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• NGOs urge Mozambique to ratify UN anti-tobacco Convention 

Jump to full article: Angola Press (ao), 2006-09-28

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Civil society organizations under the umbrella of the Mozambican Public Health Association (AMOSAPU), have called the government to ratify the UN 2004 Geneva Convention on the control of the production and consumption of tobacco.

Margarida Matsinhe, AMOSAPU chairperson, told a seminar here Tuesday her organisation would keep up the pressure on the government to ratify the convention as an important instrument to protect people against the negative effects of tobacco consumption.

The seminar on leadership in controlling tobacco, brought together civil society representatives from all Portuguese speaking African countries.

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