Context:- UN member-states have endorsed a new global framework at the Fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) in Bonn, Germany, aiming to mitigate environmental hazards posed by chemicals and waste.
Framework Objectives and Highlights:
- The adopted global framework aims to eliminate deadly agricultural pesticides by 2035, addressing environmental risks associated with hazardous chemicals and waste.
- ICCM played a pivotal role in the expected adoption of ‘The Beyond 2020 global chemical and waste framework’ and the Bonn High-level Declaration on Chemicals and Waste.
- Guiding and overseeing the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) process falls within the purview of ICCM.
- SAICM, designed as a policy framework, aims to ensure that by 2020, we produce and utilize chemicals in ways that minimize adverse impacts on the environment and human health.
- The intersessional efforts culminated in the development of ‘The Beyond 2020 global chemical and waste framework,’ anticipated to be formally ratified at ICCM.
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