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Opening Plenary:
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Above photo L-R: Shafqat
Kakakhel, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP, Hon. Kalonzo
Musyoko, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
(Kenya) and Jim Willis, Director UNEP Chemicals
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Above photo: Kenyan poet Caroline
Nderitu, delivered an inspirational poem during opening plenary.
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Above photo L-R: Konchora
Guracha, Shem Oyoo Wandiga, and Helen Njeri Njenga, Kenyan
chemists who were honored during SAICM PrepCom2 opening
plenary.
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Above photo: Jim Willis (UNEP)
presiding the opening plenary.
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Above photo: Shafqat Kakakhel, UNEP
Deputy Executive Director, welcomed participants on behalf of UNEP
Executive Director Klaus Töpfer and noted the progress made in
COP-1 of the Rotterdam Convention.
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Hon. Kalonzo Musyoko,
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Kenya), underlined
the role of SAICM in providing the world with a road map for
sustainable chemicals management.
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Above photo: Suwit
Wibulproprasert, President, Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical
Safety (IFCS), noted
that chemical safety is a multi-sectoral responsibility and
challenged donors and inter-governmental organizations (IGOs) to
ensure the participation of governments and society at all levels.
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Above photo: Robert Visser,
Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, on behalf of
the Inter-Organization Programme on the Sound Management of
Chemicals, highlighted
two key issues to be address at SAICM PrepCom2: the integration of
chemicals management into all relevant government sectors; and
capacity building and technical assistance.
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Further development of a SAICM
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Above photo: John Buccini
(SAICM) (far right) reported the outcomes during PrepCom1.
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Above photo: Viveka Bohn
(Sweden), was elected bureau member for WEOG and President of SAICM
PrepCom.
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NIGERIA referred to the
submissions by the African Group and GRULAC on the SAICM.
Above photo: Abiola Olanipekun (Nigeria)
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PAKISTAN,
for the G-77/CHINA, invited participants to build on recommendations
from the African Regional Meeting in Abuja.
Above photo: Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan)
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GRULAC
presented on the results of regional consultations on the eve of
PrepCom2, adding that it will be necessary to make use of existing
financial mechanisms. Above
photo: Federico Perazza (Uruguay)
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SWITZERLAND
invited participants to build on the inter-sessional work of the
African group. Above photo L-R: Reust Heinz and Franz
Xaver Perrez (Switzerland)
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BASEL
CONVENTION SECRETARIAT provided a summary of its activities,
particularly on waste management. Above photo: Ibrahim
Shafii (Basel Convention Secretariat)
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WHO
introduced the document on further inputs on health aspects of
chemical safety (/INF/14), and invited participants to reach
agreement on key areas of health aspects of chemical safety and
develop a document for circulation and discussion before the end of
the meeting.
Above photo: Tim Meridith (WHO)
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