At the early meetings of the Forum (then called “Joint Meetings between WHO and National Medical Associations), no formal statements etc., were adopted. The first document under the title “Statement“ was adopted at the fourth meeting in Rome1990. Included in the report of the Third meeting in Sofia however appeared a list of Conclusions and Recommendations, many of which formed the basis of much of the Forum’s future policy.
| Annex |
| Sofia 1988 |
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Third Joint Meeting of WHO and National Medical Associations |
(i) |
| Rome 1990 |
Statement adopted by the Fourth Joint Meeting between WHO and National Medical Associations |
(ii) |
| Basel 1998 |
Statement adopted by National Medical Associations present at Basel Meeting on 7 March 1998: - "The Allocations of Resources for Curative Medicine and for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine". |
(iii) |
| Tel Aviv 1999 |
Statement by the National Medical Associations present at the meeting of the European Forum of Medical Associations Tel Aviv 7-9 March 1999: "The ethical obligations of physicians to refuse to participate in or condone torture or inhuman practice and violation of human rights." (Case of Dr. Cumhur Akpinar) |
(iv) |
| Ljubljana 2001 |
Recommendations on the future structure and organization of EFMA/WHO |
(v) |