"WHO: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2003" [2005] ELECD 345; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 122

Section Title: WHO: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2003

Number of pages: 8

Extract:

122. WHO: Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control, 2003

Commentary: The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) (WHA
Resolution WHA56.1 (2003), entry into force 2005) is the first treaty negotiated
under WHO's auspices and addresses both demand reduction strategies and supply-
side concerns. WHA Resolution WHA 48.11 (1995) requested the Director-General
to consider the feasibility of a framework convention: see WHO (1997), `The
Feasibility of an International Instrument for Tobacco Control', WHO Doc
EB97/INF.DOC.4; WHO Executive Board (EB) Resolution EB97.R8. WHA
Resolution WHA49.17 then requested the Director-General to initiate an FCTC.
WHA Resolution WHA52.18 (1999) established a technical working group and an
intergovernmental negotiating body. After two sessions the former produced a provi-
sional draft (WHO Document A53/12) which initiated intergovernmental negotia-
tions: WHA Resolution WHA53.16. The first session of the intergovernmental
negotiating body was preceded by a public hearing where the public health commu-
nity, tobacco industry and farmers' groups made submissions. Two NGOs were
subsequently admitted into official relations: see WHO Docs EB107/19 &
A/FCTC/INB2/6 Add.1 as well as WHO Decision EB107(2). An international confer-
ence on the illicit tobacco products trade was held during 2002.
In addition to the provisions extracted below, Article 7 envisages non-price
measures for reducing tobacco demand and complementing Article 6. Article 14
contemplates governments promoting the cessation of tobacco use and adequately
treating tobacco dependence. Article 17 envisages governments supporting econom-
ically viable alternatives ...