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WHO is a specialized agency of the UNITED NATIONS system, and is the leading technical agency on matters relating to public health, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been providing technical assistance to the Government of the Peoples? Republic of Bangladesh for the development and strengthening of the country?s public health systems since 1972. WHO defines health "as a state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". To realize the objective of attaining the highest possible level of health by all people, WHO has formulated a corporate strategy comprised of seven strategic directions and six core functions, which provide a broad framework for focusing WHO's collaboration with countries. In addition, a six-year Medium-term Strategic Plan based on thirteen strategic objectives (SOs) has been developed for Bangladesh and other SEAR countries.
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Deadline passes for United States to ratify WHO tobacco-control treaty.(WASHINGTON REPORT)(World Health Organization)
- 2005-12-01
On Nov. 8, the U.S. government let pass an international deadline, failing to ratify the global tobacco treaty in time to vote at the first implementation and enforcement meeting early next year. The treaty, formally known as the World Health Organiz On Nov. 8, the U.S....
Brazil to deposit 100th ratification of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on 3 November.
- 2005-11-04
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 November 2005-UN: Brazil to deposit 100th ratification of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on 3 NovemberC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03112005 NEW YORK - Brazil deposited today its instrument of ratification to the World Health Organization WHO Framework Convention...
Tackling big tobacco: the establishment of the framework convention on tobacco control.(Derek Yach, Yale School of Public Health)(Interview)
- 2005-05-01
An Interview with Derek Yach Derek Yach shepherded negotiations over the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the first global health treaty negotiated through the World Health Organization WHO, which was adopted in May 2003 and came into force in February 2005. He established the...
WHO treaty aims to discourage smoking.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
- 2005-04-01
The World Health Organization has sponsored the world's first international public-health treaty that attempts to dissuade children from smoking and to help adults quit the habit, Reuters reported. The global treaty took effect on Feb. 27. The World Health Organization has sponsored the...
Tobacco treaty on its way
- 2005-01-01
On Nov. 30, 2004, Peru became the 40th country to ratify the World Health Organization WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (SN: 7/5/03, p. 14). As a result, the accord will soon become international law. Officials of WHO, a United Nations agency, say the convention is one of the most...
Without Reservation
- 2004-07-01
"I'm going to support [the tobacco treaty]-much to the surprise of many around the world. . . . We have no reservations."1 With those words, Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, announced that the United States was prepared to throw its support behind the Framework Convention on Tobacco...
WHO urges China to ratify anti-smoking convention
- 2003-11-21
MANILA AFP ? World Health Organization WHO regional chief Shigeru Omi urged China to ratify a global anti-smoking treaty to curb tobacco use that he says kills a million Chinese every year. Omi praised China's decision earlier this month to sign the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, calling...
The Taste of the U.S.A.(international aspects of anti-smoking movement)
- 2001-06-01
NEGOTIATIONS OVER a global tobacco control treaty skidded to a close in May, amid charges from antismoking groups that the United States is working to sabotage efforts through the World Health Organization WHO to work out an effective treaty to lessen the worldwide tobacco epidemic. ...
2ND LD: Gov't negotiations begin on global tobacco treaty
- 2000-10-23
GENEVA, Oct. 16 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING COMMENTS) The 191 member states of the World Health Organization WHO kicked off formal negotiations Monday on a global treaty to counter the ill effects of smoking. WHO plans to hold three rounds of negotiations and would like to...
Treaty actions - multilateral and bilateral treaties
- 1993-09-13
Multilateral Copyrights Berne convention for the protection of literary and artistic works, of Sept. 9, 1886, as revised at Paris July 24. 1971, and amended on Oct. 2, 1979. Entered into force for the U.S. March 1, 1989. [Senate] Treaty Doc. 99-27. Succession deposited: Macedonia, July 23, 1993....
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