United Nations Taskforce
The establishment of this new Task Force was endorsed by the Organizational Committee of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, at Part II of its first regular session of 1999 held in Geneva, 12 April 1999. United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 1999/56 of 30 July 1999 endorsed the establishment of a United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Task Force under WHO's leadership. This new body replaced the UN system focal point for tobacco that was located in UNCTAD.
In line with Resolution 1999/56, the Secretary-General reported to the Economic and Social Council at its Substantive Session of 2000 on progress made by the Task Force in the implementation of multisectoral collaboration on tobacco or health, with particular emphasis on the development of appropriate strategies to address the social and economic implications of the impact of tobacco or health initiatives (online report [PDF]). Following this report, ECOSOC recommended that the Task Force report back to the Substantive Session in two years time.
Report of the First Session
UNICEF, New York, United States
29-30 September 1999
(PDF)
Report of the Second Session
FAO, Rome, Italy
7 March 2000
(PDF)
Report of the Third Session
Global videoconference
8 December 2000
(PDF)
Report of the Fourth Session
Kobe, Japan
5 December 2001
(PDF)
1999 Decisions of ECOSOC
Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at the 10th meeting of its resumed organizational session for 1999 and at its substantive session of 1999.
- Resolution 1999/56 – Tobacco or health (PDF)
ECOSOC 2000: Report of the Secretary-General (E/2000/21) [PDF]
ECOSOC 2002: Report of the Secretary-General (E/2002/44) [PDF]
Participating Agencies
The United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
The United Nations The Office of Human Resources and Management and the Medical Service
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)>
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNDCP)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
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