PMID- 11505906
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010830
LR  - 20191105
IS  - 0944-1344 (Print)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 3
DP  - 2001
TI  - The elaboration of the 'Stockholm convention' on persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs): a negotiation process fraught with obstacles and opportunities.
PG  - 216-21
AB  - The conclusion in December 2000 of the negotiations for the 'Stockholm 
      Convention' can clearly be labeled as a success. The Convention text was 
      negotiated in merely five sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee 
      (INC) and accomplished after its fifth session despite the fact that numerous 
      controversial issues, such as the inclusion of new substances under the ambit of 
      the Convention, the acknowledgement of the precautionary principle or--clearly 
      most controversial--the financing mechanisms, remained to be resolved. This paper 
      attempts to provide a somewhat impressionistic account of the negotiations 
      leading to the conclusion of the 'Stockholm Convention' as experienced by the 
      members of the Swiss delegation participating in the negotiations of the INC. 
      Besides a brief overview on the 'history' of the negotiations, it will focus on 
      some issues of special interest--and controversy--to the negotiators, and finally 
      attempt to provide an outlook on the future of the work performed by the INC and 
      the implementation of the Convention. Issues of special interest are 
      environmental policy issues, capacity building and financing, trade-related 
      issues, precautionary principles, and technical and scientific issues.
FAU - Karlaganis, G
AU  - Karlaganis G
AD  - Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, Substances, Soil and 
      Biotechnology Division, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland.georg.karlaganis@buwal.admin.ch
FAU - Marioni, R
AU  - Marioni R
FAU - Sieber, I
AU  - Sieber I
FAU - Weber, A
AU  - Weber A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Substances)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
SB  - IM
MH  - Commerce
MH  - Environmental Pollution/economics/*legislation & jurisprudence/*prevention & 
      control
MH  - *Financing, Government
MH  - Hazardous Substances
MH  - Humans
MH  - International Cooperation
MH  - Organic Chemicals
MH  - Policy Making
MH  - Public Policy
EDAT- 2001/08/17 10:00
MHDA- 2001/08/31 10:01
CRDT- 2001/08/17 10:00
PHST- 2001/08/17 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/08/31 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/08/17 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF02987393 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2001;8(3):216-21. doi: 10.1007/BF02987393.