Constituent Members are health organisations and services who deal with lung disease and share the same aims as The Union. They are up to date in their membership dues. There may be one Constituent Member only per country. They participate in the proceedings of the General Assembly, with the right of discussion and vote.

Organisational Members are organisations and foundations other than constituent members and that work or have an interest in lung disease. They must share the same aims as The Union and be up to date in their membership dues. They participate in the work of the General Assembly with the right of discussion and vote.

Honorary Members are individuals who render or have rendered valuable services to the Association. These members are nominated by The Union. The title of Honorary Member entitles such individuals to attend the General Assembly, enjoy the right of discussion and vote, without the need to pay dues and subscriptions.

The Honorary members of The Union are:

Dr Kjell BJARTVEIT , Norway
Dr Antonio BLASI, Italy
Dr Matthijs BLEIKER, The Netherlands
Prof. Pierre CHAULET, Algeria
Dr HJ CHUM, Tanzania
Prof. Sir John CROFTON, United Kingdom
Dr Valentin CUESTA ARAMBURU, Uruguay
Prof. Gunnar DAHLSTROM , Sweden
Prof. Victorino FARGA , Chile
Prof. Rudolf FERLINZ, Austria
Prof. Wallace FOX, United Kingdom
Prof. Martin GNINAFON, Benin
Dr Earl HERSHFIELD, Canada
Prof. Michael ISEMAN , USA
Dr James KIERAN , USA
Dr Arata KOCHI , Switzerland
Prof. Djilali LARBAOUI, Algeria
Dr Alice LOTTE, France
Dr Halfdan MAHLER , Switzerland
Prof. David MILLER, USA
Prof. D MITCHISON, United Kingdom
Prof. John F MURRAY, USA
Dr Daniel S. NYANGULU, Malawi
Dr Frances R OGASAWARA, USA
Dr Knut OVREBERG, Norway
Dr Antonio PIO, Argentina
Prof. Jacques PRIGNOT, Belgium
Dr Rodolfo RODRIGUEZ CRUZ, Brazil
Dr Annik ROUILLON, France
Dr A SAMY, Egypt
Dr N C SEN GUPTA, Singapore
Dr Tadao SHIMAO , Japan
Dr Sonkgram SUPCHAROEN , Thailand
Mr James SWOMLEY , USA
Dr Abolhassan Zia ZARIFI, Iran
Prof. Li-Xing ZHANG , China

Individual Members are individuals who subscribe to the aims of The Union, are up to date in their membership dues and are affiliated to a Scientific section.

Benefactor Members are individuals who are up to date in their membership dues, and undertake to provide additional financial support to The Union. They are affiliated to a Scientific section and participate in the proceedings of the General Assembly with the right of discussion and vote through the President of their Scientific section.

Libraries, booksellers and subscriptions agencies can take out subscriptions to our monthly journal ‘The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease’ (IJTLD). Discounts are granted based on the size of the orders. Libraries, booksellers and subscriptions agencies are not members; they are subscribers. As such, they do not take part in the life of The Union; however, they are welcome to join as individual or organisational members.
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Membership benefits include affiliation to one or more Scientific sections. Members can only vote in the first section chosen. The four Scientific sections are: Tuberculosis, Lung Health, HIV and Tobacco Control.
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The General Assembly of The Union comprises Constituent Members, Organisational Members, Chairs of the Scientific sections representing Individual Members, Benefactor Members and Honorary Members. The General Assembly receives management, financial and legal reports from the Board of Directors. It approves the budget and audits of The Union's finances. It deliberates on the Agenda items presented by the members, and makes decisions about the renewal of members of the Board of Directors.

The Union is governed by a Board of Directors. The Members of the Board are elected by the General Assembly for a period of 3 years.

The Board of Directors selects, by secret ballot from among its members, a Bureau composed of a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary General and a Treasurer. The Bureau is elected for a period of one year.

The President has responsibility for carrying out the decisions of the Board and ensuring the correct functioning of The Union.

The Vice-President assists the President in carrying out these responsibilities, and functions as Acting President when the President is unable to attend in person.

The Secretary General is responsible for supervising the implementation of the decisions taken. He/she is responsible for all convocations and for drafting the Minutes, Union correspondence and keeping the Register, as laid down in Article 5 of the law of July 1st 1901.

The Treasurer has the power to sign all necessary financial documents required for conducting the activities of The Union.

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