A blog about the second session of the Conference of the parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control -
Bangkok 30 June/6 July 2007 - English, Español, Français, Português
The second session of the Conference of Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC COP2), Bankok, ended Friday 6 July 2007 after a week long series of negotiations and decision making regarding the implementation of the treaty.
Since the pdf format does not allow you to see right away the content of each bulletin we thought it could be useful to provide you with a list of all the articles published in each Alliance Bulletin during COP2. You'll also find links to the ones that have been published on this blog.
Excerpts from VINATABA’s presentation at the Workshop on
Development of New Health Warnings, July 3, 2006
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Most countries in the world are using text-only health warnings, not pictorial ones. We are a poor developing country
with outdated production technology and uncontrollable
cigarette smuggling.
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Printing pictorial health warnings will be costly for the tobacco industry.
It just took one clause in
Malaysia’s Control of Tobacco Product Regulations
2004 (CTPR 2004) to start a
nightmare for tobacco control
advocacy.
That clause explicitly stated that restrictions on
advertising “shall not apply to
any tobacco product advertisement in or on a packing
containing a tobacco product.”
Thais have long been accustomed to seeing graphic health
warnings on cigarette packs
sold in their country.
What many
may not realize is that Marlboro and
Mild Seven packs sold in Thailand
are made in the Philippines by Philip
Morris International (PMI) and JT
International (JTI) licensee Fortune
Tobacco.
À une époque pas si lointaine que
ça, le Sénégal était une référence en
matière de lutte antitabac. Sa loi du
09 novembre 1981 interdisait la publicité en faveur du tabac et son usage
dans certains lieux publics.
Mais devant la pression des multi-
nationales de tabac et des patrons de
presse pour qui cette interdiction constituait un manque à gagner énorme,
la loi de 1981 a été remplacée en février 1985 par une nouvelle loi qui se
limite à interdire la publicité du tabac
à la télévision.
A la faveur de la reprise des activités du cigarettier
SITABAC, on assiste actuellement au Cameroun à la recrudescence de la publicité sur le
tabac. Vendue à l'unité, en violation des
conventions internationales, la nouvelle
cigarette de marque « Classic » ne coûte
que 10 FCFA (= moins de 0,02 €), ce qui
en fait le produit le moins cher sur le marché camerounais. À titre de comparaison,
la banane est vendue à l'unité au prix de
25 FCFA.
During the conference we were only able to publish a few articles from the Alliance Bulletin: everybody was too busy to work out a blog format version. As we are able to obtain texts we'll publish them, like the two articles in spanish about Mexico and Panama that Beatriz transmitted to us: muchas gracias :)
En su intervención frente a la Conferencia de las Partes, el delegado de México Dr. Eduardo Jaramillo informó que el nuevo gobierno (2006-2012) ha procedido a cancelar, en todos sus términos y de manera definitiva e irrevocable, el acuerdo que se había suscrito con la industria tabacalera en 2004 durante la administración anterior.
Panamá avanza con aciertos y desaciertos en la implementación del CMCT.
Se estima que, entre los años 2000 y 2005, han muerto cerca de 2000 personas por año, o 16% de las muertes totales, debido a causas asociadas al consumo de tabaco. Pero a casi tres años de su ratificación recién se logró el 27 de junio de 2007 la aprobación unánime en primer debate de la Asamblea de Diputados del proyecto de Ley N° 25 de 2004.
DIRTY ASHTRAY AWARD: to Switzerland: Become a party and make Geneva smokefree and we'll be more interested in meeting there.
Orchid Award to OLAF the EU anti-fraud office for its offer of significant financial assistance towards the negotiation of the illicit trade protocol. This week a standard has been set for other Parties to follow.
C'est aujourd'hui le dernier jour de la COP2: beaucoup de décisions vont etre prises pendant ces jours inoubliables que nous avons passé ensembles avec nos dirigeants de la région Afrique. J espère qu'ils les appliqueront une fois de retour au pays.
FCTC COP2, Thursday 5 July: The FCA evening briefing on Gender and tobacco highlighted the importance of incorporating the gender perspective in FCTC implementation.
C'est sous les applaudissements des délégués et participants à la séance plénière que la candidature de l'Afrique du Sud a été rétenue pour l'organisation de la troisième session de la conférence des parties.
L'Afrique du Sud a dévoilé son intention pour l'organisation de la prochaine conférence des parties de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé et compte sur le soutien de ses pairs de la région Africaine.
An exciting FCA evening briefing entitled: Litigation- Sleeping giant of tobacco control, was held on 4th July at the 2nd Conference of the Parties to the FCTC. Topics covered the worldwide litigation experiences, the human rights approaches to litigation as well as the financial and technical assistance for bringing cases against tobacco companies.
Delegates attending the ongoing conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco control treaty holding in Bangkok, Thailand, have unanimously recommended the adoption of guidelines that will help governments adopt stringent smoke-free laws.
Uruguay es el único país de América Latina que tiene una política nacional sobre los ambientes 100% libres de humo.
Hace pocos años, no era claro del todo que fuera posible: Un estudio publicado en JAMA en 2004 mostró que Uruguay era uno de los países latinoamericanos con mayores niveles de contaminación por humo de tabaco.
DIRTY ASHTRAY AWARD: to Japan for urging the COP to allow tobacco industry interference in product regulation by suggesting ISO should take the lead in this area.
Orchid Award to the Chair of Committee A for his outstanding handling of Tuesday's proceedings and for achieving acceptance of guidelines for Article 8 without opening up the text for discussion.
Yesterday was an exciting day of the 2nd Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC COP2), Bangkok. Committee A unanimously agreed to adopt the draft guidelines on the protection from exposure to tobacco smoke (Article 8).
Por Francisco Cabo
Os
representantes dos paises na 2ª reuniao da Confrencia das Partes a CQCT
a decorrer em Banguecoque, Tailandia desde 30 d3 Junho, recomendaram,
numa das sessoes do Comite A da conferencia, adopcao na integra, das
directivas propostas para ajudar os governos a adoptarem leis eficazes
para proteger as pessoas contra a exposicao ao fumo ambiental do tabaco
(FAT), vulgo fumo passivo.
The call for immediate establishment of a subsidiary body to begin
negotiation of a protocol on illicit trade has received strong backing
from the World Customs Organization, the intergovernmental agency of
customs administrations.
Dear friends, Your voices have been heard! On Tuesday, July 3, 2007 -- during the Conference of the Parties -- the Conference Committee A approved the draft guidelines for Article 8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, concerned with protection against secondhand smoke.
The soul of Africa is on the line as Big Tobacco recently matched plans
with action by opening manufacturing plants in Senegal, Mauritius and
other African countries.
Without a collective strong position at this meeting to checkmate the
attempted partitioning of Africa by the industry, the poorest Africans
nations will suffer.
The Issue 67 of the Alliance Bulletin is available on line (pdf).
Today's Dirty Ashtray Award goes to "countries who have not paid their voluntary assessed contribution on time. You know who you are. So do we!"
The Orchid Award goes to 'England, for following the lead of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and thereby making the entire United Kingdom smoke-free as of July 1."
A revolution is taking place in Nigeria and in turn the developing world.
A few observers have compared it to the Biblical fight between David and Goliath. For the first time in this part of the world, the Big Tobacco is being challenged.
Monday was quite a long, activity-filled day. As I mentioned in a previous post, the regional consultations took place in the morning. In the AMRO discussions, the Article 8 guidelines were the key item under discussion. The content of the guidelines was supported by nearly all of the countries in the AMRO region, but further discussion is slated to take place today.
Por Francisco Cabo
Os
paises ratificantes da CQCT da OMS se encontram reunidos em
Banguecoque, Reino de Tailandia, numa 2a reuniao da Conferencia das
Partes, orgao maximo da CQCT. Participam no encontro para alem
dos paises que ratificaram o tratado, representantes dos paises que
ainda nao ratificaram a CQCT a titulo de observadores, das organizacoes
intergovernamentais e nao-governamentais.
Las sesiones hoy empezaron con las reuniones para los delegados de las diferentes regiones del WHO. Asistí a las reuniones de la región de AMRO donde se discutieron las directrices para la implementación del Artículo 8.
The following article by Doug Blanke of the Global Smokefree Partnership appeared in Issue 67 of the Framework Convention Alliance bulletin, published on 2 July 2007.
It is expected that the adoption of the guidelines for Article 8 will be up for discussion in the afternoon on 3 July. There is an informal sense that the guidelines will be adopted with minor editorial changes to the Preamble. We will keep you posted on any developments!
The first issue of the Alliance Bulletin devoted to COP2 is available on line (in a pdf format).
The first Dirty Ashtray Award goes to Paraguay "for turning a blind eye to the flow of illicit tobacco products from tis territory into neighbouring countries in spite of the obligations it has accepted uder Article 15."
The first Orchid Awards go to Finland, Ireland and New Zealand "for their exemplary leadership in drafting best-practice guidelines on Article 8."
The death clock which tracks minute by minute the number of tobacco related deaths worldwide since the opening of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) talks was unveiled Saturday afternoon.
The second session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) opened yesterday, 30 June 2007.
Signatories to the FCTC: 168
Parties to the FCTC: 148
Latest party:Uganda (ratified 20 June 2007)
The forum for non governmental organisations, the first of its kind, took place at 1pm yesterday.The NGO forum which was opened to all was organized by the Framework Convention Alliance and aptly themed “Bringing FCTC to Life”.
Key tobacco control experts gave presentations on topics such as smoke-free places, illicit trade, funding, health warnings and tobacco advertising and sponsorship. These topics will be up for discussion during this second conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Arrivé au Centre de Conférences des Nations unies (UNCC) de Bangkok, j’ai apprécié la beauté de l’édifice sous la fine pluie matinale avant de me prêter au contrôle et à l’enregistrement une fois à l’intérieur…L’enthousiasme des tous les participants pouvait se lire sur les visages !
The second session of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) begins this Saturday 30 June and will run till Saturday 6 July in Bangkok, Thailand. The Conference of the Parties will convene to make decisions concerning the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Up for discussion is the action that was taken between the first and second session following the various decisions made at the first session of the Conference of the Parties that was held in February 2006, Geneva. Items on the agenda include:
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The forum for non governmental organisations, the first of its kind, took place at 1pm yesterday.The NGO forum which was opened to all was organized by the 
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