Latin America and Caribbean regional meeting on SAICM, Panama City (preceded by UNEP workshops), Panama City, Panama, 14-16 February 2008

   

The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) regional meeting on SAICM was the eighth in the series of SAICM regional meetings since the first session of the ICCM and completes the global coverage of SAICM regional meetings. The LAC meeting on SAICM was held in Panama City, Panama, from 14 to 16 February 2008 in collaboration with the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNEP ROLAC), and under the sponsorship of the Governments of Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

An extra meeting day, on Sunday 17 February 2008, was arranged for regional consultations on mercury and on issues under consideration by the Stockholm Convention POPs Review Committee (POPRC).

UNEP organized two workshops before the SAICM LAC meeting, namely:
- a workshop on continuing PCB management in the Latin American and Caribbean Countries, 11-12(am) February 2008;
- a workshop on development of national institutions and infrastructures for sound management of chemicals 12(pm)-13 February 2008.