Provisional agenda

Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Eighth session Geneva, Switzerland, 1−6 October 2018 Provisional agenda item 1.1 FCTC/COP/8/1/REV.1 25 August 2018 66 Provisional agenda 1. Opening of the session 1.1. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Documents FCTC/COP/8/1 and FCTC/COP/8/1(annotated) 1.2. Credentials of participants Document FCTC/COP/8/2 1.3. Keynote address by the Head of the Convention Secretariat Documents FCTC/COP/8/DIV/3 2. Applications for observer status to the Conference of the Parties Document FCTC/COP/8/3 3. Invited speakers 4. High-level segment Document FCTC/COP/8/INF.DOC./1 5. Global progress in implementation of the WHO FCTC, followed by a general debate Document FCTC/COP/8/4 6. Treaty instruments and technical matters 6.1. Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Documents FCTC/COP/8/5, FCTC/COP/8/6: report by the Expert Panel 6.2. Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship: depiction of tobacco in entertainment media: report by the expert group Document FCTC/COP/8/7 6.3. Progress report on technical matters related to Articles 9 and 10 (Regulation of contents and disclosure of tobacco products, including water pipe, smokeless tobacco and heated tobacco products): report by WHO Document FCTC/COP/8/8 FCTC/COP/8/1/REV.1 2 6.4. Progress report on technical matters related to Articles 4.2.d (gender issues) 5.3 (tobacco industry interference), 17 and 18 (alternative livelihoods and protection of the environment) and 19 (liability) Document FCTC/COP/8/9 6.5. Progress report on regulatory and market developments on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and electronic non-nicotine delivery systems (ENNDS) Document FCTC/COP/8/10 7. Reporting, implementation assistance and international cooperation 7.1. Measures to strengthen implementation of the Convention through coordination and cooperation: report by the working group Documents FCTC/COP/8/11 7.2. Progress report implementation assistance and international cooperation Document FCTC/COP/8/12 a. Trade and investment issues, including agreements, and legal challenges in relation to the implementation of the WHO FCTC; and b. International cooperation including the Sustainable Development Goals, global NCD targets, human rights and South–South and Triangular cooperation for the implementation of the WHO FCTC. 7.3. WHO FCTC implementation during complex emergency situations (item proposed by a Party) Document FCTC/COP/8/13 8. Budgetary and institutional matters 8.1. Performance and Progress reports Document FCTC/COP/8/14 a. Performance report for the 2016–2017 workplan and budget b. Interim performance report for the 2018–2019 workplan and budget c. Progress report on hosting terms between the Convention Secretariat and WHO. 8.2. Maximizing transparency of delegations from Parties and observers to the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and other WHO FCTC meetings Document FCTC/COP/8/15 8.3. Proposed workplan and budget for the financial period 2020–2021 Documents FCTC/COP/8/16; FCTC/COP/8/INF.DOC./2 8.4. Payment of the assessed contributions and measures to reduce Parties in arrears Document FCTC/COP/8/17 8.5. Convention Secretariat’s fundraising strategies: Investment fund concept Document FCTC/COP/8/18 8.6. Review of accreditation of observers to the Conference of the Parties Document FCTC/COP/8/19 a. Review of accreditation of international intergovernmental organizations with the status of observers to the Conference of the Parties; and b. Review of accreditation of nongovernmental organizations with the status of observers to the Conference of the Parties. FCTC/COP/8/1/REV.1 3 8.7. Relationship of the Convention Secretariat with other international entities: observer status Document FCTC/COP/8/20 8.8. Possible amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties Document FCTC/COP/8/21 8.9. Strengthening synergies between the Conference of the Parties and the World Health Assembly: report by the WHO Director-General on resolutions and decisions of the Seventieth and Seventy-first World Health Assembly Document FCTC/COP/8/22 8.10. Code of Conduct of the Bureau to the Conference of the Parties and proposed measures to prevent and address potential conflicts of interest (perceived or existing) among the staff in the Convention Secretariat Document FCTC/COP/8/23 8.11. Procedure for the selection and evaluation of the new Head of the Convention Secretariat (item proposed by a Party) Document FCTC/COP/8/27 8.12. Coordination among the governing bodies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (item proposed by a Party) Document FCTC/COP/8/28 9. Date and place of the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties Document FCTC/COP/8/24 10. Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Conference of the Parties Document FCTC/COP/8/25 11. Adoption of the provisional report of the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties Document FCTC/COP/8/26 12. Closure of the session = = =