A draft resolution discussed at the #WHA76 requested that the World Health Organization (WHO) publish a report including risk assessments of the human health impacts from substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic, neurotoxic, immunotoxin, or #EDCS. buff.ly/3J4uUno #HealthForAll

On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay I join our colleagues from UN Land and Drought to raise awareness to protect women by replacing tobacco farming with sustainable & alternative agricultural production WHO FCTC Art 17 &18 protects women & the environment 👩🏾‍🦱👩🏼‍🦰👱🏼‍♀️ 🌽 🌳🌴 #HerLand #FCTCSavesLives

Don’t you think this is bad for health? Global deforestation in 2022 was over 1 million hectares above the level needed to be on track to zero deforestation by 2030. ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ ⁦UN Environment Programme⁩ ⁦UN Climate Change⁩ #climateaction bbc.com/news/science-e…

✅ ChemSec is done playing Dracula for this time! 🩸 In a couple of weeks, the results from the #EU parliamentarians’ #PFAS blood tests will be in. 👀 Until then, have a look at what some of the tested MEPs have to say about their testing. 👉🏼 chemsec.org/we-tested-eu-p… #BanPFAS

Ma’am, just like your vile nonsense doesn’t tarnish all Hindus and Indians, a couple of Khalistanis don’t define Punjab, India or the Sikh community. A state that has body bags coming home with probably the highest frequency, including 3 in the last month - doesn’t need a sermon

🔴MUST to read Initial Considerations for the #PlasticsTreaty 3rd round of negotiations (#INC3), and the #ZeroDraft. READ: eia-international.org/wp-content/upl…

📢 Starting soon! Join a panel discussion at 9am ET exploring the intricate relationships between tobacco, plastics, and environmental governance. This is a chance to gain insights from experts in the field. Register ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The road to the #INC4 on plastic pollution in Ottawa 🇨🇦 is, quite literally, littered with single use plastics Air Canada, eh?

1. "what we have in the revised merged texts is not fit for text-based negotiations." 2. "Strategy is now becoming just as critical as the substance.  We need to be more strategic in our way forward.” Ms Gwen Sisior, Palau #PlasticsTreaty #INC4🇨🇦 READ: sprep.org/news/three-poi…

Happy Earth Day🌍🌏🌎 4.5 trillion 🚬🚬cigarette butts are discarded every year that’s 1.69 billion pounds of toxic trash, Tobacco does damage at every stage, from production to disposal. 🔗fctc.who.int/newsroom/spotl… #FCTCProtectsOurPlanet

“The world is counting of us, lest not fail them” Luis Vayas #PlasticsTreaty #INC4🇨🇦 session is open! Plenary session will set the time of the following week! The scale of urgency is commensurate with the scale of our solitude

Start of work on #INC-4 I'm not physically in #Ottawa. However, I will be focusing on the work from #Libreville. The world is watching all the Intergovernmental #Negotiators who have a #responsibility to advance the cause against #plasticpollution.

This is so important! The fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (#INC4) of the UN #PlasticsTreaty started yesterday in Ottawa, Canada. World Health Organization (WHO) made a statement calling for a cigarette filter and other tobacco product waste ban...

WHO's Public Health Law and Policies Unit has a new report out on regulating digital marketing of tobacco, alcohol, food and breastmilk substitutes:iris.who.int/handle/10665/3… Being launched with a three part webinar series, register here: who.int/news-room/even…

And the Climate Change and Health Resolution is approved at the #WHA7 Congratulations! 🙌 What a week! Strong, unanimous support, country engagement, sense of urgency, a lot to do! World Health Organization (WHO) Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum Marina Maiero ElenaVillalobosPrats COP28 UAE COP29 Azerbaijan UN Climate Change

Thanks GENeva Environment Network and Ana Paula Souza for the invitation. Looking forward to OEWG3 next week.

Children & Youth Major Group to UNEP Zuhair Ahmed Kowshik Olga Skaredina UN Human Rights UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Europe 🌱 UN Environment Programme Earth Negotiations Bulletin Nalini Sharma #BehindTheScenes The World Health Organization (WHO) is fully engaged and present in the #OEWG3 process. Today, they are holding an informal discussion within the premises to answer questions on the importance and relevance of #health at the #SPPCWP.

RDenONUGinebra Misión del Perú en Ginebra Costa Rica ONU Ginebra Türkiye at the UN Geneva Sierra Leone Mission Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to UN in Geneva Center for International Environmental Law Andrés Del Castillo #PlasticsTreaty Food Packaging Forum Kritika Khanijo Marcos A Orellana Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross "We bear the costs of plastics. Every stage of the lifecycle of plastics has #humanrights implications." Ana Paula de Souza of UN Human Rights underscores the growing crisis of #PlasticPollution affecting not only the #environment and the #economy, but #humanhealth.

RDenONUGinebra Misión del Perú en Ginebra Costa Rica ONU Ginebra Türkiye at the UN Geneva Sierra Leone Mission Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to UN in Geneva Center for International Environmental Law Andrés Del Castillo #PlasticsTreaty Food Packaging Forum Kritika Khanijo Marcos A Orellana Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross UN Human Rights Jane Muncke Stressing the urgency for the #healthcare system to reduce its contribution to the #plasticpollution problem, Kritika Khanijo (Kritika Khanijo) of World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the role of learning from other treaties & #MEAs experiences.

It was a pleasure meeting the champions of tobacco control in Türkiye here in Ankara—thank you for your dedication and impactful work toward a healthier future! Prof. Dr. Cevdet ERDÖL M P Tuba DURGUT #