MANILA , Philippines, Feb.int/tobacco/en .

Donna Dorsey, NCSBN President and Executive Director of the Maryland Board
of Nursing, thanked the participants for a successful meeting and commented
that the Board of Directors looks forward to working with member boards and
external groups throughout the year on these and other matters of mutual
concern.

Mission: The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), composed
of Member Boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for
public protection. The resolution, sponsored by Fiji,
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nepal and Palau,
claims that formula contains pathogens that can result in death.

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(Logo: http://www. Every year, five million people die from tobacco-related
diseases .

PRESS RELEASE Nurse Regulators Meet for 2005 NCSBN Annual Meeting

National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.

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This means that of
the current 1.int/tobacco/areas/framework/signing_ceremony/countrylist /en .

-- Adoption of the Delegation Position Paper Working with Others:
Delegation and Other Health Care Interfaces for use by member boards.

-- Adoption of the Model Process for Criminal Background Checks and the
supporting Concept Paper Using Criminal Background Checks to Inform
Licensure Decision Making for use by member boards.

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3 billion smokers worldwide, 650 million people will die
prematurely due to tobacco. Donna
Dorsey, NCSBN President and Executive Director of the Maryland Board of
Nursing, presided at the meeting. Pfotenhauer,
president of the Independent Women's Forum."
The UN will be voting on the resolution at the 58th World Health Assembly
meeting in Geneva on May 16, 2005.

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One of the most rapidly embraced UN treaties of all time, the
WHO FCTC is aimed at improving global health by reducing tobacco consumption,
currently the cause of premature death for nearly 5 million people every year.
The WHO FCTC was unanimously adopted by the Fifty-sixth World Health
Assembly in May 2003, following almost three years of negotiations .
The body that will govern the WHO FCTC is the Conference of the Parties
(COP).

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The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
(NCSBN) (www. Women deserve the right to decide
how to care for their infants, and the UN certainly is not in the position to
impose baseless restrictions upon new mothers.

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On 30 November 2004, the 40th country ratified the convention, triggering
a 90-day countdown for its entry into force.
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Tobacco consumption is the single leading preventable
cause of death. It will prematurely end the lives of 10 million people a year
by 2020 if current trends are not reversed. During
the year that followed, while it was open for signature, 167 countries and the
European Community signed, and 23 countries became contracting parties. Any state that becomes a contracting party will be bound
by the treaty 90 days following the deposit of its instrument of ratification
(or equivalent) in the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Highlights of some of the significant actions approved by the member boards
of nursing included:

-- Election of new Area Directors and Directors-at-Large to the Board of
Directors. This is an attack on adoptive mothers, mothers with physical conditions
that make breastfeeding hazardous, including women infected with HIV, and of
course women who are working to keep a roof over their family's heads .

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As of 23 February 2005, a total
of 57 countries had ratified the convention.who.
"We all want infants to receive the best possible nutrition, but the UN
resolution could be counter-productive both to infants and their mothers,"
said Pfotenhauer.

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There is no deadline for countries to become
contracting parties.

For further information, please contact:

Burke Fishburn , Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO WPRO
Tel: +63-2-528-9894
Email: tfi_unit@wpro."
Last month, the World Health Organization -- the UN's Geneva-based health
agency -- decided to allow a vote on a resolution that would place black
warning labels on infant formula products.

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Tobacco is the only legal product
that causes the death of one half of its regular users.

Notes to editors:

The 40 contracting parties to the WHO FCTC as of 30 November 2004 were
Armenia , Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cook
Islands, Fiji, France, Ghana, Hungary , Iceland, India, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New
Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Qatar, San Marino, Seychelles ,
Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago
and Uruguay.

About Independent Women's Forum
The Independent Women's Forum was established to combat the women-as-
victim, pro-big-government ideology of radical feminism.

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Convention provisions set international standards on tobacco price and tax
increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit trade and
second-hand smoke.who. Pfotenhauer said.

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In the Western Pacific Region, 13 countries have ratified the convention.
They are Australia, Brunei Darussalam , Cook Islands, Fiji, Japan, the Marshall
Islands, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Singapore , Solomon Islands and
Viet Nam. The first session
has tentatively been scheduled for February 2006.who.C., to consider
pertinent association business with its member boards of nursing.

-- Adoption of the Model Act and Rules For Delegation and Nursing Assistant
Regulatory Model for use by member boards.

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The treaty continues from now on to be open for ratification, acceptance
or approval for those countries that have signed, and is open for accession
for those that have not."

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. WASHINGTON, The Independent Women 's Forum today
is disturbed by recent reports that the United Nations is embracing policies
that are clearly anti-woman and could ultimately lead to a ban of infant
formula throughout much of the world, setting women in the workplace back
decades.
"We intend to monitor developments over the next 2-3 weeks and to alert
women about this attack on their liberties," Nancy M.

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-- Resolution that NCSBN generate and publish an unambiguous public
position statement indicating that nursing regulation and the
interpretation of nursing scopes of practice shall be officially
interpreted and explained by state nursing regulators. "Our delegate assembly this year addressed some of the most
critical issues facing nursing regulation today. Infant
formula has been critical to enabling woman to achieve more in the workplace,
by creating choice and greater flexibility," said Nancy M.

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It's time for all
countries to join the battle. The COP is expected to
determine further procedural and technical issues relating to its future
development.

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''The devastation caused by the tobacco pandemic dwarfs SARS and the
recent tsunami.

For current status and full text of the WHO FCTC, please visit:
http: //www. We recognize that the
challenges that arise from the implementation of these important new
programs and models will be numerous and continually evolving but know that
this groundbreaking work of ensuring public protection through regulatory
vigilance is vital.

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World's First Anti-Smoking Treaty Becomes Law

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territories -- American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands.

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-- Adoption of the Position Paper Nursing Education Clinical Instruction In
Prelicensure Nursing Programs for use by member boards.

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In the Western Pacific Region alone, 3000 people die each day from
tobacco use," stated Dr Shigeru Omi, Director of WHO's Western Pacific Region.org) met August 2-5 in Washington, D.

Independent Women 's Forum Says UN Attack on Infant Formula Is Anti-Woman

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"Infant formula is an excellent form of nutrition for infants, and an
important alternative given the reality that many women simply cannot
breastfeed due to physical conditions or workplace obligations. "We are alarmed by reports that
the UN and its agencies are actively working to remove bottle-feeding as a
viable option for women around the world.

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24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The world's first
tobacco control treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), becomes binding international law on Sunday, 27
February 2005."
The WHO FCTC is intended to control what has become the second biggest
killer of our time. Fiji was the first Western Pacific country to ratify, on 3 October
2003 . The first session of the COP will take place within a year from the
date of entry into force, as specified in the convention. We seek to restore,
strengthen, and extend that which promotes women 's well being by advancing the
principles of self-reliance, political freedom, economic liberty, and personal
responsibility.

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"Now we have the global tools to fight a global problem.int

All WHO press releases, fact sheets and features, as well as other
information can be obtained at http://www.wpro. "We
all recognize the benefits of breast feeding, but not all women can breast
feed.