Mandate

The mandate given, as it relates to lead in gasoline, by the Governing Council of UNEP at its 21st session/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in February 2001 is provided in full text below.

EXCERPT OF THE DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS
TWENTY-FIRST SESSION/GLOBAL MINISTERIAL ENVIRONMENT FORUM

10th meeting
9 February 2001

21/6    Lead in gasoline

The Governing Council,

          Recalling the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, adopted by the General Assembly at its nineteenth special session in 1997, in which the Assembly emphasized the importance of accelerating the process of eliminating the unsafe uses of lead, including the use of lead in gasoline, worldwide (paragraph 31 of the Programme),

Concerned about the health risks to humans, especially children, caused by exposure to lead in gasoline,

           Acknowledging the important role and responsibility of industry and other stakeholders in the chemicals area,

           1.            Calls upon Governments who have not yet done so to eliminate the use of lead in gasoline;

           2.            Urges Governments, intergovernmental organizations, the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety and civil society to participate actively in assisting national Governments in this phase-out, including by making available information, technical assistance, capacity-building, and funding necessary to enable developing countries, especially least developed countries and countries with economies in transition, to take an active part in the phase-out.