Regional meeting on implementation of the WHO FCTC
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Regional meeting on implementation of the WHO FCTC, Dakar, Senegal, 9 -12 October 2012 Update on treaty work Convention Secretariat WHO FCTC
Content § § § Status of ratifications Conference of the Parties Treaty instruments Implementation assistance framework International cooperation Reporting system of the Convention
Ratifications in 2012 Uzbekistan (15 May 2012) Czech Republic (1 June 2012)
Conference of the Parties § § § 1 st session – Geneva, Switzerland, 6 -17 February 2006 2 nd session – Bangkok, Thailand, 30 June – 6 July 2007 3 rd session – Durban, South Africa, 17 -22 November 2008 4 th session – Punta del Este, Uruguay, 15 -20 November 2010 5 th session – Seoul, Republic of Korea, 12 -17 November 2012 http: //www. who. int/fctc/cop/sessions/fifth_session_cop/
Treaty instruments § Guidelines http: //www. who. int/fctc/protocol/guidelines/ § Already adopted by COP: Art. 5. 3; 8; 9 and 10; 11; 12; 13; 14 § In the pipeline: Art. 6 § Reporting system of the WHO FCTC http: //www. who. int/fctc/reporting/ § (Draft) Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products http: //www. who. int/fctc/protocol/illicit_trade/
Implementation assistance framework § § § Intercountry workshops Needs assessments Assistance to Parties to meet the identified needs Database on available resources Promoting the transfer of expertise and technology
International cooperation § COP 4 decision FCTC/COP 4(17) § UN Summit and Political declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, 16 September 2011 Ad-hoc Inter-Agency Task Force special meeting on WHO FCTC, 27 -28 February 2012 § ECOSOC Resolution on “United Nations system-wide coherence on tobacco control”, 20 July 2012 § Expert meeting on South-South and triangular cooperation to promote implementation of the WHO FCTC, 26 -28 June 2012
Reporting system of the Convention § Harmonized with the biennial cycle of regular COP sessions from 2012 on § First reporting period according to the new timeline: 1 January – 30 April 2012 § Harmonized reporting instrument http: //www. who. int/fctc/reporting_instrument/ § 2012 Global progress report on implementation of the Convention
Reports received by 15 June 2012 - 24 Reports received after 16 June 2012 - 2 Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Cote D’Ivoire, Cameroon Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Togo Parties which have not reported in the 2012 reporting cycle - 15 Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
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