regional Office. In 1976, it was decided that the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was to come under the WHO Representative Office in the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. In August 2010, the WHO Country Liaison Office in the Federated States of Micronesia was established to cover Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.