FCTC/COP/6/4 INTERPOL’s application for the status of observer to the Conference of the Parties

Overview

Sixth session
Moscow, Russian Federation,13–18 October 2014
Provisional agenda item 2

The Conference of the Parties (COP) decided at its fifth session1 to defer consideration of the application submitted by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for observer status and to mandate the Bureau of the COP to liaise with INTERPOL in order to seek further clarification of considerations relating to its application for observer status, taking into account Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure of the COP, in particular in relation to Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC. As requested by the COP, the present report by the Bureau contains information about the Bureau’s interactions with INTERPOL in the intersessional period.