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Ninth Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF)
7-9 February 2006 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
International Conference on Chemicals Management
4-6 February 2006 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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International Conference on Chemicals Management: Highlights from Saturday, 4 February
2006
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| John Buccini, Director, UNEP Chemicals |
| Mariano Arana, Uruguay 's Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment , was elected as ICCM President. |
| PrepCom Chair Viveka Bohn, Sweden (right) |
| John Matuszak, US (left), said
the primary focus of international financial institutions was poverty reduction, and suggested deleting references to these institutions from the proposed text. |
| PrepCom Chair Viveka Bohn (Sweden) |
| Canada (left) introduced an alternative draft OPS text on behalf of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea and the US (SAICM/ICCM/ CRP.9), emphasizing that a similar proposal was circulated at Prepcom 3 and had broad support. |
| Jean-Louis Wallace, Canada, and S. Ali M. Mousavi, Iran, chaired the contact group on finance. |
| Contact Group on Principles and Approaches |
| UNITAR Side Event: Developing Integrated National Progammes for Chemicals Management and SAICM Implementation: Country Experiences and Future Plans |
| Development of Integrated National Programmes 2004-2006: Anahit Aleksandryan, Ministry of Environment, Armenia, Dean Peart, Minister of Land and Environment, Jamaica, Ahmat Senoussi Hissene, Minister of Environment and Water, Chad, Marcel Boisard, UNITAR Executive Director, Faris Al Junaidi, Secretary General, Ministry of Environment, Jordan, Achim Halpaap, UNITAR, and
Craig Boljkovac, UNITAR |
| UNITAR Executive Director Marcel Boisard (left), and panel discussion on Pilot Projects linked to SAICM: 2006-2009 (right) |
| Jack Weinburg, Environmental Health Fund, Thomas Kolly, Federal Office of Environment, Switzerland, and Marcelo Kos, Brazilian Chemical Industry Association |
| Side Event on the Africa Stockpiles Programme |
| Clifton Curtis, WWF, moderated the event |
| Left photo: Nick van der Graff, FAO, and Laurent Graniet, GEF |
| Nick van der Graff, FAO, Steve Gorman, World Bank, and Laurent Graniet, GEF |
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- ISP-3 Bali, Indonesia, 2-4 December, 2004
- ISP-2 Nairobi, Kenya, 2-4 September, 2004
- ISP-1 New York, US 25 June, 2004
- SAICM PrepCom3, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 September, 2005
- SAICM PrepCom2, Nairobi, Kenya, 4-8 October
- SAICM PrepCom1, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-13 November, 2003
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