UN urges Russia to sign the trade agreement on hazardous chemicals as soon as possible

On October 19, 2010, the UN representative, the European Union and the EU member states recently called on Russia to sign the UN Rotterdam Convention on the trade of dangerous chemicals as soon as possible and use it for the main export product of Russia, chrysotile ( Chrysotileasbestos)

The Womenin Europefora Common Future stated that at the Moscow State High-Level Expert Meeting held in Russia last week, the meeting approved a proposal urging Russia to sign as soon as possible in June 2011, that is, next year’s meeting. Rotterdam agreement.

Attached: The text of the Rotterdam Convention was formed in September 1998 and met in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At present, 73 countries have signed the Rotterdam Convention, and China has participated in the entire process of the formation of the Rotterdam Convention. The official signing of the month took effect on June 20, 2005. The asbestos provisions of the Rotterdam Convention are: The inclusion of asbestos in the provisional PIC procedure. Russia and Ukraine objected to placing various forms of asbestos in the interim PIC procedure, but the review committee stated that each notification document received has met the criteria of Annex II to the Convention. Intensify the proposal to specify asbestos in the form of amphibole asbestos and chrysotile. Venezuela, Russia, and China have all agreed with Canada's proposal. China also stresses that asbestos has different levels of harm and should be listed separately for the importing countries to reply. The meeting adopted a proposal to add asbestos in the form of separate temporary PIC procedures.