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Consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes

Tipo de documento
Decision
Número de referencia
SS.XII/4
Fecha
Nov 1, 2016
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Estado
Activo
Reunión
12th Special Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF)
Página web
www.informea.org
Resumen
The Governing Council, Recalling its decision SS.XI/8 of 26 February 2010 and the need for heightened efforts to increase the political priority accorded to the sound management of chemicals and wastes and the increased need for sustainable, predictable, adequate and accessible financing for the chemicals and wastes agenda, Recalling also that in decision SS.XI/8 it requested the Executive Director to launch, in collaboration with relevant partners, initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of the sound management of chemicals and wastes through various avenues, including the media and key international opportunities such as intergovernmental meetings and public events at both the national and international levels, Taking note of General Assembly resolution 65/162 of 20 December 2010, in which the Assembly welcomed the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes and expressed support for further efforts through the United Nations Environment Programme to continue such discussions, Recalling its decision 26/7 of 24 February 2011, in which it requested the Executive Director to submit a final report to the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum at its twelfth special session on the implementation of decisions SS.XI/8 and 26/7, Recognizing the importance of an integrated approach to financing the sound management of chemicals and wastes to maximize impact, particularly at the national level, Recalling the financial provisions of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Stressing that technology support and capacity-building, along with financial assistance, support the effective implementation of the sound management of chemicals and wastes and obligations under relevant conventions, Having considered the final report submitted by the Executive Director on the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes,9 1. Welcomes the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes and takes note of its outcome and the final report of the Executive Director; 2. Takes note of the co-chairs’ summary of the discussions of the contact group on finance and technical assistance convened during the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, held in November 2011,10 at which the participants considered possible long-term financing options for the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, including elements of the integrated approach pertinent to the Strategic Approach; 3. Encourages the participants in other processes related to chemicals and wastes, including the International Conference on Chemicals Management, to take into consideration, as appropriate, the integrated approach and the final report of the Executive Director; 4. Recognizes that the continuing negotiation of a legally binding instrument on mercury, including its financing mechanisms, is a parallel process that should not be delayed or prejudged by the consultative process on financing options for the sound management of chemicals and wastes, and invites the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury to consider, as appropriate, the outcome document of the consultative process and the final report of the Executive Director; 5. Encourages Governments and other relevant stakeholders to consider taking into account the integrated approach, the outcome document and the final report of the Executive Director in preparing for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and other high-level international policy processes; 6. Requests the Executive Director to continue to provide support to the consultative process, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, with a view to elaborating further a final outcome based on the integrated approach to financing the sound management of chemicals and wastes; 7. Also requests the Executive Director, taking into consideration the outcome document of the consultative process and his final report, to prepare a draft proposal, and to seek advice thereon through a consultative process, for consideration and possible decision at the third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, in 2012, and at the twenty-seventh session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in 2013; 8. Further requests the Executive Director, in collaboration with relevant partners, to continue to raise awareness of the importance of the sound management of chemicals and wastes and to report on progress in the implementation of the present decision to the participants in relevant intergovernmental processes and meetings; 9. Invites Governments and other interested parties, including members of the private sector, to provide financial and in-kind support for the consultative process.