Reporting arrangements under the WHO FCTC
Report of the Convention Secretariat
Overview
Reporting arrangements under the WHO FCTC: Establishment of a mechanism to facilitate review of Parties’ reports
Sixth session
Moscow, Russian Federation,13–18 October 2014
Provisional agenda item 5.1
This document has been prepared in response to the request made by the Conference of the
Parties (COP) to the Convention Secretariat to prepare recommendations, for consideration by the
sixth session of the COP, on the establishment of a mechanism to facilitate review of Parties’
implementation reports (decision FCTC/COP5(11)). The COP requested that such recommendations
should help to define the composition, scope, timing, desired outcomes, administrative and financial
implications of an efficient and effective mechanism.