Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 11 7 2022 07 01 Commercial Influence on Political Declarations: The Crucial Distinction Between Consultation and Negotiation and the Need for Transparency in Lobbying; Comment on “Competing Frames in Global Health Governance: An Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases” 1219 1221 4136 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.132 EN Astrid Berner-Rodoreda Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Albrecht Jahn Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Journal Article 2021 08 02 <span class="fontstyle0">Suzuki and colleagues’ rare and elaborate analysis of the political processes behind the 2018 United Nations (UN) non- communicable diseases (NCD) Declaration discloses various pathways towards influencing global public health policies. Their study should be a wake-up call for further scientific political scrutiny and analysis, including clearly distinguishing between consultations such as UN multi-stakeholder hearings preceding high-level meetings and the actual negotiating and decision making process. While stakeholder positions at interactive hearings are documented and published and thus made transparent, the negotiating process among member states is not publicly known. The extent to which intergovernmental negotiations are influenced at country or regional levels by commercial interests through direct and indirect lobbying outside of public consultations should be given more attention. Lobby registers should be implemented more stringently and legislative footprints required and applied not only to legally binding but also to internationally important documents such as political declarations.</span> https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4136_d98687a97b50707ce50ac8ad76000626.pdf