Update on treaty work

Convention SecretariatWHO FCTC

Regional meeting on implementation of the WHO FCTC, Dakar, Senegal, 9-12 October 2012

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 1st session – Geneva, Switzerland, 6-17 February 2006 2nd session – Bangkok, Thailand, 30 June – 6 July 2007 3rd session – Durban, South Africa, 17-22 November 2008 4th session – Punta del Este, Uruguay, 15-20 November 2010 5th 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

COP4 decision FCTC/COP4(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/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

Parties which have not reported in the 2012 reporting cycle - 15

Algeria, Benin, Botswana, 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

Cote D’Ivoire, Cameroon Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia

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