Educational Material

Global Outreach Campaign Educational Material:

Educational Materials are being prepared as a series of booklets to compliment the NGO Common Statement and expound upon the goals of the Campaign. The following themes will be addressed within the Materials: Introduction to SAICM, An NGO Guide to POPs, Toxic Metals and Pesticides.

Booklets:

An NGO Guide to SAICM;

English as a .pdf 209 KB.

Russian as a .pdf 712 KB.

Spanish as a .pdf 908 KB.

Arabic as a .pdf 601 KB.

Chinese as a .pdf 434 KB.

French as a .pdf 143 KB.

Portugues as a .pdf 1,628 KB.

An NGO Guide to SAICM

This booklet is an introduction to the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), a global policy and strategy that was adopted by governments and stakeholders to protect human health and ecosystems from the harms caused by exposure to toxic chemical substances. It is the first in a series being produced to help raise awareness in all parts of the world about toxic chemical exposure as a serious global, national and local concern, and is part of a global campaign to build support within civil society in all countries of the world for action to reform how chemicals are produced, used and managed in order to minimize and eliminate the harms currently caused by toxic chemical exposure.

This booklet begins with an introductory section, then goes on to provide some background that will help put SAICM into its historical context. It then describes in a more detailed way what SAICM actually is, and presents ways that NGOs and civil society can make use of SAICM. It concludes with a call to action including the text of a Global Civil Society Statement on SAICM-a statement that NGOs and other organizations in all countries are invited to review and to endorse.

NGO Guide to POPs;

English as a .pdf 409 KB.

Arabic as a .pdf 587 KB.

Chinese as a .pdf 377 KB.

Russian as a .pdf 907 KB.

Spanish as a .pdf 911 KB.

French as a .pdf 304 KB.

An NGO Guide to POPs

This booklet is about a class of environmental pollutants that are called "persistent organic pollutants" or "POPs." POPs are toxic chemical pollutants that contaminate the environment in all regions of the world. POPs accumulate in the body tissues of wildlife and people; they cause human disabilities and diseases; and they disrupt sensitive ecosystems. In 2002, a global treaty called the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was adopted by the world's governments to protect human health and the environment from POPs.

This booklet begins with an introduction to POPs, then goes on to provide some background about the Stockholm Convention to help put it into context. It then describes in a more detailed way what the Stockholm Convention actually says, addresses the current status of the Convention, and presents ways that NGOs and civil society can contribute to POPs elimination. It concludes with a call to action including the text of a Global Civil Society Statement on SAICM-a statement that NGOs and other organizations in all countries are invited to review and to endorse.

An NGO Guide to Hazardous Pesticides and SAICM

English as a .pdf 941 KB.

Russian as a .pdf 536 KB.

French as a .pdf 1,056 KB.

Spanish as a .pdf 1,140 KB.

An NGO Guide to Hazardous Pesticides and SAICM

This booklet is about how nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) can help protect farmers, workers, communities and the environment from harms caused by hazardous pesticides. It was produced for an international consortium of NGOs as part of a global NGO campaign to encourage organizations in all countries to contribute to efforts aimed at preventing the injuries that are caused by toxic chemical exposure. The booklet should be of special interest to organizations that work in countries where the national government has not yet established legislation, regulations and enforcement mechanisms that adequately protect public health and the environment from pesticide misuse.

Booklets Pending:

Toxic Metals;

These materials will be produced and disseminated in all six UN languages.

Aims:

With the Educational Materials, the Campaign aims to:

Build awareness about threats to public health and the environment from chemical exposure;

Describe SAICM, its policies and strategies; and

Motivate the need to take action in support of sound chemicals management consistent with the SAICM Global Plan of Action.

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