Marianne, the WHO Code is "merely" a model.

You can look to the introduction and the preamble of the WHO Code, and find
language that is strongly pro-BF, and very broad, so that one can interpret
it many ways. If you dig a little into the legislative history of the
document, you will find it was created after a LOT of battling, and very
intense lobbying by the formula manufacturers.  So it is by no means a
perfect document.  Even if it was, just having words on paper somewhere
would not enable you -- or anyone -- to go "Aha!  See!  It's right there!
You have to agree with me and do it my way!" The only way the WHO Code has
potency is if it is enacted into law, in a country that is willing to
provide enforcement powers to back it up.

Now -- if you are an effective lobbyist, you can STILL try to *persuade*
people to agree with your interpretation, because you can point to that
strong pro-BF language in the Code, and say "Aha!  See!  It's right there!
That supports my argument that the Code protects the process of BF ...[or
whatever]."

-- 
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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