World Health Organisation's Declaration on Traditional (herbal) Medicine

In November 2008 the World Health Organisation held their first Congress on Traditional Medicine in Beijing. The delegates present agreed on a Declaration that promotes the safe and effective use of traditional medicine, which, they said, should be integrated into national health care systems throughout the world. http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/traditional/congress/beijing_declaration/en/index.html
The Declaration suggests that all the countries that belong to the World Health Organisation (almost every country in the world) should:

• respect preserve, promote and communicate traditional (herbal) medicine
• create national policies, regulations and standards within national health systems to ensure safe and effective use of traditional medicine
• integrate traditional medecine into national health systems
• further develop traditional medicine based on the Global Strategy and Plan fo Action on Public Helath, Innovation and Intellectual Property, adopted at the 61st World Health Assembly in 2008