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Brief Introduction to THE SAICM
The
concept of a SAICM has been discussed by the UNEP
Governing Council (GC) in various forms since 1995,
including in:
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UNEP
GC decision 18/12 of May 1995, which invites UNEP’s
Executive Director to convene an expert group to
consider and recommend further measures to reduce
risks from a limited number of chemicals;
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an
expert group meeting in April 1996, which made
recommendations in four areas, namely: inadequate
capacity of developing countries to handle issues of
hazardous chemicals and pesticides; disposal of
unwanted stocks of pesticides and other chemicals;
insufficient information for chemicals management
decision-making and action; and possible need to ban
and phase out certain chemicals; and
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UNEP
GC decision 19/13 of February 1997, which requests a
report on options for enhanced coherence and
efficiency among international activities related to
chemicals.
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Prepcom-2.
