This went to the WHO in Geneva, because they use something very wrong in their announcements to their international readers, Han Director-General's Response to the FCTC Public Hearings English -RTF format Fran�ais -RTF format "The World Health Organization (WHO) will conduct two days of public hearings on the proposed Framework Convention on Tobacco Control from 12-13 October 2000. The hearings, a first in WHO's history, will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland." Dear sir, madam, I am a non smoker and therefore I support what you are doing in the field of smoking. What I do not support is the imposition of outdated things on your international readers, only because these things are being used in Britain and the USA. It is about the am/pm time format which you use in your announcements, like the one cited above. I do not want to see this medieval leftover spread around the globe. This form is suited better to international announcements: The hearings, a first in WHO's history, will take place from 0:800 to 20:00 hours, at the Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland. This is according to the international standard ISO 8601. The WHO is an international body, so please use international standards. The British and the Americans can just as well learn to understand this way of telling and writing times (and dates). Please stop supporting such non-international standards and formats, H. Maenen, The Netherlands
