The
ICMM is an international and intergovernmental organization,
constituted by more than 100 States.
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On
May 21, 1952, the World Health Organization recognized the Committee as
an "international
organization specialized in medico-military matters".
On
April 28, 1990, the Committee changed its name and became the INTERNATIONAL
COMMITTEE
OF MILITARY MEDICINE (ICMM).
The Secretaries-General of ICMM:
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Major General
Jules VONCKEN, MD Secretary- General from 1921 till 1976 |
Colonel Jules MATHIEU MD Secretary- General from 1976 till 1982 |
Lt.-Colonel Marcel COOLS, MD Secretary- General from 1982 till 1998 |
Dr. Jacques SANABRIA Secretary- General from 1998 till 2011 |
Major General Roger VAN HOOF, MD Secretary- General from 2011 till 2019 |
Major General Geert LAIRE, MD Secretary- General from 2019 till today |
Date of admission as Member of ICMM:
ICMM is an international and intergovernmental organization, constitued by members, observers and correspondents. All countries which are Members of the United Nations may become Members of the ICMM, by accepting its Statutes.
Admission is validated when the application is approved by the General Assembly.
The World Congresses of ICMM:
To further the accomplishment of its missions, the ICMM shall organize periiodically, World Congresses of Military Medicine.
A Congress will be held in an ICMM Member State, normally on a biennial basis.
The objectives of the World Congresses are four-fold:
• Encourage official and personal relations between the Directors of the Military Medical Services, through an association (according to the desire of the organizing country) representatives of the Intergovernmental, International and Non-governmental Organizations the objects of which have the following points in common with the ICMM.
• Draw up a detailed study of contemporary knowledge or studies related to military medicine.
• Disseminate scientific information on the activities of the military medical services, and
• Supply a framework and the facilities to hold the statutory meetings of the ICMM (General Assembly, Working Group, etc.).
1921 - Brussels, Belgium |
1954 - Luxemburg, Luxemburg |
1990 - Madrid, Spain |
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Interlaken, Switzerland 1988 |
Madrid, Spain 1990 |
Washington, USA 2004
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Saint-Petersburg, Russia 2005 |
Tunis, Tunisia 2007 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2009 |
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Abuja, Nigeria 2011 |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2013 |
Bali, Indonesia 2015 |
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New Delhi, India 2017 |
Basel, Switzerland 2019 |
ICMM
activities include:
Military
medicine as a whole,
Survey of techniques for assessing aptitudes,
Survey medicine,
Mass medicine,
Dentistry,
Military pharmacy,
Veterinary sciences,
Administration, organization and logistics of medical care missions.
The present goals include:
To
maintain and to strengthen the bonds between all medical services of Member
States,
To promote medico-military scientific activities,
To participate in
the development of the medical and medico-military setting of humanitarian
operations.
ICMM Reference Centre for Education on International Humanitarian Law and Ethics:
An ICMM Reference Centre for Education on International Humanitarian Law and Ethics has been created in 2011.
Founded by Switzerland, headed by Swiss officers, it is working under the authority of the Secretary General of the ICMM, under the supervision of the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the ICMM.
For more detailed information on the history of the creation of the ICMM Reference Centre for Education on International Humanitarian Law and Ethics, please click here.
More details are available at www.melac.ch
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HISTORIC: OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
Letter 1920 - Invitation to the 1st Congress in 1921 (text in french)
Report of the 1st Congress in 1921 (text in french)
Foundation of the Permanent Committee 1921 (text in french)
General Assembly of the 3rd Congress in 1925 (text in french)
Copy of documents showing the origin of International Congresses (March 1938) (text in french)
WHO 1952 (text in english)
Agreement ICMMP-WHO 1952 (text in english)
ICMM recognition by the United Nations (text in english)
WHO: Approval - 5th World Health Assembly (text in french)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-WHO 2001 (text in english)
Updated agreements between WHO and the ICMM 2004 ( text in french)
Agreement ICMM-OIE 2006 (text in english)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-UNAIDS 2009 (text in english)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-CISM 2014 (text in english)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-ICRC 2016 (text in english)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-WVA 2017 (text in english)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-WMA 2017 (text in english)
Memorandum of understanding ICMM-FIP 2019 (text in english)