First OEWG for SAICM

The 1st Open-Ended Working Group for SAICM (Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management) is currently taking place in Belgrade, Serbia. Approximately 25 representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations are actively participating. Please see IPEN documents related to the meeting below. For more details about the meeting (background documents, agenda, etc.), please see the SAICM website here: http://www.saicm.org/index.php?content=meeting&mid=124&def=4&menuid=

IPEN Quick Views on the SAICM Open-Ended Working Group

These documents are all PDFs. Additional translations will be posted as they become available.

• Chinese
• English
• Japanese
• Spanish
• Russian

IPEN Position Papers on Emerging Policy Issues

• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
• Environmental Pharmaceuticals Persistent Pollutants (EPPPs)

IPEN Interventions

Individual inventions are listed below. View the full texts of the interventions. (English PDF)

• IPEN Intervention on Implementation Activities - given by Bjorn Beeler, IPEN Secretariat
• IPEN Opening Statement - given by Olga Speranskaya, IPEN Co-Chair / Eco-Accord, Russia
• IPEN Intervention on Reporting - given by Manny Calonzo, IPEN Co-Chair / GAIA, Philippines
• IPEN Intervention on Hazardous Chemicals in Electronics - given by Birhanu Genet, Pesticide Action Nexus Association, Ethiopia
• IPEN Intervention on Nanotechnology - given by David Azoulay, IPEN Nano Working Group / Center for International Environmental Law, Switzerland
• IPEN Intervention on Finance - given by Joe DiGangi, IPEN Secretariat
• CIEL Intervention on Finances (resolution II/3 of ICCM2) - given by David Azoulay, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Switzerland
• Raghda Malass, Syria Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
  IPEN Intervention on GEF / SGP Experience - given by Raghda Malass, Syria Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
• IPEN Intervention on Lead in Paint - given by Manny Calonzo, IPEN Co-Chair / GAIA, Philippines
• IPEN Intervention on Chemicals in Products- given by Olga Speranskaya, IPEN Co-Chair / Eco-Accord, Russia
• IPEN Intervention on Hazardous Chemicals in the Life Cycle of Electric and Electronic Products - given by Amanda Hawes, WorkSafe, U.S.
• IPEN / WECF / CIEL Intervention on Endocrine Disruptors - given by Alexandra Caterbow, WECF
• IPEN/HEAL Intervention on Health Strategy - given by Gohar Khojayan, Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment
• IPEN Intervention on Rio + 20 - given by Joe DiGangi, IPEN Secretariat (Spanish PDF)