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Something clearly needs to be done differently. Embracing THR would likely help, but institutional change is required before this can happen. Pressure is being put on UK and NZ particularly, to both use their influence to change the direction of the WHO. The UK is uniquely placed to apply leverage, as a major funder of the FCTC operation, to the tune of £4 million<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-control-measures-overseas|title=Tobacco control measures overseas|date=22 Aug 2017|website=gov.co.uk|last=UK Government|url-status=live|publisher=UK Government Department for Health and Social Care}}</ref> per year. In addition the UK Government has provided staff (on secondment) and additional grants to the WHO for the FCTC. <references /> | Something clearly needs to be done differently. Embracing THR would likely help, but institutional change is required before this can happen. Pressure is being put on UK and NZ particularly, to both use their influence to change the direction of the WHO. The UK is uniquely placed to apply leverage, as a major funder of the FCTC operation, to the tune of £4 million<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-control-measures-overseas|title=Tobacco control measures overseas|date=22 Aug 2017|website=gov.co.uk|last=UK Government|url-status=live|publisher=UK Government Department for Health and Social Care}}</ref> per year. In addition the UK Government has provided staff (on secondment) and additional grants to the WHO for the FCTC. <references /> | ||
==== October 8th 2023 ==== | |||
The agenda for COP10 in Panama has been published - you can access the files here - "https://storage.googleapis.com/who-fctc-cop10/Main%20documents/index.html" | |||
[[Category:Regulations]] | [[Category:Regulations]] | ||
[[Category:Tobacco control groups]] | [[Category:Tobacco control groups]] | ||