| 1994
September |
World Conference on Tobacco or Health calls for the development
of a global tobacco treaty. |
| 1996
May |
World
Health Assembly (WHA) directs WHO to initiate the development
of a Framework Convention. |
| 1999
May |
WHA
directs WHO to accelerate work on the Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC), including intergovernmental negotiations. |
1999
October &
2000 March |
First
and Second FCTC Working Group meetings - participants from 153 countries
attend (representing 95% of the world’s population) |
| 2000
May |
Working
Group report presented to Member States at WHO - WHA resolution
unanimously launches political negotiations towards FCTC |
| 2000
October 12-13 |
Public
Hearings on the FCTC |
|
2000 October
to
2003
February
|
Six
sessions of Intergovernmental Negotiation Body (INB) - governments
draft and finalize the FCTC text.
Click
here for photos of the Philippine delegation at work. |
| 2003
May |
Adoption
of FCTC by WHA; treaty is opened for signatures. |
| 2003
Sept. 23 |
Philippine
government signs FCTC. |
| 2004
June 21-25 |
First
meeting of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG)
to prepare proposals on issues identified in the Convention for
consideration and adoption, as appropriate, by the first session
of the Conference of the Parties (COP). |
| 2004
June 29 |
Treaty
is closed for signatures.
168 countries signed. 40 country ratifications are needed for the
treaty to enter into force. |
| 2004
November 30 |
40th ratification
of FCTC is achieved in record time.
The treaty will enter into force on 27 February 2005.
The Philippines is not among the first 40, while other countries
continue to ratify.
|
| 2005
Jan 31 - Feb 4 |
Second
Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG-2) to provide recommendations
on important procedural and organizational issues to the first meeting
of the COP in 2005. |
| 2005
February 27 |
FCTC
enters into force. The first meeting of the COP must take place
within the next 12 months. See FCAP
press release. |
| 2005 March 14 |
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee endorses FCTC ratification by Philippine
Senate. See the sponsorship speech
of Sen. Miriam Santiago. |
| 2005 April 25 |
Philippine Senate unanimously passes Senate
Resolution No. 195, ratifying the FCTC. See FCAP
press release. |
| 2005
June 6 |
Philippine
instrument of ratification is officially received at the United
Nations. |
| 2006 February 6-17 |
First
session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO
FCTC.
Parties establish the permanent secretariat within WHO, create
working groups to develop protocols (legally binding instruments)
in the areas of cross-border advertising and illicit trade, agree
to develop guidelines (non-binding instruments) to help countries
establish smoke-free places and effective regulation of tobacco
products, allow the assessment of progress made by countries in
implementing the FCTC's measures through a pilot reporting questionnaire,
and establish an ad-hoc group of experts that will study economically
viable alternatives to tobacco growing and production.
|
| 2007 June 30 to July 6 |
Second
session of the Conference of the Parties (COP2) to the WHO FCTC
in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| |
Current ratification
status is available at fctc.org.
146 Parties as of Mar. 20, 2007.
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