Meeting of the working group on Articles 9 and 10

The working group on Articles 9 and 10 convened its seventh meeting from 24 to 26 January 2012 in Geneva at WHO headquarters. The group continued its work in developing guidelines for implementation of Articles 9 and 10 as mandated by COP4 in decision FCTC/COP4(10).

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A regional workshop on implementation of the WHO FCTC was held in Egypt on 12–15 December 2011, bringing together 15 Parties to the Convention from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, nongovernmental organizations and development partners. The participants discussed, among other topics, progress in implementation of the Convention in the region, inter-country cooperation, and treaty implementation instruments.

• More information, including the outcome document, is available here.

The working group established by the Conference of the Parties on implementation of Article 6 (Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco) of the WHO FCTC met from 6 to 8 December 2011 in Geneva at WHO Headquarters to discuss the draft annotated outline of the possible future guidelines and to plan future work.

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