NGO Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Coucil Arendtm May 29, 2020 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 In advance of the 44th session of the United Nations Human Right’s Council (HRC) this June, ASH and several partners submitted a formal statement addressing tobacco in the global human rights agenda. Read ou...
Joint Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Arendtm July 19, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Feature, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 2019 United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 D...
The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens Arendtm July 17, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to strengthen universal peace and ...
2015 was a Very Bad Year for the Tobacco Industry Arendtm December 18, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News And it’s only going to get worse for them. I was asked two weeks ago to blog about my end-of-year thoughts. Something told me to procrastinate, and I am glad I did. Within 24 hours before putting fingers to ...
Human Rights Day 2015 Arendtm December 8, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...
UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Arendtm September 25, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at UN Summi...
On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible” Arendtm July 15, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News When ASH first began its post-2015 UN development agenda campaign in 2013, it was perceived as nearly impossible to integrate tobacco control into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), let alone the Fina...
We’re Almost There! Arendtm April 1, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events In the past two and half years, ASH has been working to ensure that tobacco control is included in the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are being created to set countries’ development ag...
“We Have an Opportunity to Change History” Arendtm January 29, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events “Health must become a priority. The time is now,” said global tobacco control advocates in the Framework Convention Alliance video. They emphasize the importance of this year, 2015, and that leaders must ra...
Progress in ASH’s Post-2015 Program Arendtm December 22, 2014 Blog We’re almost there. This year, tobacco control was included in several key United Nations (UN) documents that will change our future. We know that mentioning tobacco control and tobacco control treaties in U...
Tobacco Costs the World More than GDP of All Low Income Countries Arendtm July 21, 2014 Blog “Tobacco use alone costs the world 1-2% of its GDP each year,” Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program told the United Nations on July 11th. The world’s GDP in 2013 was nearly $...
Write to Ambassador Samantha Power ash September 19, 2013 If you think tobacco control is an important issue and should be included in the post-2015 development agenda, use this template letter to send to US Ambassador Samantha Power. The letter explains the advantage...
Post-2015 Development Agenda Will Have Ramifications for Years to Come ash August 27, 2013 Blog September is quickly approaching, which means New York City will soon be buzzing with excitement surrounding the start of the high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly’s 68th session, where the post-20...
Global Development Resources ash August 26, 2013 Why A UN Financing Conference Should Matter to You Make the SDGs Famous A Development Challenge the World Can Overcome Action Agenda for Sustainable Development ASH Comments on HLP Report ASH Co...
Global Development admin August 1, 2012 Tobacco is an economic threat to individuals, countries and the world. Tobacco use is a major driver of poverty, depriving the world of between 1-2% of its GDP annually. Tobacco use is higher among...
