ENB @ 9 Special Session/Global Ministerial Forum Dubai, UAE

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 Sunday, 5 February 2006

Plenary and Committee of the Whole

Maria Cristina Cardenas, Secretariat, President Mariano Arana, and John Buccini, Director, UNEP Chemicals

Regarding the draft GPA, Jack Weinburg, IPEN (left), said that the use of “voluntary” as placed in the text could be misinterpreted to mean that activities would be voluntary for all stakeholders, regardless of their government's policy. President Arana discusses finance with delegates. The US said further clarification on the GPA was needed in light of additions made to the list of activities without negotiation and discussion to which Tanzania (right) responded that the draft GPA has been carefully discussed from region to region.

John Buccini with delegates (above left) Regarding a paragraph on activities that should be given priority in relation to chemicals that pose unreasonable risks to human health and the environment, Chair Bohn explained that this paragraph should have a footnote regarding a group of chemicals which might be prioritized for assessment, which was included in a similar paragraph in the draft OPS. India (above right) said it preferred that the footnote be deleted from both paragraphs of the draft GPA and OPS.

Contact Groups

Delegates debate during the finance contract group, which met throughout the day and night.

Delegates discuss financial issues informally.

Principles and approaches contact group Chair Donald Hannah, New Zealand (left)

Civil Society Forum

Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Deputy Director, Division of Policy Development and Law, and Chief of Cross-sectoral Environmental Issues, UNEP, Co-Chair Muhammad Alsayrafi, Friends of the Environment Center, Qatar, Co-Chair Kate Davenport, EcoVentures International, and Rapporteur Rakesh Jha, Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India

Jan Gustav Strandenaes, ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability (left)

Delegates met in breakout groups during the Civil Society Forum.

UNITAR Side Event: The GHS: A Fundamental Tool for National SAICM Implementation
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is a new international standard for classifying and communicating the hazards of dangerous chemicals through labels and safety sheets.

Georg Karlaganis, Switzerland, Jukka Takala, International Labor Organization (ILO), Laurraine Lotter, International Council of Chemical Associations, Bjørn Erikson, International Conference of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), Irina Zastenskaya, Belarus, Duangtip Hongsamoot, Thailand, Charles Auer, US, and Eva Sandberg, European Commission

Press Conference

UNEP Executive Director Klaus Toepfer and Mohammed Bin Fahad, Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Zayed International Prize.

Side Event on Linking the Sound Management of Chemicals to Country Priorities in National Development Planning

Olav Kjorven, Director, Energy and Environment Group, UNDP

Olav Kjorven, UNDP, and Steve Gorman, World Bank

ICCA Side Event on Chemical Industry Performance: Responsible Care Global Charter and the Global Product Strategy

Left to right: Larry Washington, Dow Chemical, Corporate Vice President of Sustainability, Environment, Health and Safety, Guilherme Duque Estrada de Moraes, Director General, ABIQUIM, Masami Tanaka, Vice Chairman and Director General, Japan Chemical Industry, Udo Oels, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer AG, Peter Elverding, CEO DSM, and Council President of International Council of Chemical Associations, Kiyo Akasaka, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD, Alain Perroy, Director General, Cefic, and Council Secretary, ICCA, Nance Dicciani, CEO Honeywell Specialty Materials, and Member of the ACC Board of Directors, and Pieter Cox, Chairman of SASOL