Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
Forum intergouvernemental sur la sécurité chimique
Foro Intergubernamental sobre Seguridad Quimica
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.ifcs.ch/
URL: http://www.who.int/ifcs/
Founded
1994-04-25 Stockholm Sweden
History
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Provide an inclusive forum for discussing issues of common interest and also new and emerging issues in the area of sound management of chemicals; contribute to the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the work of other chemicals-related international organizations and institutions.
Events
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Supports: E-XM3845 - Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). Links with:
- E-XE2969 - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- H-XF5537 - UNEP DTIE Chemicals Branch;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- H-XE3104 - United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD);
- E-XE1146 - United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (Committee of Experts on TDG and GHS);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);
- B-XB3548 - WHO.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Participants include: F-XF1551 - International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI); C-XC3918 - International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR); B-XC2767 - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC); C-XC0385 - International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX). Links with a wide range of industrial, environmental and consumer organizations; including:
- D-XD0615 - Conseil européen de l'industrie chimique (CEFIC);
- C-XC2090 - CropLife International;
- E-XE6634 - European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC);
- F-XF4299 - Friends of the Earth International (FoEI);
- F-XF4392 - Greenpeace International;
- D-XM1430 - International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA);
- C-XD3129 - International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA);
- C-XC5650 - International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE);
- A-XM2085 - International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC);
- B-XB2719 - International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Associations (IUF);
- F-XF4753 - International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN);
- F-XF0481 - Pesticide Action Network International (PAN);
- F-XG6112 - World Chlorine Council (WCC).
Publications
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- Fundamental Sciences → Chemicals
- Societal Problems → Safety
- Health → WHO Bodies
- Nation State → Intergovernmental
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF5382
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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