21/07/2015

High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015

On the 9th of June 2015, was the opening ceremony of High-Level International Conference on Implementation of International Decade for Action “Water for Life” in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. “Women Water Forum” pre-conference was organized. Co-organisers were: Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), EBRD, Oxfam, UN Women, Global Water Forum (GWF). AWHHE as a member of WfWP had an active role in the […]

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20/04/2015

7th World Water Forum, South Korea, 10 – 17 April, 2015

The World Water Forum is the world’s largest meeting on water. Every three years, the World Water Forum mobilizes creativity, innovation, and know-how around water. The World Water Forum consists of at least three processes: the Political Process, the Thematic Process and the Regional Process, while gathering officials, legislators and local and regional authorities from more than 150 nations. Each […]

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27/03/2015

Regional Workshop: SAICM – a Global International Tool for the Promotion and Development of Chemical Safety Goals

20 March 2015“Dvin” Hall, Ani Plaza Hotel, Yerevan    A regional workshop entitled “SAICM – a global international tool for the promotion and development of chemical safety goals” was organized in Yerevan, March 20, 2015. The workshop brought together 35 representatives of state and public sectors from 4 EECCA countries. The event was held within the framework of the GGF – supported […]

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27/01/2015

Water and sustainable development: From vision to action”, Zaragoza, Spain, 15-17 January 2015

The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action “Water for Life 2005-2015” (UNO-IDfA), implementing the UN-Water Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) organized the international conference: “Water and sustainable development: From vision to action”, held in Zaragoza, Spain from 15 to 17 January 2015. The UN-Water Conference provided a space for dialogue on the implementation of the sustainable development goals on water and sanitation. Participants […]

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14/11/2014

Gender Water & Development Conference, 3-7 November, 2014

The inaugural Gender Water & Development Conference with the theme “The Untapped Connection” took place In East London South Africa from 3-7 November 2014. The Water Research Commission of South Africa, in partnership with the Department of Water Affairs of South Africa, AMCOW, SADC and the Women for Water Partnership, were hosting the conference. More than 320 delegates from 30 […]

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30/10/2014

Minamata Convention Initial Assessment of Armenia

On October 24, 2014 Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment” NGO participated in “Minamata Convention Initial Assessment of Armenia” project inception workshop representing the civil society organization in SAICM national committee. The workshop was opened by the Minister of Nature protection of Armenia Aramais Grigoryan. Head of Hazardous Substances and Waste Policy Division, Dr. Anahit Aleksandryan made a presentation […]

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21/03/2014

Awareness Raising and Communication Training

  underEU and FAO partnership project“Improved pesticides and chemicals management in the Former Soviet Union”   From 17 to 21 of March 2014, the FAO/EU partnership project on  “Improved pesticides and chemicals management in the Former Soviet Union” held a training on awareness raising and communication in Chisinau, Moldova.The course brought together representatives of national NGOs and press officers from […]

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18/01/2014

Public health impacts of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds: the role of WHO and ministries of public health in the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

17.01.14DRAFT RESOLUTIONFOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE 134 EB (January 2014)Public health impacts of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds: the role of WHO and ministries of public health in the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Sponsored by Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, United States, Switzerland and Uruguay The Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly,PP1      Recalling WHA Resolutions WHA60.17 on Oral […]

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28/11/2013

Third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health

25 – 27 November 2013Oslo, Norway The third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2000/wat/mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/watercon.pdf ) took place on 25-27 November 2013 in Oslo, Norway. The event was attended by about 150 participants from different countries. The Meeting […]

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10/10/2013

The Minamata Convention on Mercury Signed

The Minamata Convention on Mercury – a global, legally binding treaty opened for signature on 10 October 2013 in Kumamoto, Japan.  Armenia was among the first countries to sign the historic new international convention to reduce emissions and releases of the toxic metal into air, land and water and to phase out many products that contain mercury. Mercury is a […]

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