In order to facilitate financial support from its member associations, in 1948, the executive board, known as the Council, established the Secretariat of the WMA in New York City in order to provide close liaison with the United Nations and its various agencies.
在1948年，為了促進其成員協會的經濟支持，當時被稱為評議會的執行董事會在紐約市設立了WMA秘書處，以便與聯合國及聯合國的其各機構保持密切聯繫。