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Dubai Conference Calls for Safer Handling of Chemicals |
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2/14/2006 8:17:09 AM |
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Environment Minister Janez Podobnik and Health Minister Andrej Brucan attended on Monday, 6 February the final session of a three-day international conference on handling chemicals in Dubai, where a declaration on international strategy for handling chemicals was adopted.
The declaration, adopted by representatives from 140 countries, emphasises caution in handling chemicals. As Podobnik told STA, the document is politically rather than legally binding.
He moreover said that the Dubai declaration represents an implementation of goals on safe handling with chemicals until 2020, which were adopted at the world summit on sustainable development in Johannesburg in 2002.
In his address at the conference, the minister stressed caution in handling chemicals. "If the state suspects a chemicals substance dangerous to health and environment, it can decide on how it should be handled, even if all the procedures are not concluded yet," he added.
Podobnik moreover pointed out the need for funding the programme in the developing countries, for which Slovenia intends to earmark EUR 20,000 annually.
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