The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a> and the Director General of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichiro_Matsuura" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Koichiro Matsuura">Koichiro Matsuura</a>, initiating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cancer_Day" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World Cancer Day">World Cancer Day</a> which is held on February 4 every year.<sup about="#mwt84" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_4#cite_note-14" id="mwARQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARU">[14]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt88" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_4#cite_note-15" id="mwARY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARc">[15]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_4#cite_note-16" id="mwARg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARk">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt81" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBkg"><a class="external text" href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000119111" id="mwBkk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium: Charter of Paris, 4 February 2000"</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBko">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBks">24 January</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt81" class="Z3988" id="mwBkw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=World+Summit+Against+Cancer+for+the+New+Millennium%3A+Charter+of+Paris%2C+4+February+2000&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Funesdoc.unesco.org%2Fark%3A%2F48223%2Fpf0000119111&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+4"></span></span>