Progress

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead in Paints has officially been launched.

The overall goal of the partnership, called the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead in Paints, is to prevent children’s exposure to lead via paints containing lead and to minimize occupational exposures to lead in paint. The broad objective is to phase out the manufacture and sale of paints containing lead and eventually to eliminate the risks from such paint.

                   
                          Photo: Suat Eman

Governing Council decision 25/5 on chemicals management, including mercury II. Lead and cadmium. Data and information gaps to finalize the reviews of scientific information on lead and cadmium to be submitted by 28 February 2010.

May 2009

The International Conference on Chemicals Management at its Second session
(Geneva, 11-15th May 2009) invites the United Nations Environment Programme and
the World Health Organization within their respective mandates and available resources
to serve as the secretariat of the global partnership:
Resolution II/4 on Emerging policy issues B. Lead in paint
 

February 2009

Results of the study on the possible effects on human health and the environment in Africa of the trade of products containing lead, cadmium and mercury.
To be taken place back-to-back with the
Informal Workshop on Stakeholders’ Information Needs on Chemicals in Articles/Products
9-12 February  2009
Information note and tentative agenda

November 2008 to January 2009

The draft final reviews of scientific information on lead and cadmium - Version of November 2008- have been finalized and they will presented for the twenty-fifth session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in February 2009.

March 2008

The interim reviews of scientific information on lead and cadmium - Version of March 2008- have been circulated to members of the Lead and Cadmium Working Group for comments by 13th June 2008. The reviews are expected to be finalized and presented for the twenty-fifth session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in February 2009.

March - April - May 2007

The UNEP Executive Director "urge all Governments in a position to do so to give careful consideration to the support they can offer to this work [Governing Council decision 24/3] . The early declaration of financial and technical support will facilitate the detailed planning of the activities with Governments requested in the decision". See more information here

Through the Governing Council decision 24/3 there are a number of actions to be taken by Governments, in particular in relation to details of the information requested in part III of the decision (Lead and cadmium). The requested information on lead and cadmium -see more information here- should be submitted to UNEP Chemicals by 30 September 2007 *
 

February 2007

The UNEP Governing Council, at its 24th session, 5-9 February 2007, adopted a chemicals management decision. With regard lead and cadmium issues, agreement was reached to complete the Reviews of scientific information on lead and cadmium, with a further report back to the next Governing Council at its 25th regular session in 2009. Further information will be available here.

September - October 2006   

First Meeting of the Lead and Cadmium Working Group
Meeting report

Interim review of scientific information on lead and cadmium -Version October 2006.
Already available here