The 11^th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) 183 Parties, representing more than 90% of the world’s population, work together to enhance and advance tobacco control.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the WHO FCTC and is comprised of all Parties to the Convention. The work of the COP is governed by its Rules of Procedure and keeps under regular review the implementation of the Convention and takes the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation, and may also adopt protocols, annexes and amendments to the Convention. The COP may establish such subsidiary bodies as are necessary to achieve the objective of the Convention, such as the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The COP also may establish working groups or expert groups with the mandate to elaborate guidelines and recommendations for the implementation of different treaty provisions. The Meeting of the Parties (MOP) is the governing body of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The work of the MOP is governed by its Rules of Procedure and keeps under regular review the implementation of the Protocol and takes the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation. The MOP may establish working groups or expert groups with the mandate to elaborate guidelines and recommendations for the implementation of different protocol provisions. To this end, the first session of the MOP established a working group on the tracking and tracing system following article 8, and a second one on assistance and cooperation following articles 12, 21, 23, 24, 28 and 29. The working groups presented their reports to the second session of the MOP in November 2020. The MOP2 extended the mandate of the working group on the tracking and tracing system to further develop the global information-sharing focal point and request the working group to report to the third session of the MOP in 2023.

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