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Third Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-3)

17-21 September 2012 | Nairobi, Kenya

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Highlights for Wednesday, 19 September 2012
SAICM
ICCM-3 reconvened on Wednesday, 19 September in Nairobi, Kenya. Delegates met in the morning plenary session to hear progress reports from the contact groups on emerging policy issues, and financial and technical resources. The plenary also addressed: implementation of and coherence among international instruments and programmes; information exchange and scientific and technical cooperation; and the health sector strategy. The contact group on financial and technical resources met throughout the day to continue its deliberations in parallel with plenary.

In the afternoon, the contact group on emerging policy issues resumed discussions on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products and on nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials. The plenary session considered the agenda items on cooperation with intergovernmental organizations, and activities of the Secretariat and adoption of the budget.

Delegates’ discussions reflected a general spirit of cooperation, although much work remains to be done to reach agreement on the remaining emerging policy issues and on financial and technical resources. In both the morning and the afternoon’s discussions, delegates expressed concern about future financial arrangements, with many lamenting that the current financial crisis has continued to place a strain on disbursements from donors. A budget group was established to address the draft indicative budget for 2013 – 2015, as well as the activities of the Secretariat.

The budget group as well as the contact groups on emerging policy issues and on financial and technical resources met in the evening, and will report back to plenary on Thursday, 20 September.
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Elephant in the gardens of UN Offices in Nairobi
Plenary Session
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Delegates conferring before the morning session.
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Delegates conferring prior to the start of morning plenary.
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Ibrahima Sow, GEF and Jack Weinberg, IPEN
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Naser Albhaisi, Palestine and Murad Alfakih, Yemen
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Members of the African Group reviewing text.
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Delegates during the afternoon plenary.
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Elsa Miranda, Indonesia
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Sunee Piyapapong, Thailand
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Peter Orris, World Federation of Public Health Associations
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Derek Swick, American Petroleum Institute
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Tim Kasten, Head, UNEP Chemicals Branch and Johanna Lissinger-Peitz, President of ICCM-3
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Jose Castiblanco, Colombia
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Maria Neira, World Health Organization
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Silvani Mng'anya, AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development, and Muhammed Omotola, SAICM Secretariat
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Caribbean delegates in discussion

Contact Groups
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Delegates huddling in the Contact Group on Financial and Technical Resources for Implementation.
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Claudia ten Have, UNEP and Co-Chairs of the Contact Group on Financial and Technical Resources for Implementation Elsa Miranda, Indonesia and Daniel Ziegerer, Switzerland
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Co-Chairs of the Contact Group on Emerging Policy Issues Cheryl Baillard, Canada and Marcus Richards, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Delegates observing proceedings
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US delegates conferring

 

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Related Links
SAICM resources
*Meeting website
*Annotated provisional agenda
*Meeting documents
*Scenario note
*Timetable
*Exhibition and side-events
*Introductory letter from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director and the World Health Organization (WHO) Director Generals
*SAICM texts

IISD RS resources
*IISD RS summary and analysis of the Third Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Meeting on the SAICM, 2-3 June 2011, Panama City, Panama (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS summary and analysis of ICCM2, 11-15 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS summary and analysis of the Open-ended Legal and Technical Working Group (OELTWG) for ICCM2, 21-24 October 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of the Sixth session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS VI), 15-19 September 2008, Dakar, Senegal
*IISD RS coverage of ICCM1, 4-6 February 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
*IISD RS coverage of the Third session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the Development of a SAICM, 19-24 September 2005, Vienna, Austria
*IISD RS coverage of SAICM PrepCom-2, 4-8 October 2004, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
*IISD RS coverage of SAICM PrepCom-1, 9-13 November 2003, United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand
*IISD RS archive of meetings on chemicals management, and backgrounder
*Chemicals-L - A news and announcement list on chemicals news and policy developments
*SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
*Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Sustainable Energy Activities
*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
*Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
*Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
*Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
*African Regional Coverage
*Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage
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