The Commission wants to outlaw filter cigarettes internationally. The industry believes that the EU could later use the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to incorporate the measures into EU law in the next Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
By Markus Grabitz
From China's difficult relationship with the WHO to the origin of the coronavirus. Read all the important and latest news about the WHO from the Table.editorial team. What is the WHO? The World Health Organization (WHO), or WHO for short, is an organization of the United Nations (UN) that works to expand global healthcare. What is the relationship between China and the WHO? The WHO and China have a difficult relationship. This was demonstrated not least by the debate about the origin of the coronavirus. The Chinese city of Wuhan is considered to be the place of origin. For a long time, China denied the WHO access to conduct an independent investigation into the origin of the virus. After a team of scientists was finally able to enter the country, the resulting report drew criticism from several EU countries. They accused China of a lack of transparency in the investigations. In this context, there were repeated accusations that a laboratory in China was the source of the virus. However, this is considered unlikely. The WHO is also responsible for approving vaccines. The WHO recently approved several coronavirus vaccines from China. In the China.table you will find all the important developments on the latest WHO news and China. We report on the debate about the origin of the virus and the WHO's efforts in the fight against the pandemic.
