Participation of the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention in the preparation for the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18, New York, May 2010)
The Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention participated in the Thematic Seminar on Chemicals organized by the CSD Secretariat on Tuesday 23 February 2010, New York, UNHQ - Conference Room 2 (TNLB) at 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (NY time).
The Thematic Seminar Series aim at presenting scientific and technical information on the issues under review by the Commission on Sustainable Development at its 18th and 19th sessions. Further details are in the letter of invitation, issued by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development (UNDESA-DSD), and the seminar webpage.
Following the Chemicals Seminar, an e-discussion on several key topics will be launched at the UNDESA-DSD website. This forum will serve as one of the many inputs into the CSD process, helping to garner important ideas and solutions from all stakeholders.
CSD Thematic Seminar on Chemicals. New York, 23 Feb 2010.
Publication to support discussions at CSD-18
In preparation for the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18, New York, May 2010), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development (UNDESA-DSD), the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on POPs and UNEP Chemicals have compiled initiatives from around the world in the sound management of chemicals into a publication entitled “Practices in the Sound Management of Chemicals”, to be launched during the CSD-18.
The publication aims at facilitating the work of the Commission in assessing the current trends, emerging issues and priority areas towards the achievement of the 2020 sound management of chemicals.
The publication also makes the case for States to draw on each other’s successful practices and experiences in the sound management of chemicals around the world to improve their chemicals management.
Practitioners from different countries met in Geneva 3-4 December 2009 in the Workshop on Case Studies in the Sound Management of Chemicals to review the publication and to share their experience in the management of persistent organic pollutants, pesticides and other chemicals of priority concern. This workshop was co-organized by the UNDESA-DSD, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and the United Nations Environment Programme Chemicals Branch. For more information please consult the workshop webpage.