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The Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges team at the Panama Convention Centre for the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

WHO FCTC COP moves forward with decisions on human rights, liability, the environment, digital media, and the future of tobacco control

11 February 2024
Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) made important advances this week to fight tobacco, the world’s leading single preventable cause of death. The tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO FCTC took place in Panama City, Panama, the first in-person session of the COP in six years.
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Aligning the WHO FCTC and the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

Webinar co-organized by Action on Smoking and Health (an NGO observer to the COP), Center for International Environmental Law, the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance, and the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18.

  • Date: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Time: 10:00 hours, Eastern Time (ET) – 15:00 hours, GMT
  • Language: English
  • Link for registration: available here

The webinar will present and discuss opportunities for collaboration and cooperation to advance environmental and tobacco control objectives, particularly around the COP and the INCs of the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution. For additional information on the list of speakers, please, see the flyer attached below.

For additional questions, please, contact kh.cetab@fiocruz.br 
 

Maximizing Transparency around COP10/MOP3 - 5.3 Milestones & Challenges

Webinar co-organized by the Global Alliance for Tobacco Control and Corporate Accountability, both NGOs accredited as observers to the COP, and the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3.

  • Date: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
  • Time: 07:00-08:00 hours, Eastern Time (ET)
  • Language: simultaneous interpretation into English, French and Spanish
  • Link for registration: available here

The webinar will feature panelists who will discuss:

  • Background on tobacco industry interference in relation to the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC (COP)
  • What are the maximizing transparency decisions and how can they continue to be implemented?
  • Countering tobacco industry interference in the lead up to the Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO FCTC and the Third session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP3) to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
  • Highlights from the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023

For additional questions, please, contact kvance@corporateaccountability.org and ddorado@corporateaccountability.org
 

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