09/06/2023

As global Plastics Treaty negotiations resume in Paris, scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to an urgent need to reduce plastic production and use to meet social justice, health and environmental imperatives

23 May 2023   WASHINGTON (May 24, 2023)—A new report from Greenpeace USA provides a catalog of peer-reviewed research and international studies concluding that recycling actually increases the toxicity of plastics. It highlights the threat that recycled plastics pose to the health of consumers, frontline communities, and workers in the recycling sector. Along with previous research showing that very little plastic reaches…

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06/06/2023

A statement by Ms. Gohar Khojayan from AWHHE NGO at the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution INC-2

The need for a global agreement that protects human health and the environment from chemicals in plastics. The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) of the Plastics Treaty took place from 29 May – 2 June 2023 in Paris, France.   CG2 IPEN statement, 1/6/2023 The statement was made by Ms. Gohar Khojayan participant from AWHHE NGO at…

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17/04/2023

UN 2023 Water Conference

The Netherlands and Tajikistan, as co-hosts of the UN 2023 Water Conference (https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023), strived to make the Conference a watershed moment for the world. Their vision for the Conference is that all fundamentally understand, value and manage water better and take concerted action to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for…

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01/01/2023

The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee INC

Resolution 5/14 of 2 March 2022 entitled “End plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument”, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to convene an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) with the ambition of completing negotiations by the end of 2024. The first session of the INC was held from…

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01/11/2022

The 10th Anniversary of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

“Armenian Women for Health and Health Environment” (AWHHE) NGO joined the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint – a joint program of WHO and UNEP within the framework of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) held on 23-29 October, 2022. The campaign  aimed to draw public attention to the effects of lead on human health, especially children, to highlight…

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25/10/2022

Environmental NGOs declare: “Kids can’t wait. Let’s do away with lead paints now!”

(Press Release)  “Armenian Women for Health and a Healthy Environment” (AWHHE) NGO emphasizes the threats to children from lead paint during the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. AWHHE joins the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (hereinafter – the Alliance) – a joint program of WHO and UNEP within the framework of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW), which…

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06/10/2021

Synthesis report of the SLE Projects

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) launched the Synthesis Report of the SLE Projects titled Co-Creating Sustainable Ways of Living 24 Stories of On-the-Ground Innovations. This report elaborates on the essential points of the 24 projects globally including two in Armenia implemented by AWHHE. The projects were implemented in frame of the Sustainable Lifestyles and Education (SLE) Programme under the UN 10-Year Framework…

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22/06/2021

Workshop dedicated to the analysis of mercury and other hazardous substances and waste legislation

The event was organized within the framework of  “Building Capacity in Armenia to Support the Phase-out of Mercury Additive Products” project implemented by the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The aim of the workshop was to present to the staff of the Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body – which accomplishes  supervision in…

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