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(In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful and The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade The National Consultation on the Development of National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention Islamabad, Pakistan 26-29 June, 2007 In collaboration with the The Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Geneva-Rome Table of Contents Title Page No. FOREWORD 3-4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5-7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8-11 INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF 12-13 ENVIRONMENT WELCOME SPEECH OF THE JOINT SECRETARY (IC) 14-15 OPENING SPEECH BY MR. BILL MURRAY OF THE ROTTERDAM 16-17 CONVENTION SECRETARIAT INTRODUCTION AND THE WORK FLOW SHEET OF THE NATIONAL 18-20 CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION CONSOLIDATED SET OF TABLES BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS 21-24 OF THE PARTICIPANTS Presentations of the Working Group Sessions 2 -7 25 Session 2, Presentation # 1, “Objectives and Structure of the consultation” by 26-29 Mr. Bill Murray Session 2, Presentation # 2, “Overview of the Rotterdam Convention ” by 30-42 Mr. Bill Murray Session 3, Presentation # 1, “Structure of the Consultation ” by 43-45 Mr. Bill Murray Session 3, Presentation # 2, “Status of pesticides legislation: Issues and 46-60 Possible solutions ” by Dr. A. Rehman Session 3, Presentation # 3, “Status of implementation and current activities ” by 61-67 Bill Murray Session 3, Presentation # 4 “Status of industrial chemicals regulation in Pakistan and opportunities of the Rotterdam convention in improving industrial chemicals 68-76 management in Pakistan” By Mr. Zaighum Abbas Session 3, Presentation # 5, “Opportunities of RC in improving pesticides 77-83 management in Pakistan” by Mr. Tariq Nazir Session 3, Presentation # 6, “Pesticide management and its relationship to the RC” 84-92 by Mr. Yongfan Piao Session 3 , Presentation # 7, “Ratification of RC in Sri Lanka” by Mr. Gamini 93-107 Manuweera Session 4, Presentation # 1, “1st Round of Breakout Group (BOG) discussion: Analysis of Current status and possible challenges in implementing RC ” by 108-110 Mr. Bill Murray Session 4, Presentation # 2, “Operation of the Rotterdam Convention: Part 1, The Prior Informed Consent PIC Procedure and Import Response” by 111-118 Mr. Bill Murray Session 4, Presentation # 3, “Operation of the Rotterdam Convention: Part 2, Notification of Final Regulatory Action For a Banned or a Severely Restricted 119-124 Chemical” by Mr. Bill Murray 1 Title Page No. Session 4, Presentation # 4, “Operation of the Rotterdam Convention: Part 3, Proposal For a Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulation (SHPF)” by 125-130 Mr. Bill Murray Session 4, Presentation # 5, “Operation of the Rotterdam Convention: Part 4, 131-139 Obligations Related to the Export of chemicals” by Bill Murray Session 5, Presentation # 1, “Information exchange under the RC” by Mr. Bill 140-149 Murray Session 6, Presentation # 1, “2nd Round of BOG discussion: Key elements of a 150-151 National Plan for the implementation of the RC” by Mr. Bill Murray Session 6, Presentation # 2, “The Stockholm and Basel Conventions: 152-168 General Overview and Possible Synergies with the RC” by Mr. Bill Murray Session 6, Presentation # 3, “National IPM programme impact on risk reduction to human health and environment, socio-economic impact assessment, IPM network 169-179 at field level” by Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Session 6, Presentation # 4 “Impacts Assessment of Farmers Education on Environment Friendly and Profitable Cotton Production: Evidence from Khairpur 180-190 Sindh, Pakistan” by Dr. M. Azeem Khan Annexes Annex-I Programme of the Consultative Workshop on RC, 26-29 July, 2007 191-195 Annex-II List of Participants 196-198 Annex-III Make Up Of Organizing Committees 199 Annex-IV Breakout Groups 200-201 2 FOREWORD The Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan is striving for environmental protection and pollution control in Pakistan. Safe use of chemicals and environmentally sound management of hazardous chemical wastes is the corner stone of the National Environmental Policy. International Cooperation (IC) Wing of the Ministry of Environment deals with the issues related to safe management of hazardous chemicals and wastes under various agreements e.g. Basal Convention, Stockholm Convention, Rotterdam Convention, SAICM, Montreal protocol and Kyoto Protocol etc. The IC Wing arranges for several activities, aimed at enhancing capacity within the country to tackle the newly arising issues related to wise use of certain hazardous chemicals and safe disposal of harmful wastes. Some chemicals and their by products need careful evaluation before being released to the environment, while the use of certain other chemicals need to be banned or restricted in order to avoid environmental degradation and to combat rising levels of pollution. The Joint Secretary, IC Wing is the Designated National Authority (DNA) for the Rotterdam Convention. The DNA is striving for implementation of PIC procedure in the country. A participatory decision making process has been adopted. In order to obtain active participation of Stakeholders, the IC Wing occasionally organizes stockholders dialogue and consultations. One such Consultative Workshop on the Rotterdam Convention was arranged from 26 to 29th June, 2007 in collaboration with Rotterdam Convention Secretariat and the FAO for National capacity building. The consultation involved a wide range of stakeholders from government, civil society, private sector, industrial and research organizations as well as the professionals from the academia in order to actively pursue the agenda of safer use and trade in the chemicals which can be otherwise harmful to human health and the environment. 3 The enhancement in capability of the concerned government officials and other stakeholders, will lead us towards development of National Action Plan for Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention on Certain Hazardous Chemicals. The Ministry of Environment is actively pursuing creation of a strong technical cadre within the Ministry to cater the future needs in respect of timely and effective decision making regarding various environmental issues and the international obligations. A National Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Secretariat has been established in the Ministry. The secretariat will provide inputs to the Ministry on various technical issues. The National Consultative Workshop on the Development of National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, 26-29 June, 2007 has been very productive. The deliberations of the delegates will go a long way towards developing mechanisms for safe management of chemicals and wastes in Pakistan. It is further reiterated that the opinions solicited from the technical experts and the valuable suggestions put forth by the learned participants will be reflected in the future strategies and plans devised in light of requirements/obligations under Rotterdam Convention. I appreciate the untiring efforts put in by the officers and staff of the IC Wing and the valuable cooperation extended by the Rotterdam Secretariat and the FAO to make the event a success. Khizar Hayat Khan Joint Secretary (IC) Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan 4 Acknowledgement The National MEAs Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan arranged a four days National Consultation / Workshop on the Development of National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention under the leadership and guidance of Mr. Khizar Hayat Khan, Joint Secretary, International Cooperation (IC) Wing. Mr. Khizar Hayat Khan was the main driving force behind this Consultative Workshop. Without his vision, initiative and drive, the Workshop could never had become a reality. I express my deep gratitude and sincere thanks to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment for providing patronage and sparing time from his extremely busy schedule to inaugurate the National Consultative Workshop on Development of National Action Plan for implementation of the Rotterdam Convention. Mr. Manzoor Alam Qureshi, Deputy Secretary (IC) Wing took keen interest in organization of the Workshop and provided all possible support in timely holding of the Workshop and making it a success. He provided inputs to various plenary and technical sessions too. I would like to thank him for his sincere contribution. My special thanks are due to Mr. Bill Murray from the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat, Mr. Yongfan Piao from FAO and Mr. Gamini Manuweera from Department of Agriculture, Srilanka for sharing their expertise, rich experience and wealth of knowledge with the participants and thus making the flow of the proceedings worthwhile and beneficial towards achieving objectives of the Workshop. I am deeply indebted to Mr. Maqsood Akhtar, Deputy Program Manager, Ozone Cell, for maintaining a meaningful and efficient contact with FAO and RC Secretariat in arranging funds and finalizing the arrangements for holding this Workshop. He was the key figure in making logistical arrangements for the Workshop. 5 My special thanks and acknowledgements are due to Mr. Zaigham Abbas, Technical Officer (Chemicals) for establishing contacts with the delegates and ensuring their participation. His pertinent and persistent technical contribution before and during the Workshop deserves deep appreciation. He gave valuable inputs and took keen interest in the course of proceedings of the Workshop. I will be failing in my duty if I do not acknowledge with deep gratitude,
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