WMA Statement on Non-Discrimination in Professional Membership and Activities of Physicians
Adopted by the 37th World Medical Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, October 1985,
editorially revised by the 170th WMA Council Session, Divonne-les-Bains, France, May 2005,
revised by the 66th WMA General Assembly, Moscow, Russia, October 2015
and reaffirmed with minor revisions by the 227th WMA Council, Helsinki, Finland, October 2024
The ¹ú²úÒ»Çø¶þÇøÈýÇø¾«Æ·¸£Àû is in favour of equality of opportunity in medical association activities, medical education and training, employment, and all other medical professional endeavours without discrimination of any kind.
The ¹ú²úÒ»Çø¶þÇøÈýÇø¾«Æ·¸£Àû is unalterably opposed to the denial of membership privileges and responsibilities in medical associations to any duly registered physician because of any factors of discrimination.
The ¹ú²úÒ»Çø¶þÇøÈýÇø¾«Æ·¸£Àû calls upon the medical profession and all individual members of medical associations to exert every effort to prevent any instance in which such equal rights, privileges or responsibilities are denied.
