Links

Intergovernmental Organisations

• Arctic Council
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Global Information Network on Chemical Safety (GINC)
• Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
   
• Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC)
  Participating Organisations:
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  Observer Organisations:
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• World Bank

Multilateral Agreements

• Basel Convention
• Chemical Weapons Convention
• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Rotterdam Convention
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Non-Governmental Organisations

• CropLife International
• El Proyecto de Plaguicidas Bolivia (Plagbol)
• Euro Chlor
• International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)
• International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• World Chlorine Council
• World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and
Labelling of Chemicals

• ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN OSH-NET)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Chemical Dialogue
• Brazil GHS Information
• Chemical Hazards Communication Society
• European Union, GHS/CLP
• Health Canada: GHS
• ILO/IPCS International Chemical Control Toolkit ("Control Banding")
• International Chemical Safety Cards
• ILO Safework: Overview of Hazard Communication Tools
• International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
• Japan Ministry of Environment
• New Zealand, Hazardous Substances
• Secretariat for the Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS, UNECE Transport of Dangerous Goods Section (official GHS text)
• Society for Chemical Hazard Communication
• US Department of Labor
• US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
• WSSD Global Partnership for Capacity Building to Implement the GHS
• Also see the Chemical Hazard Communication and GHS Capacity Building Library

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutants

• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• IOMC Technical Coordinating Group on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)

• International PRTR Coordinating Group
• OECD Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
• UNEP Chemicals Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Information Page
• PRTR.net (Global portal to PRTR information)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
• The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
• SwissPRTR pollutant register
• Also see the PRTR Capacity Building Library

Mercury

• UNEP Mercury Programme
• UNIDO: Global Mercury Project (GMP)
• US EPA Mercury Site
• Environment Canada 's National Pollutant Release Inventory
• Canada 's Mercury website
• EU Mercury Strategy
• Mercury Policy Project
• Mercury Reduction Program of the US Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)

Other Initiatives

• Africa Stockpiles Programme
• Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)