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EXPLANATION

"All countries which are members of the United Nations may become members of WHO by accepting its Constitution. Other countries may be admitted as members when their application has been approved by a simple majority vote of the World Health Assembly. Territories which are not responsible for the conduct of their international relations may be admitted as Associate members upon application made on their behalf by the Member or other authority responsible for their international relations."

Quote from: http://www.who.int/aboutwho/en/member.htm. The file "member" is located in: FOLDER: WHO.

At present time (January 2001) 191 states are WHO-members. In the following table 195 states are listed.

The regional distribution of WHO:

AFRO	Regional Office for Africa
EMRO	Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
EURO	Regional Office for Europe
PAHO	Regional Office for Americas
SEARO	Regional Office for South-East Asia
WPRO	Regional Office for the Western Pacific

BACKGROUND:

In Press Release WHO/54, dated: 1. September 2000, WHO/TFI declared:

GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TOBACCO

CONTROL ''OVERWHELMING''

The international response to a call for public hearings on global tobacco control has been ''overwhelming'', the World Health Organization (WHO), the world's leading public health agency, said today.

''We were expecting a good response, and are now very encouraged by the overwhelming and diverse range of submissions received,'' said Dr. Derek Yach, Executive Director, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health at WHO. "This makes it possible for our Member States to listen to a wide range of viewpoints before they craft a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to contribute to world heath," he added. ...

The "international response" was not so "overwhelming" as stated by WHO/TFI. Comparing the "member states" with the "response" shows that only a minority responded.

WHO/TFI did not mention the states from which they received submissions. Doing this, it could not become obvious that the response from some regions was not "overwhelming".

In TABLE 4 are compared: WHO member states (listed by WHO-regions) and the submissions from those states.

Duplicate Files are mentioned.

First a summarizing overview:

*WHO-Region*	*Number of member states*	Number of states from which submissions were sent
AFRO (Africa)	46	10
EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean)	21	8
EURO (Europe)	52	28
PAHO (Amerikas)	37	14
SEARO (South-East Asia)	11	8
WPRO (Western Pacific)	28	7

TOTAL 195 States from 75 States Submissions

*WHO-Region, member states*	*"Submissions" sent? Duplicate Files?*
Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)
Algeria	No submission from this member state
Angola	No submission from this member state
Benin	No submission from this member state
Botswana	No submission from this member state
Burkina Faso	No submission from this member state
Burundi	No submission from this member state
Cameroon	No submission from this member state
Cape Verde	No submission from this member state
Central African Republic	No submission from this member state
Chad	No submission from this member state
Comoros	No submission from this member state
Congo	No submission from this member state
Cote d'Ivoire	No submission from this member state
Equatorial Guinea	No submission from this member state
Eritrea	No submission from this member state
Ethiopia	1 Submission
Gabon	No submission from this member state
Gambia	No submission from this member state
Ghana	1 Submission
Guinea	No submission from this member state
Guinea-Bissau	No submission from this member state
Kenya	5 Submissions
Lesotho	No submission from this member state
Liberia	No submission from this member state
Madagascar	No submission from this member state
Malawi	3 Submissions
Mali	1 Submission
Mauritania	No submission from this member state
Mauritius	No submission from this member state
Mozambique	No submission from this member state
Namibia	No submission from this member state
Niger	No submission from this member state
Nigeria	No submission from this member state
Rwanda	No submission from this member state
Sao Tome-Principe	No submission from this member state
Senegal	6 Submissions
Seychelles	No submission from this member state
Sierra Leone	No submission from this member state
South Africa	9 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder AFREC
Swaziland	No submission from this member state
Togo	1 Submission
Uganda	3 Submissions
United Republic of Tanzania	No submission from this member state
Zaire	No submission from this member state
Zambia	No submission from this member state
Zimbabwe	5 Submissions
Regional Office for Americas (PAHO)
Antigua and Barbuda	No submission from this member state
Argentina	1 Submission This is a Duplicate File; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder FUNDACION
Bahamas	No submission from this member state
Barbados	No submission from this member state
Belize	No submission from this member state
Bolivia	No submission from this member state
Brazil	5 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder FUNDACION
Canada	16 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder Canadian
Chile	No submission from this member state
Colombia	No submission from this member state
Costa Rica	No submission from this member state
Cuba	1 Submission
Dominica	No submission from this member state
Dominican Republic	4 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder DOMINICANA
Ecuador	No submission from this member state
El Salvador	No submission from this member state
Grenada	No submission from this member state
Guatemala	1 Submission This is a Duplicate File; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder FUNDACION
Guyana	No submission from this member state
Haiti	No submission from this member state
Honduras	1 Submission
Jamaica	1 Submission
Mexico	4 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder FUNDACION
Nicaragua	No submission from this member state
Panama	3 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: 1. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder FUNDACION 2. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder PANAMA
Paraguay	No submission from this member state
Peru	1 Submission (from USA, not Peru)
Puerto Rico (Associate Member)	No submission from this member state
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No submission from this member state
Saint Lucia	No submission from this member state
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No submission from this member state
Suriname	No submission from this member state
Trinidad and Tobago	No submission from this member state
United States of America	76 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: 1. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder GBCS 2. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder MALONE 3. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder MINNESOTA
Uruguay	1 Submission
Venezuela	1 Submission Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder AFREC
Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)
Bangladesh	14 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: 1. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder BANGLADESH (1 Text wurde verzwölffacht)
Bhutan	No submission from this member state
Dem People's Rep of Korea	2 Submissions
India	41 Submissions
India, Ort Ahmedabad	21 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: 1. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder BAHRAT 2. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder Bluecoat
Indonesia	6 Submissions
Maldives	No submission from this member state
Myanmar	No submission from this member state
Nepal	3 Submissions
Sri Lanka	1 Submission
Thailand	3 Submissions
Regional Office for Europe (EURO)
Albania	No submission from this member state
Andora	No submission from this member state
Armenia	No submission from this member state
Austria	3 Submissions
Azerbaijan	No submission from this member state
Belarus	No submission from this member state
Belgium	2 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder Belgiancoalition
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No submission from this member state
Bulgaria	1 Submission
Croatia	No submission from this member state
Czech Rep	No submission from this member state
Denmark	No submission from this member state
Estonia	No submission from this member state
Finland	2 Submissions
France	7 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: 1. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder INGCAT 2. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder LALIGUE 3. FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder UNITAB
Georgia	2 Submissions
Germany	15 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder BVEBLL *This is not a WHO/TFI-created Duplicate File*
Greece	1 Submission This is a Duplicate File; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder UNITAB
Hungary	3 Submissions
Iceland	No submission from this member state
Ireland	No submission from this member state
Israel	3 Submissions
Italy	4 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder UNITAB
Kazakstan	17 Submissions Only one text; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder NGO-CENTER
Kyrgyzstan	No submission from this member state
Latvia	No submission from this member state
Lithuania	1 Submission
Luxembourg	2 Submissions
Malta	No submission from this member state
Monaco	No submission from this member state
Netherlands	2 Submissions
Norway	3 Submissions One text; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder NORWEGIAN
Poland	2 Submissions
Portugal	No submission from this member state
Republic of Moldova	No submission from this member state
Romania	1 Submission
Russian Federation	4 Submissions
San Marino	No submission from this member state
Slovakia	1 Submission
Slovenia	No submission from this member state
Spain	2 Submissions
Sweden	7 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder NURSES
Switzerland	5 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder DAVIDOFF
Tajikistan	No submission from this member state
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	1 Submission
Turkey	13 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder TURKISH
Turkmenistan	No submission from this member state
Ukraine	7 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder ADIC
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder Hertfordshire
Uzbekistan	No submission from this member state
Yugoslavia	2 Submissions
Non-Member State Observers: Holy See Liechtenstein	No submission from this states
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
Afghanistan	No submission from this member state
Bahrain	No submission from this member state
Cyprus	1 Submission
Djibouti	No submission from this member state
Egypt	No submission from this member state
Islamic Republic of Iran	3 Submissions
Jordan	1 Submission
Kuwait	No submission from this member state
Lebanon	1 Submission
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	No submission from this member state
Morocco	No submission from this member state
Oman	No submission from this member state
Pakistan	10 Submissions
Qatar	No submission from this member state
Saudi Arabia	1 Submission
Somalia	No submission from this member state
Sudan	2 Submissions One text; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder TSRC
Syrian Arab Republic	1 Submission
Tunisia	No submission from this member state
United Arab Emirates	No submission from this member state
Yemen	No submission from this member state
Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)
Australia	5 Submissions
Brunei Darussalam	No submission from this member state
Cambodia	No submission from this member state
China	2 Submissions and 2 from Hongkong
Cook Islands	No submission from this member state
Fiji	No submission from this member state
Japan	16 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder AOMORI
Kiribati	No submission from this member state
Lao People's Dem Rep	No submission from this member state
Malaysia	3 Submissions
Marshall Is	No submission from this member state
Federated States of Micronesia	No submission from this member state
Mongolia	No submission from this member state
Nauru	No submission from this member state
New Zealand	6 Submissions Only one text; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder NEWZEALAND
Niue	No submission from this member state
Palau	No submission from this member state
Papua New Guinea	No submission from this member state
Philippines	2 Submissions
Republic of Korea	1 Submission The Submission was used as a Duplicate File; State not definitive
Singapore	No submission from this member state
Solomon Islands	No submission from this member state
Tokelau (Associate Member)	No submission from this member state
Tonga	No submission from this member state
Tuvalu	No submission from this member state
Vanuatu	No submission from this member state
Viet Nam	1 Submission
Western Samoa	No submission from this member state
MORE
Not a state, International Organization	52 Submissions Duplicate Files included; see: FOLDER DUPLICATE FILES, Subfolder TCRC
Not a state, International Corporation	9 Submissions
INGCAT, working abroad	1 Submission
State not definitive	1 Submission
State not definitive (Cyrillic script)	3 Submissions

EXPLANATION

BACKGROUND:

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