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OPENING SESSION: | ||
![]() INC-8 Chair Maria Celina de Azevedo Rodrigues (Brazil) (left) welcomed delegates and introduced David Harcharik, FAO Deputy Director-General (below). He said that as crop production intensifies, new ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Shafqat Kakakhel, UNEP Deputy Executive Director (left), stated that as part of consultations regarding international environmental governance, UNEP has been called upon to investigate possible approaches to clustering chemicals-related conventions with a view to enhancing cooperation, effectiveness and efficiency. ![]() |
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ACTIVITIES
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![]() Jim Willis, Director, UNEP Chemicals (left), outlined activities of the Secretariat and the situation regarding extrabudgetary funds (UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.8/2 and INF/8), and welcomed comments and guidance to improve openness, transparency and accountability regarding budgetary matters. |
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![]() Mohamed el Zarka (EGYPT) (left) requested a workshop for Arabic-speaking countries. |
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![]() The EU said prioritizing would reduce work in other areas, and said another Euros 100,000 would be made available next year. Right photo: Klaus Berend of the EU during this morning's opening session. |
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![]() Lucienne Tsilavirany (MADAGASCAR) (right) and MALI emphasized the workshops' importance in strengthening skills and addressing specific problems. |
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERIM PIC PROCEDURE: | ||
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION: Gerold Wyrwal, FAO, discussed the status of implementation of the interim PIC procedure (UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.8/3 and INF/9), advising that: 195 Parties had nominated 265 designated national authorities, while 27 had not yet done so; there are three new chemicals for which notifications of final regulatory actions have been received by two PIC regions (DNOC, Dinoterb and Asbestos), and which are scheduled for consideration by the next session of the ICRC; and two proposals for severely hazardous pesticide formulations have been received by the Secretariat from Senegal (Granox TBC and Spinox T). | ||
![]() CONFIRMATION OF EXPERTS DESIGNATED FOR THE ICRC: Niek van der Graaff, FAO (left), announced that one of the ICRC experts had resigned after INC-7, and that a new expert from Australia, representing the Southwest Pacific region, has been acting as an interim member of the ICRC. The INC confirmed his nomination. |
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![]() PRESENTATION OF ICRC-2 REPORT: ICRC Chair Reiner Arndt (Germany) (left) then presented the report of ICRC-2 (UNEP/FAO/PIC/INC.8/5). He said the ICRC recommended that the pesticide monocrotophos be subject to the interim PIC procedure, and advised that the ICRC would develop decision guidance document and a recommendation would be made to the INC to include it in the PIC procedure. |
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PRESENTIONS
TO HOST THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT
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Swiss and Italian Presentation: | ||
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