Decision: review of accreditation of nongovernmental organizations with the status of observer to the Conference of the Parties

13 DECISION FCTC/COP8(3) Review of accreditation of nongovernmental organizations with the status of observer to the Conference of the Parties The Conference of the Parties (COP), Recalling the 17th and 18th preambular paragraphs and Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC); Recalling also decisions FCTC/COP2(6), FCTC/COP4(23), FCTC/COP5(22), FCTC/COP6(23) and FCTC/COP7(16), 1. DECIDES, in accordance with Rule 30 of its Rules of Procedure: (a) to request the Convention Secretariat, in consultation with the Bureau, to report to the Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) on the measures international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) that are observers to the COP have taken to protect their policies and activities from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry, as well as on efforts to ensure their governing bodies endorse their status as an observer to the Conference of the Parties and to include recommendations of any further actions that may be required; 2. DECIDES, in accordance with Rule 31.3 of its Rules of Procedure: (a) to maintain observer status of the following nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that submitted a report: (i) American Cancer Society; (ii) Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids; (iii) Corporate Accountability International; (iv) European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention; (v) FDI World Dental Federation; (vi) Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control; (vii) InterAmerican Heart Foundation; (viii) International Alliance of Women; (ix) International Council of Nurses; (x) International Network of Women Against Tobacco; (xi) International Pharmaceutical Federation; (xii) International Phramaceutical Students’ Federation; (xiii) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; (xiv) Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA); Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Eighth session Geneva, Switzerland, 1−6 October 2018 6 October 2018 FCTC/COP8(3) 2 (xv) Union for International Cancer Control; (xvi) World Federation of Public Health Associations; (xvii) World Heart Federation; (xviii) World Medical Association; (b) to discontinue the observer status of one NGO (World Self-Medication Industry Association) as they reported a conflict of interest. (Fifth plenary meeting, 6 October 2018) = = =