A consultant is sought, with a deadline of 26 August 2020, to work with the Secretariat’s Scientific and Technical Assistance Branch on chemicals and waste management during public health emergencies, conflicts and disasters.
The UNEP Special Programme, open until August 2021, supports governments to implement the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions.
Download the two new guidance manuals, produced together with FAO’s Child Labour in Agriculture Prevention Team.
The BRS COP Bureaux have agreed at their resumed joint meeting on 26 February 2021 to hold the Basel Convention’s COP-15, the Rotterdam Convention’s COP-10 and the Stockholm Convention’s COP-10, back-to-back in two segments: an online segment in 2021 and a face-to-face segment in 2022.
The Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Circular has been published 52 times and is a key mechanism for sharing information on the trade in hazardous pesticides and chemicals.
Agriculture is among the three most hazardous sectors to work in at any age in terms of work-related illness, accidents and fatalities. Pesticide exposure represents one of most serious risks to the health of workers and their families in rural areas. Individuals or groups are not equally exposed to the risks of pesticides, not only for biological but also for social and economic reasons.
The overall objectives of the webinars are to raise awareness of the Rotterdam Convention and the status of implementation in the Asian region, to enhance capacities of Designated National Authorities (DNAs) in effectively implementing the Convention. It also seeks to strengthen collaboration between DNAs at national and regional level.
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