Update on treaty work Convention Secretariat WHO 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  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, November 2008  4 th session – Punta del Este, Uruguay, November 2010  5 th session – Seoul, Republic of Korea, November

Treaty instruments  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  (Draft) Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

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, 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, 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  2012 Global progress report on implementation of the Convention

Reports received by 15 June Reports received after 16 June 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, CameroonAngola, 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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