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WHO Public Hearing on Harmful Use of Alcohol Volume IV: Received contributions from: - Alcohol industry, trade and agriculture WHO Public Hearing on Harmful Use of Alcohol Volume IV: Received contributions from: - Alcohol industry, trade and agriculture Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse World Health Organization Geneva, 2009 . © World Health Organization 2009 All rights reserved. The information contained in this publication may be freely used and copied for educational and other non-commercial and non-promotional purposes, provided that any reproduction of the information be accompanied by an acknowledgement of WHO as the source. Any other use of the information requires the permission from WHO, and requests should be directed to World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. The publication can be downloaded on WHO`s web site: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/globalstrategy/en/index.html. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. The views expressed in this publication are those of the participants in WHO Public Hearing and do not necessarily represent the stated views or policies of the World Health Organization. The authors only are responsible for their submissions, and the readers only are responsible for the interpretation of these submissions, whether edited or not. The World Health Organization does not warrant that the information contained in this publication is complete and correct and in no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the participation in these hearings or the use of the submissions. The World Health Organization accept no responsibility whatsoever for any inaccurate advice or information that is provided by sources reached via hyperlinks in this publication or by linkages or reference to this publication. Background On 24 May 2008, the Sixty-first World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted an important resolution on "Strategies to reduce the harmful use of alcohol" (WHA61.4). The resolution calls for the development by 2010 of a draft global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol that is based on all available evidence and existing best practices and that addresses relevant policy options. The strategy will be submitted to the Sixty-third World Health Assembly in May 2010 through the 126th session of the WHO Executive Board in January 2010. In addition to the request to develop a draft global strategy, resolution WHA61.4 also asks the WHO Secretariat to collaborate and consult with Member States, as well as to consult with intergovernmental organizations, health professionals, nongovernmental organizations and economic operators on ways they could contribute to reducing harmful use of alcohol. In response to this, the WHO Secretariat has embarked on a broad and inclusive consultation process with different stakeholders. To follow up this latter request, a web-based public hearing was organized by the WHO Secretariat from 1 October to 15 November 2008, giving Member States and other stakeholders an opportunity to make submissions on ways to reduce harmful use of alcohol. In addition, two separate round tables, one with representatives of nongovernmental organizations and health professionals and one with economic operators, were organized in Geneva in November 2008 to collect their views on ways they could contribute to reducing harmful use of alcohol. The Secretariat is planning consultations with selected intergovernmental organizations in 2009. Contributions to the public hearing could be submitted via a dedicated website or by fax in any of the six official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) from 1 October to 15 November 2008. Contributions were sent in by individuals, civil society groups, WHO Member States and government institutions, academic and research institutions, economic operators and other interested parties. In providing their contribution, the participants were encouraged to focus on the following questions. • What are your views on effective strategies to reduce alcohol-related harm? • From a global perspective, what are the best ways to reduce problems related to harmful use of alcohol? • In what ways can you or your organization contribute to reduce harmful use of alcohol? This report contains received summaries of the submissions received in the WHO Public Hearing. All submissions are presented in their original languages. Some comments in the summary sections may have been edited before posting. This summary of the contributions together with the unedited full text submissions are available on the WHO website www.who.int//substance_abuse/activities/hearing/. In a few cases, no summaries were receveveid, as such they are listed in the summary section with a reference to the full text. All submissions are categorized in one of the following categories: WHO Member States, government institutions, intergovernmental organizations, academia- research, nongovernmental organizations, alcohol industry, trade and agriculture, other entities and organizations or individual submission, depending on the information given by the participants. The views expressed in this publication are those of the participants in the WHO Public Hearing and do not necessarily represent the stated views or policies of the World Health Organization. The authors only are responsible for their submissions, and the readers only are responsible for the interpretation of these submissions, whether edited or not. The World Health Organization accept no responsibility whatsoever for any inaccurate advice or information that is provided by sources reached via hyperlinks in this publication or by linkages or reference to this publication. For further inquiries' please contact: Dr Vladimir Poznyak Mr Dag Rekve Coordinator, Technical Officer, Management of Substance Abuse Management of Substance Abuse Department of Mental Health and Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Substance Abuse Tel: +41 22 791 43 07 Tel: +41 22 791 16 57 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] SSUBMISSIONSUBMISSIONS FFROMROM AALCOHOLLCOHOL IINDUSTRY,NDUSTRY, TTRADERADE AANDND AAGRICULTUREGRICULTURE ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES............................................................................................................................... 99 APCV - PORTUGUESE BREWERS ASSOCIATION ....................................................................................................... 99 ASSOCIATION DES INDUSTRIES DES CIDRES ET VINS DE FRUIT DE L’U.E............................................................... 100 ASSOCIAZIONE DEGLI INDUSTRIALI DELLA BIRRA E DEL MALTO - ITALIAN BREWERS AND MALSTERS ASSOCIATION................................................................................................. 100 BACARDI LIMITED ................................................................................................................................................. 101 BAVARIA S.A. .................................................................................................................................................... 101 BEAM GLOBAL SPIRITS & WINE ............................................................................................................................ 102 BEER INSTITUTE .................................................................................................................................................... 102 BELGIAN BREWERS................................................................................................................................................ 103 BODEGAS DE ARGENTINA, A.C.............................................................................................................................. 104 BRASSEURS DE FRANCE......................................................................................................................................... 104 BREWERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND INC, ........................................................................ 105 BREWERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA..................................................................................................................... 105 BREWERS ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN......................................................................................................................... 106 BREWERS OF ROMANIA ASSOCIATION ................................................................................................................... 107 CÁMARA NACIONAL DE LA INDSUTRIA DE LA CERVEZA Y DE LA MALTA (MÉXICO) ............................................. 107 CERVECERÍA NACIONAL S.A. ................................................................................................................................108 CERVECEROS LATINOAMERICANOS ......................................................................................................................