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FIFTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE WHO FCTC
COP 5
Seoul, Republic of Korea12-17 November 2012
COEX Convention Centre, Seoul
COP5 12-17 November 2012
• 176 Parties
Latest Party: Czech Republic
COP5 12-17 November 2012
• Organizational issues
• Agenda items
• Q/A
COP5 12-17 November 2012
• Invitations sent to Parties and Observers on 28 June 2012
• Documentation available on FCTC website www.who.int/fctc and sent to Parties and Observers
COP5 Working schedule
Regional consultations:
• Sunday 11 November, 16:00 to 18:30
• Tuesday to Saturday: from 08:45 to 09:45
• First Plenary meeting: Monday 12 November at 10:00
COP5 Working schedule
Working hours
10:00 13:00
15:00 18:00
Lunchtime seminars: 13:30 14:45
COP5 Registration
Sunday, 11 November
Starts at 13:00 at COEX
COP5 Credentials
• Online registration required for COP5:
http://www.who.int/fctc/cop/sessions/fifth_session_cop/en/
Username and password communicated to Parties and Observers in Note Verbale of 28 June 2012
• Original Credentials should be submitted to the Convention Secretariat latest at opening of the session
• Bureau reviews credentials and reports to Plenary.
COP5 Travel Support
Decision FCTC/COP4(21)•Air ticket and perdiem for least developed country Parties (41)
•Air ticket only for other low and lower-middle income country Parties (40)
Credentials are required!
COP5 12-17 November 2012
Provisional Agenda items and Programme of Work
Agenda items grouped as:
• Treaty instruments and technical matters
• Reporting, implementation assistance and international cooperation
• Budgetary and institutional matters
COP5 Agenda and Programme of Work
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 5:
Adoption of the protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products
Documents:FCTC/COP/5/6, text of the protocolFCTC/COP/5/7, report of the chairperson of the INB
FCTC/COP/5/INF.DOC./4, procedural matters
Consensus text proposed for adoption in accordance with Article 33.3 of the WHO FCTC
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 6: Treaty instruments and technical matters
Agenda item 6.1:•Guidelines for implementation of Articles 6 on price and tax measures
Document: FCTC/COP/5/8
draft guidelines proposed by the Working Group
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 6.2: Guidelines for implementation of Articles 9 and 10 "regulation of the contents of tobacco products" and "regulation of tobacco product disclosures"
Documents: FCTC/COP/5/9 and FCTC/COP/INF.DOC./1
Additional text proposed by the working group for insertion in the partial guidelines adopted by COP4
WHO TFI's report (COP/5/INF.DOC.1): on the validation and analytical chemical methods for testing and measuring the cigarette contents and emissions.
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 6.3: Economically sustainable alternatives to tobacco growing (in relation to Articles 17
and 18)
Document: FCTC/COP/5/10 and COP/5/INF.DOC./3
Policy options and recommendations proposed
Report of the Chair of the WG (document COP/5/INF.DOC.1): summary of main points raised by the Parties
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 6.4: Implementation of Article 19 on liability
Document: FCTC/COP/5/11 (prepared in cooperation with WHO TFI)
review of Parties' experience and relevant liability regimes
under other treaties; proposed options for supporting implementation of Article
19
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 6.5: Control and prevention of smokeless tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems
Documents: FCTC/COP/5/12 and COP/5/13
(prepared in cooperation with WHO TFI)
Review of Parties' experiences and regulatory measures; need to develop strategies and cooperation mechanisms to address the challenges of these products
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 7.1: Reporting arrrangements underthe WHO FCTC
Document: FCTC/COP/5/14
Recommendations to further improve reporting, in particular taking account of key measures contained in the guidelines adopted by COP, standardizing definitions and indicators and facilitating future review of global progress
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 7.2: Financial resources, mechanisms of assistance and internationalcooperation
Documents: FCTC/COP/5/15 and COP/5/16
Information on financial resources and mechanisms of assistance available for implementation of the workplan adopted by COP and resources made available by WHO and other international organizations and stakeholders.
Information on progress made to strengthen cooperation with international organizations and bodies
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 7.3: South-South and triangular cooperation
Document: FCTC/COP/5/17
Review of progress made and challenges in implementation of the WHO FCTC in developing countries;
key action points and elements for an action plan
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 7.4: Cooperation with the World Trade Organization on trade-related tobacco-control issues
Document: FCTC/COP/5/18(prepared by WHO)
Options for cooperation with WTO, including recommendations on the feasibility of implementing such options
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8: Budgetary and institutional matters
• Performance report 2010-2011
• Interim performance report 2012-2013
• Payment of voluntary assessed contributions
• Travel support available to Parties
• Proposed workplan and budget 2014-2015
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.1: Performance report 2010-2011
Document: FCTC/COP/5/19
Information on implementation of workplan and budget in 2010-2011
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.2: Interim performance report 2012-2013
Document: FCTC/COP/5/20
Status of implementation of current workplan and budget
Proposals for interim workplan and budget for activities required before entry into force of the protocol
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.3: Payment of voluntary assessed contributions (VAC)
Document: FCTC/COP/5/21
Status of collection of VAC
Possible ways to improve payment based on relevant practice in the UN and other treaties
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.4: Travel support available to Parties
Document: FCTC/COP/5/22
COP4 decision on travel suppport was taken with effect until and including COP5
Information about support provided so far;
review of practice in WHO and other treaties of the UN
Possible arrangements for financing travel support
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.5: Proposed workplan and budget for 2014-2015
Documents: FCTC/COP/5/23 and COP/5/INF.DOC./2
Proposed workplan and budget (activities to be funded by VAC and extrabudgetary funds)
Detailed information contained in explanatory note (COP/5/INF.DOC./2)
Proposals for efficiency measures
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8: Budgetary and institutional matters
• Role of the Bureau of the COP
• Process for appointment of the head of the Convention Secretariat
• Accreditation of nongovernmental organizations
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.1: Role of the Bureau of the COP
Document: FCTC/COP/5/24
Recommendations to COP on possible ways to clarify and formalize the role and functions of the Bureau between sessions, in particular ad hoc functions that have been performed so far.
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.2: Process for appointment of the Head of the Convention Secretariat
Document: FCTC/COP/5/25
Bureau's proposals for the process on appointment, term of office and renewal of the next head of the Secretariat
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 8.3: Accreditation of nongovernmental organizations as observersto the COP
Document: FCTC/COP/5/26
Proposals to standardize applications (standard form)
Proposed process and criteria for future reviews of accreditation
COP5 Agenda
Agenda item 9
Date and venue of COP6 in 2014
Agenda item 10
Election of the Bureau: President and fiveVice-Presidents, each representing one
region
COP5 Agenda
Other institutional items:
Agenda item 2: Applications for observer statusto the COP
Applications received from Interpol and the South Centre (IGOs)
Agenda item 4: Report of the Secretariat and global progress report on implementation of the WHO FCTC, followed by a general debate
COP5 Proposed method of work
• Plenary: Agenda items 1 to 5, 9 and 10
• Committee A: Agenda items 6
• Committee B: Agenda items 7 and 8
COP5 DAY 1
First Plenary meetinga, 12 November Opening ceremony Adoption of agenda and method of work (including
allocation of items to committees) Applications for observer status (Interpol and the
South Centre) Report of the Secretariat and global progress report in
implementation of the WHO FCTC Adoption of the protocol to eliminate illicit trade in
tobacco products General debate
Thank you