IPEN INC7 Press release: Majority of the world snubbed by EU refusal to act promptly on contaminated sites; Delay dishonours victims of the Minamata tragedy
IPEN INC7 press release 15 Mar 2016 final
INC 7. Press release
Press release Embargoed until 9 March 2016 Despite progress, global mercury agreement undermined by uncontrolled production and trade Groups ask governments to fast track ratification, early implementation of Minamata Treaty Amman, Jordan, 9 March 2016—Commitments toward stronger global mercury controls are being hampered by illegal, unreported and unregulated mercury production and trade, an international NGO coalition revealed today on the […]
Public Letter to President Hernandez of Honduras
Public Letter to President Hernandez of Honduras
Informal Review Group under the UNECE/WHO Protocol on Water and Health
At its seventh meeting (Geneva, 4 July 2014), the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting decided to establish an informal review group to work on an addendum to the Guidelines on the Setting of Targets, Evaluation of Progress and Reporting as well as to define the scope of a possible further revision of the guidelines after the fourth session […]
Appeal for a Ban of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment NGO is among signatories.
Children of Ditak Call for Support
Please read the call for support to see how you can help the kindergarten of the village of Ditak. Your support is much-needed and will be greatly appreciated. The village of Ditak of Ararat province is located at 20 km from the capital of Armenia. It is considered to be one of the geographically isolated settlements. The village has a […]
On 04 December 2015, AWHHE represented the civil society sector at the inception workshop of the UNDP/GEF on the full sized project “Elimination of obsolete pesticides Stockpiles and addressing POPs contaminated sites within a sound chemicals management framework”
On 04 December 2015, AWHHE represented the civil society sector at the inception workshop of the UNDP/GEF on the full sized project “Elimination of obsolete pesticides Stockpiles and addressing POPs contaminated sites within a sound chemicals management framework”. The workshop organized by UNDP-Armenia Office was opened by the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Nature protection RA. UN Resident Coordinator and […]
Письмо-обращение за поддержкой в создании Глобального альянса по поэтапному отказу от особо опасных пестицидов
Уважаемый коллега! Мы обращаемся к Вам за поддержкой в создании Глобального альянса по поэтапному отказу от особо опасных пестицидов (ООП) на предстоящей сессии МКРХВ4 в Женеве.[1] [2] [3] Мы полагаем, что такой альянс, основывающийся на уроках успешного Глобального альянса СПМРХВ за ликвидацию свинца в краске, жизненно важен. Он поможет странам в адекватном обращении с ООП и в их замене таким […]
The fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4)
The fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) took place in Geneva from 28 September to 2 October, 2015. ICCM is the governing body of UNEP’s Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), an Approach which covers all agricultural and industrial chemicals throughout their lifecycle, and reflects environmental, economic, social, health and labour aspects of chemical safety. […]
The Japanese and the Swiss are Providing Money for the Reconstruction of the Village School
Nowadays, under conditions of high rate of migration in Armenia, it is of particular importance to improve the conditions for education and development of the rising generation. With a view to contributing to the reconstruction of the school in the village of Ditak of Ararat province, during the period of renovation of the school, the Embassy of Japan granted 110 […]