Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Glob Public Health. 2021 Jul;16(7):1111-1121. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1823451. Epub 2020 Sep 22.
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has accomplished much in advancing tobacco control. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were critical to the development of the Convention, who aided in mobilising stakeholders and advocated for core provisions of the treaty. NGOs and intergovernmental organisation are well recognised within the Convention and deemed essential to its continued implementation and evolution. Further, the treaty has been understood to be multidisciplinary in its aspiration to improve public health, and the role of both health sector and non-health sector stakeholders is an important component for describing the reach and potential for the Convention. In 15 years, however, non-state actors' participation in the WHO FCTC Conference of the Parties (COP) - where Parties to the treaty engage in discussions that shape the treaty's implementation and evolution - has been underrepresented in terms of sectoral diversity. We reviewed COP documents and assessed non-state actors' participation in the COPs since the Convention's entry into force. We conclude that greater inclusion in COPs from health and non-health sector NGOs, intergovernmental organisations and UN Special Agencies would strengthen the global reach and full implementation of the WHO FCTC.
世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约（WHO FCTC）在推进烟草控制方面取得了很大成就。非政府组织（NGO）在制定公约方面发挥了关键作用，他们协助动员利益攸关方，并倡导条约的核心条款。非政府组织和政府间组织在公约中得到了充分认可，被认为是其持续实施和发展的关键。此外，该条约被认为在改善公共卫生方面具有多学科性质，卫生部门和非卫生部门利益攸关方的作用是描述公约的范围和潜力的重要组成部分。然而，在 15 年的时间里，非国家行为体在世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约缔约方会议（COP）中的参与度——即各缔约方就塑造条约实施和发展的问题进行讨论——在部门多样性方面代表性不足。我们审查了缔约方会议的文件，并评估了非国家行为体自公约生效以来在缔约方会议上的参与情况。我们的结论是，让更多的卫生和非卫生部门的非政府组织、政府间组织和联合国专门机构参与缔约方会议，将加强全球覆盖范围和世卫组织烟草控制框架公约的全面实施。
