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Fourth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure
for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in
International
Trade (PIC COP-4) 27-31
October 2008 | Rome, Italy
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Highlights for
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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The fourth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 4)
of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior
Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in
International Trade continued its work on
Wednesday, with delegates meeting in plenary and
contact groups. In the morning, delegates
furthered discussions on a programme for the
national and regional delivery of technical
assistance, and heard reports on the work of the
Chemical Review Committee (CRC) and cooperation with
the World Trade Organization. In the afternoon
they discussed a proposal for an independent
study on implementation costs; progress in the
Convention’s implementation; and confirmation of
appointments of CRC members. Contact groups on
compliance, budget and implementation met
throughout the day.
Above photo: View of the PIC COP 4 plenary. |
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PLENARY: |
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NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DELIVERY OF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
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Wednesday morning, delegates addressed a programme for the national
and regional delivery of technical assistance for 2009-2010. |
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| Odile Gauthier,
France, speaking on behalf of the EU. |
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| Khidir Gibril
Musa, Sudan. |
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REPORTS:
Reports were presented on credentials, the work
of the CRC, the work of the contact
groups and cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Hamoud
Darwish Salim Al-Hasani, Oman, reported on the status of
credentials. |
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| Karmen
Kranjc, Slovenia,
Chair of the CRC’s fifth meeting,
presented, and the COP took note of, the report of
the CRC’s third and fourth meetings. |
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The three contact group Chairs reported on
progress on Budget, Implementation and Compliance.
Above photo L-R: Paul Garnier, contact group Co-Chair on
Budget; Kateřina Šebková,
contact group Co-Chair on Implementation; Denis Langlois,
contact group Chair on Compliance. |
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Maria E. Bondanza, Argentina. |
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| Marie Isabelle
Pellan, WTO. |
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REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DECISION
RC-3/5 ON FINANCIAL MECHANISMS: |
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| Chinese delegation in
consultation. |
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Osvaldo Alvarez,
Chile. |
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Anne Beate Tangen,
Norway. |
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Artworks around FAO. |
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CONTACT GROUPS: |
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COMPLIANCE: |
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Denis Langlois, Chair of the
contact group on Compliance with Masa Nagai,
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention. |
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| Contact group
session on compliance. |
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BUDGET: |
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| Delegates
from the budget contact group. |
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Jill Hannah, European Community, in
discussions with O.A. Soyombo, Nigeria;
Elise Marie Haber, South Africa; and
Co-Chair Anaedu. |
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IMPLEMENTATION: |
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L-R: Maria Cristina Cárdenas, Rotterdam
Convention Secretariat; and Implementation contact
group Co-Chairs Kateřina Šebková,
Czech Republic, and Siti Ibrahim, Malaysia. |
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ENB SNAPSHOTS: |
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Related Links
Rotterdam
Convention (PIC)
PIC
COP-4 Documents
Annotated
Agenda
Scenario
Note
UNEP
Chemicals
UNEP
- Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
International
Organization for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC)
International
Programme on Chemical Safety
UNITAR
Chemicals and Waste Management Programme
Stockholm
Convention (POPs)
Intergovernmental
Forum on Chemical Safety
Basel
Convention
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