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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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Highlights from Monday, 6 February 2006

 

ICCM Closing Plenary: Delegates seal late night deal on SAICM. Plenary adjourns at midnight.

 
 
UNEP Chemicals Director John Buccini, Maria Cristina Cardenas, Secretariat, and President Mariano Arana, who gavelled the meeting to a close at midnight.
 
 
John Buccini consults with US delegates (left) and reads text on financial considerations (right)
 
Zayed International Prize for the Environment
 
 
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan with Nane Annan and Sheiikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
 
 
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan received the Zayed International Prize for the Environment presented to him by Sheiikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
 
 
Kofi Annan speaks with the press (left) and received flowers made without methyl bromide
 
 
Mohammed Bin Fahad, Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Zayed International Prize, Walt Reid for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which won the prize for Scientific and/or Technological Achievement in Environment, Sheiikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Kofi Annan, Angela Cropper and Emil Salim, who won the award for Environmental Action leading to positive change in society, and UNEP Executive Director Klaus Toepfer
 

International Conference on Chemicals Managament High-Level Segment
 
 
Klaus Toepfer, UNEP Executive Director, Conference President Mariano Arana, and John Buccini, UNEP Chemicals
 
 
 
 
 
Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment (left), highlighted linkages with poverty reduction
 
 
 
 
 
Maged George Elias Ghattas, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Egypt (right), underscored the importance of improving people's living conditions and eliminating illegal trade in chemicals.
 
 
 
 

Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment (left)

Kiyotaka Akasaka, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD (right), reported on its work on instruments and policies to assist countries with their work and to develop cost-effective approaches.

 
 
 
 

Civil Society Forum
 
 
 

A Special Ministerial Event on Children, Chemicals and the Environment hosted by the Network of Women Ministers for the Environment
 
 
 
Maria Neira, Director for Protection of Human Health and the Environment, WHO (left), Lena Sommestad, Minister for the Environment, Sweden, and Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
 
 
Klaus Toepfer speaking during the side event

IPEN Side Event
 
 
Jamidu Katima, University of Dar Es Salaam, Fernando Bijarano, Rapam/Rapal Mohammed El Bawna Dhird during the IPEN side event

Miscellaneous Photos
 
 

  • ISP-3 Bali, Indonesia, 2-4 December, 2004
  • ISP-2 Nairobi, Kenya, 2-4 September, 2004
  • ISP-1 New York, US 25 June, 2004
 
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