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Title: OAS


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OAS SAICM Cooperation for Sound Management of
Chemicals (SMC) in the Americas Bridgetown,
Barbados March,10-13, 2009.
  • Jean Marc RACINE
  • Environmental Management Specialist
  • OAS SAICM Focal Point
  • Sound Management of Chemicals (SMC)
  • Department of Sustainable Development (DSD).-
  • Organization of American States (OAS).-
  • E-mail jmracine_at_oas.org

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OAS Decision-Making Mechanisms
  • OAS Main Decision-Making Mechanisms
  • Summit of the Americas (OAS-SOA) every 2 and/or
    4 years - made of Heads of States of the
    Americas and set Mandates for the Hemisphere
  • Includes Special Summits such As Health and
    Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA) -
    held whenever an issue is judged pressing enough
    by the member states to require specific
    Positions/Mandates.
  • General Assembly (OAS-GA) held once a year
    made of Foreign Ministers of the Americas and
    set member countries major policies and goals
    through resolutions
  • Permanent Council Ongoing decision-making
    mechanism made of ambassadors appointed by the
    member states carries out ongoing actions and
    targets emerging issues for consideration by GA
    and SOA.

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OAS Mandates on SMC
  • Emergence of SMC issues in the Americas
    (1994-1998)
  • 1st Summit of the Americas, Miami, USA - 1994
  • Established Broad Mandates on human Health and
    Environmental Protection for the Americas -
  • Pan American Conference on Health and
    Environment in Human Development (PAN American
    Charter) Washington, DC October 1995.
  • A Follow-up of the First Summit of Americas
    (Miami, 1994) - Gathered for the first time the
    Health, Environment, and Development Ministers
    of the Americas and
  • Provided Mandates on Health and Environment for
    the Americas which today are being
    re-formulated and carried out through the OAS SMC
    program.

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OAS Mandates on SMC
  • PAN American Charter Washington, DC October
    1995
  • The Health, Environment and Development Ministers
    acknowledged
  • being Aware of continuing man-made damage to
    human and natural resources - especially air,
    water and soil - that arise from non-sustaining
    economic policies and practices, increased urban
    concentrations, poorly managed technology
    applications, and inadequate social knowledge and
    behavior and Calling upon governments and
    societies to implement the Declaration of
    Principles and Agenda 21 of the United Nations
    Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de
    Janeiro, 1992), and the mandates emanating from
    the Ibero-American and Miami Summit of 1994
    then directed the Hemisphere to
  • Protecting and promoting the health of all
    persons, in an environment that supports their
    well being, should serve as the prime
    decision-making criterion in planning and
    managing socioeconomic development
  • Protecting humans from health hazards in their
    natural and man-made environments requires not
    only initial provisions and designed safeguards,
    but also continuing surveillance and the capacity
    to act against acute and chronic dangers

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OAS Mandates on SMC
  • SMC Mandates (1996 1998)
  • Special Summit of Americas on Sustainable
    Development , Santa Cruz, Bolivia,1996.
  • Specific Mandates on SMC and then identified
    Cross-cutting issues Energy and Minerals,
    Water Resources and Coastal Areas, and
    Sustainable Agriculture and Forests.
  • 2nd Summit of the Americas, Santiago, Chili,
    April 1998.
  • Reaffirmed support to the Outcome of the Special
    Summit on Sustainable Development, and
    identified additional cross-cutting issues
    Mandates on Health Technology, Sustainable
    Development, Free Trade and
  • Called upon the OAS to Develop initiatives
    designed to reduce deficits in access to and
    quality of drinking water, basic sanitation and
    solid waste management, with special emphasis in
    rural and poor urban areas, by applying existing
    technologies or developing new, appropriate and
    effective low-cost technologies

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OAS Mandates on SMC
  • The HEMA Declaration of Ottawa, 2002.
  • 3rd Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada
    2001
  • Called upon the Ministers of Health and
    Environment of the Americas to act for improving
    the health and environmental conditions of the
    countries of the region
  • 1st Health and Environment Ministers of the
    Americas (HEMA) Forum, Ottawa, Canada, March
    2002
  • Direct follow of the Pan American Charter of 1995
    (Pre-HEMA Forum)
  • Direct follow-up of the 3rd Summit of the
    Americas HEMA mandate of 2001 and
  • Called for Concerted actions for Sound
    Management of Chemicals with specific linkages
    to cross-cutting issues directly associated with
    Sustainable Development which is acknowledged
    as being of primary importance should SMC be
    successfully implemented in the Americas

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OAS Mandates on SMC
  • The HEMA Declaration of Mar del Plata, 2005.
  • Special Summit of the Americas, Monterey Mexico,
    Jan 2004
  • Reiterated the call made at the 3rd SOA - and
    mandated the HEMA Forum to develop a cooperative
    agenda for preventing and reducing environmental
    health impacts
  • 2nd Health and Environment Ministers of the
    Americas (HEMA) Forum- Mar del Plata, Argentina,
    June 2005.
  • Follow-up of the Special SOA HEMA Mandates
    Monterey, 2004, and the specific response to
    the HEMA declaration of Ottawa , 2002

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OAS Mandates on SMC
  • The HEMA Declaration of Mar del Plata, 2005.
  • Specifically
  • Called upon the OAS to promoting regional
    cooperation around priorities linked to
    environmental health related issues as translated
    into national initiatives, supported by the
    provision of appropriate tools and
    decision-making support resources, and the
    deepening integration of civil society
    organizations as framed in Agenda XXI - and
  • Committed to developing and implementing
    strategies to manage risks, reduce threats to
    ecosystems and to human health in our region from
    pesticides and other chemical substances,
    particularly with respect to vulnerable
    populations, including indigenous groups,
    industrial and agricultural workers, women and
    Children.
  • HEMA Declaration of Mar del Plata, 2005.

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OAS SMC Program Implementation
  • OAS SMC Program Main Priorities
  • Achieving the goals of the HEMA declarations,
    as derived from the Organizations SMC Mandates
    and
  • Promoting Synergy in SMC actions at the
    regional level - through
  • Ensuring that OAS led SMC interventions are in
    line with existing conventions and mechanisms to
    which OAS member States have already adhered and
  • Supporting comprehensive cooperation/partnership
    mechanisms capable of advancing the OAS SMC
    program for the benefits of our member States.

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OAS SAICM Cooperation for SMC
  • Global SMC Conventions and Mechanisms
  • SMC Related MEAs
  • OAS supports all SMC related MEAs to which OAS
    member states at varied level have adhered
    (signed and/or ratified)
  • SMC Umbrella Policy Framework
  • SAICM - the Umbrella Policy framework addressing
    the global dimension of SMC and promoting
    cooperation mechanisms through its Global Action
    Plan (GAP) and Overarching Policy Strategy (OPS)
    is directly in line with the prerogatives of
    the OAS Summits Mandates and HEMA declarations
    on SMC.

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OAS SAICM Cooperation for SMC
  • OAS SMC Implementation Strategy
  • Operationalizing OAS SMC Mandates and associated
    HEMA declarations through the SAICM Overarching
    Policy framework (OPS) and implementation
    Mechanisms therein lie the Fundamentals of the
    OAS SAICM cooperation for SMC in the Americas.
  • Rational Such an Approach meets all the
    priorities set forth by the OAS SMC Mandates and
    HEMAs declarations, while facilitating synergy
    (Results Management, e.g.) with the Umbrella
    Strategy (SAICM) and its related MEAs.

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OAS SAICM Cooperation for SMC
  • The Cooperations Main Outputs to Date
  • Co-organized with SAICM Secretariat the First
    meeting of the SAICM LAC Region, Panama City,
    Panama, Feb14-16, 2008 establishing the SAICM
    LAC Regional Coordination Committee (RCC)
  • Sponsored the organization of the First Meeting
    of the SAICM LAC Regional Coordination Committee,
    Port-of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, June 11-13,
    2008 (SAICM RCC LAC)
  • Supported the Elaboration of the Regional Action
    Plan (RAP) for the LAC Region

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OAS SAICM Cooperation for SMC
  • OAS SMC Program The Way Forward.
  • Supporting OAS Member States in meeting the
    prerogatives of the SOAs and SSOAs Mandates on
    SMC and associated HEMA declarations and
  • Facilitating the implementation of the SAICM
    Framework and Mechanisms, and related MEAs in
    the Americas

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