Unep – next on the global agenda

摘要

As 2014 came to a close, the international chemical management community gathered to set out next steps of the international chemical management agenda. Following the 47th session of the Global Environment Fund’s (GEF) council and the 6th session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury which initiated substantive preparation for the COP1 of the Convention when it enters in force, the Strategic Approach to Sound Chemicals Management (Saicm) convened for the second open-ended working group (OEWG2) meeting to prepare for the fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM). At OEWG2, delegates considered several chemical management issues that will pave international discussions and work throughout 2015 in a proposal for Overall Orientation and Guidance (OOG) for achieving the 2020 goal of sound management of chemicals.