IISD Linkages - Chemical Management

Click on the links to view IISD Reporting Services' daily coverage of the following meetings.
Many include a summary and analysis of each meeting, plus digital coverage with photographs and Real Audio recordings.

ENB COVERAGE OF CHEMICALS MEETINGS

SAICM

Other SAICM meetings covered by IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS)

PIC Convention

POPs Convention

Basel Convention

Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
UNEP Mercury Programme

STRATEGIC APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT (SAICM)

Second session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2)
11-15 May 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland
First meeting of the Open-ended Legal and Technical Working Group (OELTWG) of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) and informal discussions on preparations for ICCM2
21-24 October 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy
ICCM1
4-6 February 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
PREPCOM 3 for the Further Development of a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
19-24 September 2005, Vienna, Austria
SAICM PrepCom2
4-8 October 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
SAICM PrepCom1
9-13 November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

OTHER SAICM MEETINGS COVERED BY IISD RS

Third Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting on the SAICM
2-3 June 2011, Panama City, Panama

PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT (PIC) NEGOTIATIONS

Fifth 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 COP5)
20-24 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (ExCOPs), and Eleventh Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-11/GMEF)
22-26 February 2010, Bali, Indonesia

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 COP4)
27-31 October 2008, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

PIC COP-3
9-13 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

PIC COP-2
27-30 September 2005, Rome, Italy

PIC COP-1
20-24 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

PIC INC-11
18 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

PIC INC-10
17–21 November 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

PIC INC-9
30 September - 4 October 2002, Bonn, Germany

PIC INC-8
8-12 October 2001, Rome, Italy

PIC INC-7
30 October - 3 November 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

PIC INC-6: Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an International Legally Binding Instrument for the Application of the PIC Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
12-16 July 1999, Rome, Italy

Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Convention on the PIC Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals an Pesticides in International Trade
10-11 September 1998, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) NEGOTIATIONS

Seventh Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC7) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
10-14 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
25-29 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Sixth Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-6) to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
11-15 October 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
POPs POPRC-5
12-16 October 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
POPs COP4
4-8 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
POPSs POPRC-4
13-17 October 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
POPs POPRC-3
19-23 November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
POPs COP3
30 April - 4 May 2007, Dakar, Senegal
POPs POPRC 2
6-10 November 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
POPs COP2
1-5 May 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
POPs COP1
2-6 May 2005, Punta del Este, Uruguay
POPs INC-7
14-18 July 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
Stockholm Convention Workshop on Liability and Redress
19-21 September 2002, Vienna, Austria
POPs INC-6
17-21 June 2002, Geneva, Switzerland
Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Adoption and Signing of the Stockholm Convention on POPs
21-23 May 2001, Stockholm, Sweden
POPs INC-5
4-9 December 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa

POPs INC-4
20-25 March 2000, Bonn, Germany

POPs INC-3
6-10 September 1999, Geneva, Switzerland

Second Session of the Criteria Expert Group for POPs
14-18 June 1999, Vienna, Austria

POPs INC -2
25-29 January 1999 Nairobi, Kenya

First Session of the Criteria Expert Group for POPs
26-30 October 1998, Bangkok, Thailand

POPs INC-1
29 June - 3 July 1998, Montreal, Canada
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BASEL CONVENTION

Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (COP 10)
17-21 October 2011, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
23-27 June 2008, Bali, Indonesia

COP8 to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
27 November - 1 December 2006, Nairobi, Kenya

Fifth Session of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
3-7 April 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

COP7 to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
25-29 October 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

COP6 to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
9-14 December 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

COP5 to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
6-10 December 1999, Basel, Switzerland

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM ON CHEMICAL SAFETY (IFCS)

Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
15-19 September 2008, Dakar, Senegal
Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
25-29 September 2006, Budapest, Hungary
Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
1-7 November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
Third Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
14-20 October 2000, Salvador, Brazil
Third Intersessional Group on the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
1-4 December 1998, Yokohama, Japan
Second session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
10-14 February 1997, Ottawa, Canada
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UNEP MERCURY PROGRAMME

Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC3)
31 October - 4 November 2011, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC2)
24-28 January 2011, Chiba, Japan

First Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC1)
7-11 June 2010, Stockholm, Sweden

Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury
19-23 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Second Meeting of the Ad hoc OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury
6-10 October 2008, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

First Meeting of the Ad hoc OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury
12-16 November 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

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