Conference of the Parties Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Third session Geneva, Switzerland, 28 June – 5 July 2009 Agenda item 1.2
FCTC/COP/INB-IT/3/4 Rev.1 3 July 2009
Report on credentials 1. The Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products examined the credentials delivered to the Convention Secretariat in accordance with Rule 18 of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties. 2. The credentials of the Representatives of the Parties shown in the Annex hereto were found to be in conformity with the Rules of Procedure. It is therefore proposed that the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body recognize their validity. 3. The Bureau examined notifications received from the Parties listed below which, because they were not original documents, could not be considered as constituting formal credentials. It is therefore recommended to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body that they be entitled to participate provisionally in the session with all rights in the Negotiating Body, pending the arrival of their formal credentials: Angola, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Fiji, Honduras, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Republic of Korea, Sudan, Togo.
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Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, European Community, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia.
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