On September 28-29, 2017, the workshop entitled “Public Participation in Addressing Chemical Safety Issues in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Countries” was organized by the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) at the Ibis Hotel in Yerevan. The event was attended by 32 representatives from 10 EECCA countries, as well as representatives from the United Nations Development Program in Armenia, […]
The First Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP1) will take place from 24 to 29 September 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. Over 1000 delegates and around 50 ministers are expected to assemble in Geneva to celebrate and lay the groundwork for the treaty’s overall effectiveness. During the prior negotiations, the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC) approved many […]
Как показывает новое исследование, проведенное IPEN (глобальной сетью по вопросам здравоохранения и охраны окружающей среды) и Институтом исследования биоразнообразия (BRI), для всех регионов мира в организме женщин детородного возраста были установлены высокие уровни ртути – нейротоксичного металла. У женщин с островов Тихого океана и из районов, расположенных рядом с участками золотодобычи в Индонезии, Кении и Мьянме, были обнаружены средние […]
EMBARGOED- UNTIL 15/8/2017, 23:59 PM, Brussels time Brussels / Yerevan 16 August 2017- Today’s entry into force of the Minamata Convention establishes the first new multilateral environmental agreement in over a decade. The Zero Mercury Working Group* has been calling for a legally binding treaty for over a decade and welcomes the new protocol. “While there are alternatives to mercury, […]
http://www.ciel.org/whats-next-eu-criteria-identify-endocrine-disruptors-legal-map-adoption-process/ Since June 2016, the EU has discussed several draft proposals for scientific criteria to identify endocrine disruptors (EDCs). On July 4th, representatives of Member States agreed upon the criteria for pesticides. These criteria are far from what would be needed to actually identify, and eventually get rid of, all EDCs, but nothing is set in stone (yet). So what does this […]
In the frame of the joint WECF France – AWHHE, Armenia project entitled “Sustainable Agriculture for Women in Armenia” the mission of the French Delegation took place on 20-24 June 2017. The delegation visited the Women Resource Agricultural Center in Solak, Kotayk region where the training on eco soap production for women of 3 targeted villages (Ditak, Solak and Voskevan) was conducted.
Source: https://www.endocrine.org/news-room/current-press-releases/endocrine-experts-united-in-disappointment-with-european-commissions-proposed-criteria-on-edcs June 16, 2017 Washington, DC – The Endocrine Society, the European Society for Endocrinology, and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology sent a joint letter to the European Commission expressing serious concern with the Commission’s proposed criteria on endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In the letter, the three societies claim the proposed criteria will fail to identify EDCs that are currently causing human harm […]
Press Release Yerevan, 8 June 2017 On the 8th of June 2017 a workshop was held in Ani Plaza Hotel, Yerevan, dedicated to the problem of chemicals, in particular pesticides, which cause disorders of the endocrine system. The workshop was organized by the Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment NGO (AWHHE) within the framework of the project “Protecting Women […]
On the 31st of May 2017, the launch meeting of the project entitled “Solar Energy for Low-Carbon Sustainable Lifestyles in Solak, Aygavan and Malishka Rural Communities of Armenia” was held in the Garni Hall of Ani Plaza Hotel, Yerevan with participation of representatives from the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia, the Embassy of Japan in Armenia, […]
Triple COPs – The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-13), the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-8) and the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-8) were completed on the 5th of May 2017. The meetings were […]