The International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA), which has 24 member nations together with the Philippines, on Wednesday defined as “undemocratic” and “exclusionary” the ban imposed with the aid of the World Health Organization on participation by the appointed and elected officers within the Conference of Parties to be held in Delhi, India in November.
The Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which continues beneath ordinary overview the implementation of the Convention and takes the decisions essential to sell its effective implementation, and can additionally adopt protocols, annexes and amendments to the Convention.
In a strongly worded open letter, the ITGA referred to as on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene of their behalf and exercising his authority to check out this breach of worldwide law and make certain that the UN-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control conforms with its responsibilities under its Charter.