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Establishment of World Consumer Organization (WCO) at United Nations framework and Establishment of Consumer Protection Convention


Establishment of World Consumer Organization (WCO) at United Nations framework and Establishment of Consumer Protection Convention
Establishment  of  World  Consumer  Organization  (WCO)  at  United  Nation  framework  and  Establishment of Consumer Protection Convention  In  today’s  economy  it’s  clear  that  consumer  role  is  important  as  a  manifest  phenomenon  in  transactions on business and economic cycle, and power of consumer is progressing day by day  for  independent  choose  of  goods  and  services,  and  specify  the  level  of  production  and  it’s  supplying in market as well.  Globalization of economic debate, diversity and excess demand of consumers to achieve goods  and services in the world, necessity the specialization of career and business in modern universe,  caused  that consumer protection become more complex, and outbreak of every disorder and  problems in procedure of producing, transportation, storage and supplying place of goods and  services, could be probable hurt in filling, fiscal and physical harm and even enter somatic hurts  to consumers.  Tasks which have been done internationally on consumer protection up to now. First, in 1985  general assembly of United Nation has verified the consumer protection guidelines. Then in 1999  it has been expanded by Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nation. Finally, in  2015 the general assembly has accepted the guideline after revision.  Moreover, in 2016 the United Nation Conference on Trade And Development of has expanded  the guidance that all countries around the world put responsibility to protect their citizens legally  and  economically  according  to  the  guideline  and  their  economic  and  social  situations,  which  grantee their health and safety while using the goods and services to have standard and suitable  quality.  Meanwhile,  consumers  ought  to  have essential  awareness,  to  choose  consciously  and  during  their daily deals to be safe from deception and fraud. By implementation of the guideline from  most of the countries following point may afford: Securance the rights of consumer, awareness  from promote level of their rights and life responsibilities and entrance of civil society to perform  their roles on consumer protection. As a result, this guidelines partially able in legality of market,  actualize the principle of WTO, and influence on today’s world countries.  In  today’s universe we belief  that organizing  the affairs of consumer protection  to layout and  develop the guidelines are not enough. Nevertheless, today’s life urgent requirement requires to  establish  a  universe  institution,  layout  the  prescription  with  executive  assurance,  and  international  monitoring  on  implementation  of  its  regulations.  Realization  on  consumer  protection  rights  requires  to  establish  an  institution  at  United  Nation  framework  to  protect  consumers fiscal and spiritual by international community. Protective programs become practical  to examine fundamental and accurate the process, and always prepare annual report regarding  to related issues for better life of consumers and deliver to general assembly of United Nation,  and finally represent specific layouts about these points for hearing the worldwide. Likewise, it is mentionable right now in the most of the countries there are governmental and  non‐governmental organizations, institutions and consumer protection networks inside of every  country and has activity on regional level. Coordination of these activities requires to create a  convention  for  consumer  protection.  Doubtless  most  of  the  countries  already  done  some  activities  for securance of consumer’s rights. If we did not make  the coordination universal, it  doesn’t cause with effective and useful result.  Consumer protection has already run out the borders and it changed to a universal phenomenon.  Securance of consumer rights counts as essential requirements of human society, and promotion  the culture of consumer protection in today’s world wants practical things to do for consumers.   Consumer  Protection  Department  of  Afghanistan  is  in  charge  of  consumer  protection  in  the  country. Right now, this Department is adapting the indexes of Sustainable Development Goals  (SDGs), which is according to job details of this Department in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.  And it has been  found  from studies of this document, that “consumer protection has relation  with majority of indexes and goals”. And we can conclude that “this is consumer time at history  of human beings”. This Department has outlined the first National Policy of Consumer Protection  according  to  United  Nation  guidance  for  consumer  protection.  According  to  this  policy,  the  consumer  protection law and its  related  regulations and  procedures were  outlined and  since  2017, its implementation is running up to now. This Department gratitude from Department of  Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and United Nation Conference on Trade And Development  (UNCTAD) which efficiently outlined and developed the guidance of consumer protection, also  activities of Consumer International (CI) is appreciable and had efficient effects.  Consumer Protection Department is an official reference for consumer protection in Afghanistan  and decided that right now, it’s time for management, better cohesiveness of related affairs for  consumer protection, executive management, cooperation among the countries at the surface  of the region and worldwide in related international affairs to achieve better result of Sustainable  Development  Goals  within  United  Nation  framework,  like  other  international  institutions  as  World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World food Organization, World  Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, United Nation Women etc.   At  United  Nation  framework  an  institution  should  establish  for  consumer  protection,  also  consumer protection convention should establish to run for member state in order to prepare  the  global market  for  desire  of  consumers, and  new  vision  can  practicable  in  global market .  Consumer Protection Department on behalf of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan commit to design  and establish the Consumer Protection Convention and some required protocol and agreement  (Kabul Convention for Consumer Protection) to collaborate with international community.