IPEN - News Archive

NEWS ARCHIVE:

This section contains an index of news and media reports. To read the full report, click on the title of interest.

2006 IPEN General Assembly:
Budapest, Hungary 20-22nd of September 2006

The IPEN General Assembly will convene just prior to Forum V of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS), 23rd-29th of September in Budapest, Hungary. I would encourage IPEN Participating Organizations who are interested in attending Forum V, to register with IFCS.
Language: English

The IPEN Dubai Declaration for a Toxic Free Future:
United Arab Emirates Feb 6, 2006
ARABIC, RUSSIAN, PORTUGUES AND SPANISH TRANSLATED VERSION ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD)
Language: English

POPs kill 5 million children a year (Italian News Agency):
Italy Oct 20, 2005
POPs kill 5 million children a year Lead causes neurological damage to millions of others (ANSA) - View ANSA http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-10-20_1733457.html
Language: English

111th Party to the Stockholm Convention:
Oct 5, 2005
Bahamas become 111th Party to the Stockholm Convention on October 3, 2005. Congratulation!
Language: English

GAIA 2005 Global Day of Action Against Waste and Incineration:
Global Sep 7, 2005

Language: English

New Partnership: The GEF Small Grants Programme and IPEN:
Global May 27, 2005
At the 2005 IPEN General Assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay IPEN and the GEF Small Grants Programme adopted a joint communique endorsing the IPEN-SGP Partnership.
Language: English

Resource HANDBOOK - IPEN Global Week of Action/ Earth Day & COP1:
Global May 2, 2005

Language: English

Earth Day 2005 - Global Week of Action (view event briefs from around the world):
Global Apr 22, 2005

Language: English

KEEP THE PROMISE - The Stockholm Convention and Promises to Keep at COP1:
Global Apr 4, 2005
IPEN Participating Organizations demand the international community to Keep the Promise to eliminate POPs as detailed in the Stockholm Convention. (Arabic, Spanish, Russian and English text of IPEN COP1 Position Brief are available below for downloading)
Language: English

Launch of new International POPs Elimination Project (IPEP) website:
International Mar 23, 2005
IPEN is proud to launch the new IPEP Website to exhibit the local and national activies by IPEN Participating Organizations around the world in this new, dynamic and educational IPEP website.
Language: English

Raise Awareness: IPEN Resouces - Stockholm Convention Briefs:
Mar 17, 2005
In an effort to raise awareness about the Stockholm Convention, IPEN has prepared the following fact sheets/ briefs, (available in English, Spanish, Russian and Arabic) which cover following topics:
Language: English

2005 IPEN General Assembly to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay for April 29-May 1st:
Uruguay Feb 24, 2005
The 2005 IPEN General Assembly to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay for April 29-May 1st. This will be held prior to he first Conference of the Parties (COP1) to the Stockholm Convention, May 2-6, 2005 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. IPEN Participating Organizations interested in attending the IPEN General Assembly and COP1, are recommended to review the COP1 accreditation/registration process and submit their accreditation request immediately.
Language: English

20th Anniversary of Bhopal Chemical Disaster :
India Dec 3, 2004
Organizations and citizens from around the world mark the 20 years since the Bhopal chemical disaster, which killed 8,000 people overnight and left thousands of others ill and disabled. Still to this date the victims of Bhopal are seeking justice and corporate accountability.
Language: English