Many more ratifications are expected in the
coming months.

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Government Officials and Health Advocates Overcome Years of Tobacco Industry
Lobbying and Interference

On Historic Occasion, NGOs Call on Bush Administration to Act on Treaty
and Join Global Community

GENEVA, At a ceremony organized by the World
Health Organization (WHO), government officials and health advocates gather in
Geneva today to celebrate the global tobacco treaty's entry into force.306. BvDEP recently
launched MINT UK, business intelligence for end users and wider
business community.

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org. As with AMADEUS the data is
sourced from local, expert, information providers, and more are
currently being researched.

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Global Tobacco Treaty Takes Effect

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A standardised report format comprising twenty three balance sheet
items, twenty five profit and loss items and twenty six standard
ratios will facilitate cross-border searching and analysis.

About BvDEP

BvDEP has 280 employees working in a total of 19 offices around
the world.bvdep.

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Members of the Network for
Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) in more than 15 countries
around the world, including Colombia, El Salvador , Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius,
Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and the US, are generating momentum behind the treaty as
it becomes international law.
"February 2005 is a landmark month for international cooperation on
critical issues of protecting people and our natural resources, and the US is
missing the boat .

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An
identical format is already applied on AMADEUS, so users will have the
facility to compare companies' performances across continents.
"We're very proud of the coverage we've achieved on ORIANA ," said
Angus Davidson, international sales manager at BvDEP, "We know from
experience how much users crave good quality information on private
companies, and we've found suppliers, with indigenous experience, that
can deliver.

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A full internet version will follow
shortly.

ORIANA: Additional information

At launch ORIANA will contain information from companies in the
following countries:
Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan , Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,
Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

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The US signed the FCTC in May 2004, but remains notably absent
from the list of countries that have ratified.
The US has a long history of signing but not ratifying international
humanitarian agreements.

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Contacts:
Patti Lynn
Mobile phone in Geneva: +41. Its global database ORBIS contains
information on approaching 13 million companies.

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In a protest outside the White House last Friday, activists shamed the
Bush Administration for its failure to submit the FCTC to the US Senate for
ratification.

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Corporate Accountability International, formerly Infact, is a membership
organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns challenging
irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world.3476

Kathryn Mulvey
Mobile phone in Geneva: +1.

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For over 25
years, we've forced corporations-like Nestle, General Electric and Philip
Morris/Altria-to stop abusive actions. For more information visit http://www.

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Throughout negotiations , the US
took positions that would benefit tobacco giants like Philip Morris/Altria.212.

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Photographs and screenshots can be supplied on request.

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"This treaty will save millions of lives, change the way giant tobacco
corporations operate, and set an international precedent for prioritizing
health over the interests of Big Business," says Kathryn Mulvey, Executive
Director of Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact).260. The data on ORIANA will also be available on our global
database , ORBIS, so any user with a BvDEP credit account can have
immediate access to this valuable dataset . www.

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Corporate Accountability International,
an NGO in Official Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), played
a key role in development of the FCTC.547. BvDEP is best known for its range of company information
databases which combine high quality data sources with easy to use,
sophisticated software to help users manipulate the data for research,
analysis and business development .

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As both the global tobacco treaty and the Kyoto Protocol
take effect with the US on the sidelines , we are calling on our government to
join with the global community in prioritizing people's lives over the profits
of giant corporations," says Mulvey.5000

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Free trials can be arranged via bvdep.com
or 020 7549 5000.

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Formally known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the
treaty took effect yesterday, 27 February 2005.617.

Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

LONDON----Bureau van Dijk Electronic
Publishing (BvDEP), the leading electronic publisher of business
information, will launch its keenly anticipated Asia-Pacific database
at the beginning of June. Named ORIANA, which is evocative of eastern
travel and experience, it contains both public and private company
information, and is similar in concept to BvDEP's market-leading,
pan-European AMADEUS."
ORIANA will initially be launched on CD-ROM, which BvDEP feels
best caters for the technological environment in Asia, where many of
its early users will be based.

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Initiated by WHO to address
the global tobacco epidemic, the treaty bans tobacco advertising, promotion
and sponsorship, and protects public health policy from tobacco industry
interference.
At launch, ORIANA will contain information for 85,000 companies in
seventeen countries from Pakistan to New Zealand, and include reports
for companies in countries where private company information is
notoriously elusive, such as China. The product range includes the
renowned AMADEUS, BANKSCOPE, OSIRIS (listed companies worldwide), FAME
and its M+A database ZEPHYR.

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The Network for Accountability of
Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) includes more than 100 NGOs from over 50
countries working for a strong, enforceable Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control.stopcorporateabuse.76. As part of its philosophy of
continual enhancement, BvDEP is continuing to source and verify new
information providers to increase the depth and scope of ORIANA.

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The 57 countries that have ratified the FCTC are: Armenia, Australia,
Bangladesh , Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cook Islands,
Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany , Ghana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland,
India, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Madagascar , Maldives,
Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Qatar, San
Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore , Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the United
Kingdom, Uruguay and Viet Nam.0920

David Lerner/Riptide Communications
+1.com, london@bvdep.

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Across the globe, corporate accountability and health advocates are
marking this historic milestone with public events, and calling on their
governments to ratify and implement the treaty.

BvDEP's New Asia-Pacific Company Database ORIANA Sails into View

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