PROCEEDINGS
of the Regional Awareness Raising Workshop on
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 7-9 June 1998

 

CONTENTS

Presentations :

book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Canada
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Recent Developments in the
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland
UNEP Plans for Global Action on POPs
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. L. Nordberg, Deputy Director, Convention on Long-range Transboundary
Air Pollution, UN Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland
Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. H. Mohammadi, Protocol Implementation Officer, ROPME, Kuwait
Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the ROPME Sea Area
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. C. Boljkovac, Special Project Toxics, World Wildlife Fund, Canada
NGO Principles for POPs Elimination
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. A. Seys, Director, CEFIC/EUROCHLOR, Belgium
Responsible Care and POPs Management by Industry
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. J. Stober, Executive Secretary of IFCS, Switzerland
Health Effects of POPs
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. H. Bou-Habib, Chemist, Ministry of Environment and
Dr. N. Kodeih, Toxicologist, Ministry of Environment, Lebanon
POPs Situation and Perspectives in Lebanon
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. S. Milad, Scientific Affairs Officer, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland
Criteria for Identifying Persistent Organic Pollutants
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Germany
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB): Uses and Environmental Releases
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Canada
The Management and Disposal of PCBs in Canada
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. P. Lemieux, Office of Research and Development, All Pollution
Prevention and Control Division, USEPA, USA
Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans: Sources, Emissions,
Formation and Control
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Germany
Case Study from Germany: Dioxin Mass Balance for the City of Hamburg
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. A. Seys, Director, CEFIC/EUROCHLOR, Belgium
Dioxins and Furans in the Chemical Industry
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. A. Al-Sho’ala, Senior Occupational Hygienist, Ministry of Housing,
Municipalities and Environment, Bahrain
Bahrain Experience in Controlling POPs
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. S. Ghazalah, Head of Mobil Laboratory, Deputy Manager,
Department of Environment, Ministry of State for Environment, Syria
Legislation and Regulation in Syria about POPs
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. G. Kovács, Institute for Environmental Protection of
Institute for Environmental Management, Hungary
POPs Releases, Regulation and Management
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Ms. S. Karlsson, Department of Water and Environmental Studies,
The Tema Institute, Lingköping University, Sweden
Selecting Alternatives to POPs
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. M. Ponnabalam, Head of Environmental Protection and
Occupational Health, ADNOC, United Arab Emirates
Control and Management of PCBs in Oil and Gas Industry
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. B. Y. Shuhaibar, Environmental Scientist, Waste Control Section,
Environment Public Authority, Kuwait
Managing and Disposing of POPs in Kuwait
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Ms. L. Pak, Head, Control and Toxicological Laboratory,
Republic Station for Plant Protection, Republic of Kazakstan
Pesticides Control in Kazakstan
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. A. Wodageneh, Coordinator, Chief Technical Advisor, Prevention
and Disposal, Africa and Near East, Plant Production and
Protection Division, FAO, Italy
Identification and Management of Obsolete Pesticides
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch,
Environment Canada, Canada
North American Cooperation on Persistent Organic Pollutants
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. L. Nordberg, Deputy Director, Convention on Long-range Transboundary
Air Pollution, UN Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and Its Protocols
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. F. Kanbour, Senior Environmental Affairs Officer, UNEP/ROWA,
Bahrain
Opportunities for Regional Cooperation on POPs
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. G. Shkolenok, Senior Scientific Affairs Officer, UNEP/Chemicals,
Switzerland
National and Regional Preparations for the POPs Negotiations
book4.gif (10453 bytes) Mr. G. Shkolenok, Senior Scientific Affairs Officer, UNEP/Chemicals,
Switzerland
Concluding Remarks