Policy & analysis
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A/RES/71/3: Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance
This document contains political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance. (WHO)
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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
This document contains Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. (Basel Convention)
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Convention on Nuclear Safety
This document contains convention on nuclear safety. (International Atomic Energy Agency)
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
This document contains convention on the transboundary effects of industrial accidents. (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
This document contains joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management. (International Atomic Energy Agency)
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Minamata Convention on Mercury
This document contains Minamata convention on Mercury. (United Nations Environment Programme)
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Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
The objective of this Protocol is to enhance public access to information through the establishment of coherent, integrated, nationwide pollutant release and transfer registers in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol, which could facilitate public participation in environmental decision-making as well as contribute to the prevention and reduction of pollution of the environment. (UNECE)
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Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
This document contains Rotterdam convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade. (Rotterdam Convention)
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
This document contains Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants. (United Nations Environment Programme)
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Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
This document provides a policy framework to guide efforts to achieve the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation goal that, by 2020, chemicals will be produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health. (United Nations Environment Programme)
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WHA58.22: Cancer prevention and control
This document contains resolutions and decisions of cancer prevention and control. (WHO)
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WHA58.3: Revision of the International Health Regulations
This document contains revision of the international health regulations. (WHO)
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WHA59.15: Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
This document contains resolutions and decisions of strategic approach to international chemicals management. (WHO)
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WHA60.26: Workers’ health: global plan of action
This document contains global plan of action on workers' health. (WHO)
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WHA63.25: Improvement of Health through Safe and Environmentally Sound Waste Management
This document contains resolutions of improvement of health through safe and environmentally sound waste management. (WHO)
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WHA63.26: Improvement of Health through Sound Management of Obsolete Pesticides and other Obsolete Chemicals
This document contains resolutions of improvement of health through sound management of obsolete pesticides and other obsolete chemicals. (WHO)
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WHA67.11: Public health impacts of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds: the role of WHO and ministries of public health in the implementation of the Minamata Convention
This document contains resolutions and decisions of public health impacts of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds. (WHO)
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WHA68.7: Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
This document contains global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. (WHO)
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WHA69.4: The role of the Health Sector in the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management Towards the 2020 Goal and Beyond
This document presents the report on the role of the health sector in the sound management of chemicals. (WHO)
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Communication plans in contaminated areas as prevention tools for informed policy
Proposes communication plans as a tool for fostering mid- and long-term prevention actions in local contexts affected by natural and man-made contamination from industrial and agricultural production and waste management. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Hazardous waste: a challenge for public health
This case study, concerning the Italian "Land of Fires", provides a frame for integrating scientific, evidence-based public health actions and priorities for further research. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)