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 guidelines were approved with only slight changes to the preamble and received overwhelming support from the delegates to COP2. We expect the guidelines to be adopted by the full Conference of the Parties in the next few days.
On behalf of the Global Smokefree Partnership, we would like to thank all of you for your support of the Global Voices Campaign during these past 100 days. It is clear that the efforts of the tobacco control and NGO communities around the world have contributed significantly to ensuring the Parties’ support for these best practice guidelines.
A virtual toast to all - we did it!
The adoption of strong and effective guidelines is a huge success, but there is more work to be done. We need to continue to monitor and ensure the effective implementation of these guidelines in our countries and jurisdictions.
As the Global Voices report demonstrates, smoke-free policies save lives, are cost-effective and popular.
Congratulations once again on this impressive achievement. We hope that you will continue to share news of smoke-free efforts in your countries and regions with us.
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