The Tenth COP of the WHO FCTC is scheduled for November 2023 in Panama
Global tobacco control conferences are to take place in Panama in November 2023, according to the announcement of 20 Jan 2023.
“Both governing bodies meetings, the Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and the Third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products will take place in late November 2023, in Panama.
The Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO FCTC will take place from 20 to 25 November 2023, and the Third session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP3) to the Protocol will take place from 27 to 30 November 2023.”
Comment: The announcement notes that “The WHO FCTC was developed in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic and is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. The WHO FCTC is an international public health treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization, and it was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2003 and entered into force in February 2005. There are currently 182 Parties to the Convention, and it remains one of the most widely embraced United Nations treaties.”
Stephen Hamann
