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FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL

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OFFICIAL WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS:

• The following text is the final draft of the FCTC: http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/PDF/inb6/einb65.pdf
• Draft WHO framework convention on tobacco control
• The following revised text was used as the basis for negotiations during the sixth round of negotiations:
  Chair'text of a framework convention on tobacco control (pdf file)
  Chair's text of a framework convention on tobacco control (Microsoft Word File).
• The Chair's text of a framework convention on tobacco control used during the fifth round of negotiations can be viewed as a regular web page or pdf file.
• The Co-Chairs' texts used during the fourth round of negotiations can be viewed at the following links INB4 Documents
1. Revised Co-Chairs’ conference papers from Working Group 1 during the third session of theIntergovernmental Negotiating Body
2. WHO framework convention on tobacco control Co-Chairs’ working papers: final revisions Working Group 2
3. WHO framework convention on tobacco control Co-Chairs’ working papers: final revisions Working Group 3

To view them in different languages
English - http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb4/Einb4.htm
French - http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb4/Finb4.htm
Arabic - http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb4/Ainb4.htm
Spanish - http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb4/Sinb4.htm
Russian - http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb4/Rinb4.htm
Chinese - http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb4/Cinb4.htm

• The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Primer
  French/Français
  English
  Spanish/Español
• First Meeting of the Working Group (25 October-29 October 1999)

• Second Meeting of the Working Group (27-29 March 2000)

• Documents from the First Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
  (16-21 October 2000)

• Documents from the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
  (30 April-5 May 2001)
  
  
• Documents from the third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body. The Co-Chairs' text was used during the last round of negotiations which took take place in Geneva from November 22 to November 28, 2001. It is an inventory of textual proposals made at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, merged with the Chair's Text.
  Working Group 1
  Working Group 2
  Working Group 3
  Guidelines for reading the Co-Chairs' working papers
  If you want to read the documents in French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Russian go to the following link: http://www.who.int/gb/fctc/inb3/inb3.html
  

• List of participants INB1
• List of participants INB2
• List of participants INB3

WORLD BANK REPORT ON THE ECONOMICS OF TOBACCO

• World Bank Report on the economic impacts of tobacco
• Tobacco Control in Developing Countries

NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

• The Economics of Smoking

US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FCTC

• INB2 Suggested Changes by U.S. Delegation
• CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
• Senator Waxman: Letter to president
  
• Letter to President Bush November 20001 (PDF) - Office of Rep. Henry Waxman
  http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_philip_morris_let.pdf
  Philip Morris's Requests to the Administration (PDF) - Office of Rep. Henry Waxman
  http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_philip_morris_rep.pdf

THE CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO FREE KIDS HAS DEVELOPED EXCELLENT PAPERS ON INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL ISSUES:

• Tobacco and Agricultural Issues
  
• Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Agricultural Issues
• Tobacco and the Environment
• Lowering Leaf Content, Boosting Profits
• Summary of WHO Infiltration Report
• Tobacco: A Global Killer
• Economic Myths of Tobacco Control
• Tobacco and Women: Global Trends
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
• Reducing International Tobacco Smuggling: A Public Health Priority
• Other Reports
   

ASH'S DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FCTC

• ASH WRITES IN THE ALLIANCE BULLETIN http://www.fctc.org/Issue_16.pdf http://www.fctc.org/Issue_14.pdf [NOVEMBER 2001]
• WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT INCLUDING ETS IN THE FCTC: 20 QUESTIONS WHICH CAN HELP SAVE 20 MILLION LIVES [NOVEMBER 2001]
• ASH'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LETTER TO WHO IN SUPPORT OF THE FCTC
• FCTC: ASH'S TESTIMONY AT INB 1
• ASH' STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF FCTC. (PDF form)
• ASH TO TESTIFY TO US DELEGATION
• ASH'S TESTIMONY TO US DELEGATION MARCH 2001
• ASH'S RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED DRAFT FOR THE FCTC MARCH 2001
• ASH'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CHAIRMAN'S DRAFT MARCH 2001
• ASH'S LETTER TO SENATORS IN RESPONSE TO THE US POSITION ON THE FCTC
• ASH'S COMMENTS TO US POSITION AT INB2
• ASH'S ETS POSITION PAPER PRESENTED AT INB2.
• TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO THE US DELEGATION ON MARCH 2000.
• TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO THE US DELEGATION ON MARCH 2001.