Integrated and Programmatic Approaches
Programme Overview
SAICM Implementation
National Profile Development
National Priority Setting
Action Plan Development
Integrated National Programmes
Specialised Training and Capacity Building
Programme Overview
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
Risk Management Decision Making
Mercury
Links
Intergovernmental Organisations
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Multilateral Agreements
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Non-Governmental Organisations
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GHS
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Stockholm Convention
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PRTR
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Mercury
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Other Initiatives
Intergovernmental Organisations
Arctic Council
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Global Information Network on Chemical Safety (GINC)
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety - Geneva, Switzerland (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
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 Commission, GHS
Health Canada: GHS
ILO/IPCS International Chemical Control Toolkit ("Control Banding")
ILO Safework: Chemical Safety
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)
IOMC Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Coordinating Group
OECD Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
UNEP Chemicals Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Information Page
Also see the PRTR Capacity Building Library
Mercury
UNEP Mercury Programme
UNIDO: Global Mercury Project (GMP)
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)
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