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GHS Implementation: Contributing to National Chemical Safety and Sustainable Development - An IFCS Forum V Side Event

Wednesday, 27 September 2006, Budapest, Hungary

Overview

 
The side-event on "GHS Implementation: Contributing to National Chemical Safety and Sustainable Development" was attended by over 120 IFCS participants and included panel presentations by governments and stakeholders to learn about and discuss global and national implementation of the GHS and related needs for capacity building in government, business and industry and public interest and labour organizations.
 
  • Side-Event Flyer
  • GHS Implementation: Contributing to National Chemical Safety and Sustainable Development, Mr. Jonathan Krueger, UNITAR
  • GHS Implementation Status in the European Union, Mr. Wolfgang Hehn, European Commission
  • GHS: U.S. Update, Mr. John Shoaff, US EPA
  • Brazilian Experience on the Implementation of the GHS, Mr. Roque Puiatti, Brazil
 
From left to right: Jonathan Krueger (UNITAR), Bjørn Erikson (ICFTU), Roque Luis Mion Puiatti (Ministry of Labour, Brazil), Wolfgang Hehn (European Commission), Leslie Hushka (ICCA), and John Shoaff (EPA, USA). (Photo courtesy IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin)
 
(Photo courtesy IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin)
 

 

 

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