	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)

	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland UNEP Plans for Global Action on POPs

	Mr. L. Nordberg, Deputy Director, Environment and Human Settlement Division, UN Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

	Mr. J. Weinberg, Greenpeace Senior Toxics Campaigner, USA Environmental NGOs Position on the Global POPs Problem

1 2	Mr. L. Rampy, Chlorine Chemistry Council, USA Responsible Care and POPs Management by Industry

	Dr. B. Rodan, National Center for Environmental Assessment, US EPA, USA International Action on Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs): Developing Science-Based Screening Criteria

	Mr. O. Nieto-Zapata, Colombia The Impact of Persistent Organic Pesticide Pollutants on Human Health

	Dr. H. Málaga, PAHO Representative in Colombia, Colombia Ecological Alternatives in Agricultural and Livestock Production

	Dr. Y.H. Kim, Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Republic of Korea UNIDO Activities Related to Global Plan of Action for Reducing/Eliminating Risks Associated with Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

	Dr. W. Welshons, University of Missouri, Commonweal, USA Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Endocrine Disruption

	Mr. M. Alegria, Senior Environmental Officer, Department of the Environment, Belize Problems with Final Disposal of DDT in Belize

	Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Germany Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Uses and Environmental Releases

	Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Canada The Management and Disposal of PCBs in Canada

	Mr. K. Grip, UNEP CAR/RCU, Jamaica UNEP Global Plan of Action (GPA) for Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution

	Mr. B. Rodan, National Center for Environmental Assessment, US EPA, USA Polychlorinated and Furans: Sources, Emission and Levels

	Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Germany Dioxin Case Study from Germany

	Mr. M. J. Abó Balanza, Environmental Inspection and Management Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba National Experiences in the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants

	Mr. P. Whylie, Registrar, Pesticides Control Authority, Jamaica The Disposal of PCB and Other POPs in Jamaica

	Mr. M. Vaughan, Consultant, Pesticide Management Program, Nicaragua Latin American and Caribbean Case Studies on Persistent Organic Pollutants: DDT, Toxaphene and Endosulfan in Nicaragua

	Ms. L. E. Castillo, Head of Pesticide Programme, National University of Heredia, Costa Rica Persistent Organic Pesticides in Costa Rica

	Ms. A. Quan, Director of Sanitary Surveillance of Toxic Substances, Secretariat of Health, Mexico Evaluation of the Problems concerning Persistent Organic Pollutants in Mexico

	Ms. M. Törnlund, Scientific Officer, National Chemicals Inspectorate, Sweden Managing POPs in Sweden

	Ms. L. Monsels Thompson, Director, National Planning Office, Surinam POPs Problems, Issues and Management in Suriname

	Ms. C. Quevedo Camacho, Ministry of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, Venezuela POPs Management in Venezuela

	Ms. A. Quan, Director of Sanitary Surveillance of Toxic Substances, Secretariat of Health, Mexico Mexico’s Efforts to Reduce/Eliminate DDT use

1 2	Mr. C. Catão Prates Loiola, Manager, National Malaria Programme, Brazil The Use of DDT in Malaria Control Programs in Brazil

	Mr. J. H. Jaramillo Botero, Coordinator, Chemical Risk’s Control Program, Ministry of Health, Colombia Colombia: Public Health and DDT

	Dr. P. Matteson, Adjunct Professor, Pan American Agricultural School, Honduras Opportunities for Pesticides Use Reduction in the Control of Vector Borne Decease: A World Wildlife Fund Project

	Ms. M. Törnlund, Scientific Officer, National Chemicals Inspectorate, Sweden Alternatives to Persistent Organic Pollutants

	Mr. L. Heileman, Programme Officer, UNEP/ROLAC, Mexico Cleaner Production and Its Implications for the Elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): UNEP Role

	Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Germany Safe Management of PCBs

	Mr. L. Rampy, Chlorine Chemistry Council, USA Dioxins and Furans in the Chemical Industry

	Mr. A. Hamilton, Head, Science Division, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Canada The Sound Management of Chemicals Initiative under the North American Agreement for Environmental Cooperation

	Mr. S. K. Grip, UNEP CAR/RCU, Jamaica Regional Implementation of the GPA and the Cartagena Convention; and Possible GEF Project on Pesticide Use Reduction in Central American Sub-region

	Ms. S. Hoyt, Manager, International Technology Programme, USEPA, USA The Pesticide Program in Central America: the USAID/EPA Agreement and Cooperation between PAHO and the EPA on POPs

	Mr. D. Roopnarine, Industrial Safety Officer, Ministry of Labour, Trinidad and Tobago Eastern Caribbean Cooperation on Chemicals Including Pesticides and How This Cooperation Could Possibly Be Directed to Work Addressing Persistent Organic Pollutants

	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland National and Regional Preparations for the POPs Negotiations

	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland Concluding Remarks

	Post-Workshop Papers: Ms. I. Suarez, President, National Toxicological Commission, Ecuador Ecuadorian National Toxicological Commission