NEGOTIATIONS ON TOBACCO TRADE PROTOCOL TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2012
November 1st, 2010
BY DANIEL PRUZIN
A protocol to the United Nations' Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) addressing the illegal trade in tobacco products will not be completed until early 2012, after delegates at a recent conference in Uruguay shied away from serious talks on the topic.
The November 15-20 fourth conference of the parties (COP4) to the FCTC held in Punta del Este ended with a decision to continue the negotiations through 2011 with the aim of finalising the protocol in early 2012, when another Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting would take place ...
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