‘Open-ended Legal and Technical Working Group for the second International Conference on Chemicals Management’ - Highlights for Wednesday, 22 October 2008

The dais during the morning plenary. L-R: Muhammed Omotola, UNEP; Matthew Gubb, SAICM Secretariat; OELTWG Chair Osvaldo Alvarez (Chile); and Masa Nagai, UNEP.

 

The first meeting of the Open-Ended Legal and Technical Working Group (OELTWG) of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) convened for its second day, on 22 October 2008, at FAO headquarters, in Rome, Italy. During the morning, delegates heard a report from the contact group on the bureau and subsidiary bodies. Contact group Chair Barry Reville (Australia) reported that progress had been made, but the issue of bureau composition required further discussion and that more time was required to consider subsidiary bodies.

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