Dear SAICM National Focal Points in the Asia-Pacific Region,
I am writing to remind you that the deadline for comments on the consultation papers on the preparation for the Open-Ended Legal and Technical Working Group and the second International Conference on Chemical Management is 28 February. The papers can be downloaded from following URL.
http://www.chem.unep.ch/saicm/OELTWG/OPEN-ended.htm
http://www.chem.unep.ch/saicm/iccm/ICCM2/iccm2.htm
The SAICM Secretariat informed me that they will prepare revised consultation notes to reflect the comments received by around 15 March. Then a teleconference will be organized on 7 April with five regional focal points and several NGO/IGO focal points. Therefore, I would encourage you to try to send your comments by the deadline. Even if this is not possible, I would appreciate hearing about your comments on these notes by the end of March so that I can better represent the views of some countries at the teleconference.
Best regards,
Esak
Eisaku Toda (Mr.)
SAICM Asia-Pacific Regional Focal Point
Also Director
Chemicals Evaluation OfficeEnvironmental Health Department
Ministry of the Environment
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda Tokyo 100-8975 Japan
Phone (+81) 3 5521 8253 / Fax (+81) 3 3581 3370
E-mail:saicm@iges.or.jp
