The ITGA reiterated that under the UN Charter, sovereign international locations have a proper to pick out their very own representatives to the UN with out facing the danger of exclusion or intimidation from a UN agency.
The 24 member international locations of ITGA, which turned into organized in 1984, are South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Korea, USA, Philippines, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Malawi, Mexico, Pakistan, Kenya, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
In addition, Van der Merwe stated that the FCTC additionally breached Article 8 of the UN Charter, which states that it “shall vicinity no regulations at the eligibility of men and women to take part in any ability and beneath situations of equality in its essential and subsidiary organs”.
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