International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)
Réseau international des groupes d'action pour l'alimentation infantile
Red Internacional de Grupos pro Alimentación Infantil
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.ibfan.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibfanglobal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ibfanglobal
Founded
1979-10-12 Geneva Switzerland
History
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Promote and protect breastfeeding worldwide; challenge activities of the baby food industry which violate international recommendations and do not respect children's and women's rights; work toward full implementation of WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions.
Events
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Participates as observer in the activities of: through WHO Official Status for NGOs, E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Links with: E-XE1444 - Committee on the Rights of the Child; B-XB2183 - ILO; F-XF3380 - UNICEF; E-XE3016 - UNHCR; E-XE9802 - WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO); E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Joint programmes with: B-XB2321 - Consumers International (CI); E-XG4792 - Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA); F-XF1740 - FIAN International; G-XN4222 - WEMOS. European office is signatory to Founding Statement of: F-XM0434 - Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU).
- Member of: Child Rights Connect
- Member of: Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
- Member of: ETO Consortium (ETOs)
- Member of: NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva
- Member of: PMNCH
- Member of: Right to Food and Nutrition Watch Consortium
- Member of: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)(Founding)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF1134
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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