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Jump to full article: Jakarta Post (id), 2008-08-09
Author: Erwida Maulia, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Intro: The House of Representatives' legislation committee has been accused of curbing efforts to adopt a UN anti-tobacco convention aimed at reducing global consumption of tobacco for its negative impacts on health.
The Indonesian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IFPPD) said its attempts to include a draft law on tobacco control in the national legislation program had three times been rejected by the committee.
The legislation committee chairman said the bill was "not urgent" for discussion, IFPPD executive director Sri Utari Setyawati said at a press conference here Friday. . . .
Indonesia is among 36 countries worldwide, and the only country in Southeast Asia, which was yet to ratify the UN convention. Other non-party countries include the United States, Argentina, Italy, Switzerland, Somalia, Afghanistan and Mozambique.
Recently, the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) and other non-governmental organizations filed a class action lawsuit against the government and the House for their reluctance to ratify the treaty, accusing them of failing to protect Indonesians from the dangers of smoking.
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