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INC-3 Day 6/7: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

November 20, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

INC-3 Day 5: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 17, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

INC-3 Day 4: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 16, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

INC-3 Day 3: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 15, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

INC-3 Day 2: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 14, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

INC-3 Day 1: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 13, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

Tobacco Harms Health and the Environment: Urgent Action Needed at the UN

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May 24, 2023

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Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 390 – 9513 Tobacco Harms Health and the Environment: Urgent Action Needed at the UN World No Tobacco Day is May 31, falling during the second round of negotiations for the...

33 Countries Support Human Rights Based Approach to UN Plastic Pollution Treaty

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March 17, 2023

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March 17, 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland Andres del Castillo of Peru addresses the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vanuatu, Brazil, Portugal, Luxemburg, Malta, Armenia, Chile, Mexic...

Synopsis and Prospects: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 5, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic attended the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 – De...

Day 4: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 1, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Day 3: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 1, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Day 2: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 29, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Day 1: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 28, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Professor Stephen P. Marks, Harvard Professor Emeritus, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees

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November 3, 2022

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Media Contact: Megan Arendt-Manning (202) 659 – 4310 Professor Stephen P. Marks, Harvard Professor Emeritus, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees Esteemed Leadership and Wisdom will help Add...

ASH at the UN Human Rights Council 50th Session

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September 2, 2022

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June 2022 - ASH staff had the opportunity to participate in the United Nations Human Rights Council 50th session, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Human Rights Council is an “inter-governmental body within the Unite...

NGO Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Coucil

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May 29, 2020

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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

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July 19, 2019

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Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 2019 United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 D...

The Human Rights Council and Universal Periodic Review

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

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Global Mechanisms – The United Nations

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February 5, 2019

HRC

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The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens

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July 17, 2017

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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

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December 18, 2015

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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

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December 8, 2015

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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

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September 25, 2015

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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”

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July 15, 2015

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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!

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April 1, 2015

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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...

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