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UNEP draft Programme of Work 2010-2011

Harmful Substances and Hazardous WasteSylvie Lemmet, Director, DTIE

United Nations Environment Programme

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Outline of Presentation

Differences to previous POW’s

Specific comparative competences and functional capacities of UNEP

Relation to Medium Term Strategy

Outputs and activities in POW

Conclusion

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Differences to previous POW’s

--Changing trends in manufacture and use of high volume industrial chemicals;

--Places HS&HW in UNEP’s broader context;

-- Advances made by Parties in implementing the chemicals and wastes MEAs;

--Greater regional delivery of UNEP’s programme;

--Longer term perspective in identifying issues of emerging concern;

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Specific comparative competences and functional capacities of UNEP

--Sound science for decision-makers;

--Awareness-raising, outreach and communications;

--Capacity-building and technology support;

--Cooperation, coordination and partnerships.

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Relation to Medium Term Strategy

1) States and other stakeholders having increased awareness, capacities and financing;

2) Coherent international policy and technical advice provided to States and other stakeholders;

3) Appropriate policy and control systems for harmful substances of global concern and transboundary movement of hazardous waste.

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Outputs and activities in POW

Accomplishment 1.

1) Mainstreaming of the sound management of chemicals into development plans and processes;

2) Establishment of national assessment and management programmes;

3) Strengthening national and waste related management capacities.

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Outputs and activities in POW

Accomplishment 2:

1) Global Chemicals and Waste Outlook report;

2) Secretariat management support to the SAICM process;

3) Coherent set of scientific and technical tools and guidelines;

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Accomplishment 3.

1) International action on Mercury.

2) Supporting MEAs:

2) International actions of HS & HW related to international issues;

Outputs and activities in POW

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Examples of indicatorsWork in progress

Accomplishment 1--Number of UNEP supported networks;

Accomplishment 2

--Number of international coherent guidelines developed in partnership with other IGOs.

Accomplishment 3--Number of chemicals of global concern being addressed at international level;

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Conclusions

--Aims at optimizing the experience in UNEP and MEA secretariats

--Proposes a coherent package of decision making methodologies

--Promotes the mainstreaming of HS&HW issues in national development agendas

--Promotes actions to address risks in ways that take conditions of developing countries into account