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Global Workshop on Synergies for Capacity
Building under International Agreements Addressing Chemicals
and Waste Management (UNITAR)
Geneva, Switzerland, March 30 - April 2, 2004
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Background
Documents |
Title of Document
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Language
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Proposed Timetable and Agenda |
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Venue and Meeting Information
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Summary Table of National Capacity
Requirements Under International Agreements ( draft
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Provisions in International
Agreements Relevant to National Capacity Development:
Draft Fact Sheets |
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Summaries of International
Agreements |
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List of Participants |
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Workshop Announcement and Information
Brochure |
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Opening Remarks, Presentations,
Statements and Closing Remarks |
Opening Remarks
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Language
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Mr. Marcel Boisard, Executive Director,
UNITAR |
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Mr. Bijoy Chatterjee, Head, International
Cooperation Branch, OPCW
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Mr. Nelson Sabogal, Senior Programme Officer, Secretariat
of the Basel Convention |
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Mr. Jeremy Wates, Executive Secretary, Aarhus Convention,
UNECE |
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Mr. Franz Perrez, Head of Section, Global Affairs,
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape |
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Presentations
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Introductory Presentations
- Presenters
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Workshop Context, Objectives and Methodology, Mr. Achim
Halpaap, UNITAR |
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Outline of International Agreements Addressing Chemicals
and Waste Management, Mr. Peter Peterson, UNITAR |
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National Capacity Requirements Under International
Agreements Addressing Chemicals and Waste Managment,
Mr. Jonathan Krueger, UNITAR
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Panel Presentations - Panellists
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Mr. Ibrahima Sow, Direction Environnement, Senegal
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Mr. Gilson Spanemberg, Ministry of Health, Brazil |
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Mr. Bengt Bucht, Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate
(KEMI) |
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Mr. Laurent Grenier, GEF |
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Mr. Marc Debois, European Commission |
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Ms. Mariann Lloyd-Smith, IPEN |
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Ms. Sofie Flensborg, Geneva Environment
Network |
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Statements - Speakers |
Mr. Pashko Gega, Chief, Chemicals and Waste Management,
Institute of Environment, Albania |
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Ms. Enid Chaverri-Tapia, Cooperation and International
Relations Officer, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía,
Costa Rica |
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Mr. Matthias Kern, GTZ Convention Project Chemical
Safety, Germany |
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Ms. Gillian Guthrie, Ministry of Land and Environment,
Jamaica |
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Mr. Claudio Torres Nachón, President, State
Council of Environmental Protection Veracruz, Mexico |
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Ms. Valentina Radjenovic Senior Associate, Ministry
for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment,
Serbia and Montenegro |
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Ms. Teresita Pamela Liao, Senior Environmental Management
Specialist, Environmental Management Bureau, Philippines
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Mr Premachandra H.S., Assistant Director, Central Environmental
Authority, Sri Lanka |
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Ms. Pornpit Silkavute, Director, Hazardous Substance
Control Group, Bureau of Cosmetics and Hazardous Substance
Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand |
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Mr. Michael Musenga, Senior Environmental Health Officer,
Livingstone City Council, Zambia |
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Mr. Suresh Raj, Capacity Building Manager, UNEP DTIE
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Ms. Joanna Tempowski, International Programme on Chemical
Safety (WHO/ILO/UNEP) |
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Mr. Michael Stanley-Jones, Environmental Information
Management Officer, Aarhus Convention Secretariat, UN
Economic Commission for Europe |
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Mr. Robert J. Simon, Senior Director, International
Affairs, Chlorine Chemistry Council, ICCA |
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Mr. Yahya Msangi, Occupational Health and Safety, Tanzania
Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union |
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Mr. Keith G. Kennedy, Research Associate and Hydrologic
Advisor, International Water Law Research Institute, University
of Dundee |
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Closing
Remarks
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Mr. Franz Perrez, Head of Section, Global Affairs,
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
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Written
Submissions and Working Group Reports |
Written Submissions
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Language
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From Countries
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Argentina |
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Djibouti |
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Fiji |
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Germany |
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Indonesia |
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Latvia |
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Philippines |
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Sri Lanka |
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Zambia
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From International
Organizations and Convention Secretariats |
IPCS |
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From Non-Governmental
Organizations |
Chemical and Allied Industries Association
(South Africa) |
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IPEN |
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Working Group Reports
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Developing a coherent policy, legislative and institutional
framework |
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Linking chemical safety to general development policies
and ensuring sustainable financial resource mobilisation
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The role of states/provinces and local authorities
in implementation of international agreements |
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Awareness raising, education and training |
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Public participation in national implementation of
international agreements |
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Information exchange and dissemination to the public
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Communication and information exchange among Convention
focal points |
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Capacity for risk assessment and risk management |
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Capacity for analysis, monitoring and general enforcement
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Import and export control / customs |
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Challenges, Obstacles and Incentives for Implementation
of Synergies at the National Level |
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Capacity Assistance for Implementation of Synergies
at the National Level |
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Opportunities for Informing the SAICM
Process
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Workshop
Report and Conclusions |
Title of Document
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Language
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Workshop Report |
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Workshop Executive Summary |
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List of Participants |
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Draft Conclusions and Recommendations (as
adopted by Participants on the last day of the Workshop)
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Article from June 2004 issue
of "Chemical Disarmament", the quarterly newsletter of
the OPCW |
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Workshop Photographs |
To view or download the Workshop Protographs, please click here. |
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