The International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA), which has 24 member nations which includes the Philippines, on Wednesday described as “undemocratic” and “exclusionary” the ban imposed with the aid of the World Health Organization on participation through the appointed and elected officials in the Conference of Parties to be held in Delhi, India in November.
The Conference of the Parties is the governing frame of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which continues beneath ordinary overview the implementation of the Convention and takes the decisions necessary to sell its effective implementation, and can also adopt protocols, annexes and amendments to the Convention.
In a strongly worded open letter, the ITGA known as on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene of their behalf and exercise his authority to look at this breach of worldwide law and make sure that the UN-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control conforms with its duties under its Charter.
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