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Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum On Chemical Safety |
25-29 September 2006 | Budapest, Hungary
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR FRIDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2006 |
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4:00 pm: IFCS President Suwit Wibulpolprasert declared IFCSV (Forum V) officially closed at 3:53 pm.
Forum V reaches agreement on the future of IFCS and the Budapest Statement on Mercury, Lead and Cadmium.
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Complete ENB IFCS-V coverage |
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ENB Summary and Analysis |
Compilation of Dailies |
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THE PRESIDENTS |
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IFCS President Suwit Wibulpolprasert steps down. |
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IFCS President-elect, Zoltán Szabó (Hungary). |
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IFCS President and IFCS President-elect. |
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IFCS President Suwit Wibulpolprasert recognizes the hard work of IFCS Executive Secretary Judy Stober. |
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Pesticide Action Network International presents IFCS President with donations for IFCS. |
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STATEMENTS ON THE USE OF DDT TO CONTROL MALARIA |
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Tim Meredith (WHO) |
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Michael Musenga (Zambia) |
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AFRICA REGION STATEMENT ON ILLEGAL TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT OF TOXIC WASTES IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE |
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Vilma Morales (Peru) |
| Abiola Olanipekun (Nigeria, on behalf of the Africa Region) |
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AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON HEAVY METALS |
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MORNING PLENARY |
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12:30 pm: Senegal has offered to host IFCS Forum VI, in Dakar.
The following documents have been approved:
Agenda Item 5: Future of IFCS – approved as presented
Agenda Item 7: Applying precaution in the context of chemical safety – approved with minor amendments
Agenda Item 10: Toys and Chemical Safety – approved with minor amendments
Agenda Item 12bis: Topics for the future Forum of IFCS – IFCS Secretariat agreed to forward the presented list to the FSC for consideration
Plenary is now scheduled to resume at 2:00 pm. The ad hoc working group on heavy metals, and the Latin American and Caribbean Region Group are currently in session.
11:38 am: Plenary opened at 10:00 am this morning, most agenda itens have already been agreed upon. Plenary suspended at 11:15 am for final Ad Hoc Working Group deliberations. Plenary is expected to resume at 12:00 pm, and the IFCS-V is expected to close by early afternoon.
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Georg Karlaganis (Switzerland) |
| Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla (Senegal) |
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FSC MEETING |
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SNAPSHOTS |
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