Photos from the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention), 10-11 September 1998 in Rotterdam

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Conference President Jan Pronk, FAO Director General Jacques Diouf and UNEP Executive Director Klaus Töpfer take their seats on the dias
	UNEP Executive Director Klaus Töpfer addresses the Diplomatic Conference
Jacques Diouf, Director-General of FAO
Signing for Jan Pronk,  a Dutch representative signs the Final Act
	Wang Zhijia of China signs the Final Act
John Fraser, Canadian Ambassador for the Environment
	US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Development Rafe Pomerance addressing the Conference
Richard Campbell, ENB writer and coffee addict
	Plenary Hall
Antonio H. Cerilles, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources in the Philippines
	Paul Whylie, Pesticides Control Authority, Jamaica
Vinod Vaish, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
	Swiss Secretary of State Dr. Philippe Roch, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
Signing for Jan Pronk,  a Dutch representative signs the Convention
	Ambassador Hanibal Jagvaral of Mongolia signs the Convention
Jim Willis, UNEP Chemicals
	Ritt Bjerregaard of the European Commisssion
Ambassador Malloum Bintou of Chad signs the Convention
	Brazilian Ambassador to the Netherlands Vera Pedrosa Martins de Almeida
President Jan Pronk, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
	The Signing Ceremony
Delegates wait for the signing ceremony to begin
	Argentine Ambassador Alberto L. Daverede
Senegalese Ministre de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature Souty Toure