According to an article in the Bureau of National Affairs' (BNA) Daily Environment Report (reproduced by Meridian Nanotechnology & Development News), the second session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2), which will be held from the 11^th to the 15^th May in Geneva, has scheduled an agenda item on ‘Nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials’.

According to BNA, ‘the conference, which is the first since the original 2006 ICCM when participants agreed to the voluntary Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), is expected to bring together country representatives, industry, and environmental, health and labor organizations. A discussion about the progress made since SAICM is expected, while some participants are planning to call for an international database with information about the chemicals in manufactured products, promoting substitutes for chemicals of concern, and extending producer responsibility for manufactured products.’

Nanotechnologies and manufactured nanomaterials are proposed to be discussed under several aspects of meeting (follow this link to download the Annotated Provisional Agenda):

• Report on submissions received from stakeholders in response to the questionnaire on Strategic Approach implementation (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/4).
• Emerging policy issues (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/10).
• Proposed actions on emerging policy issues (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/10/Add.1).
• Report on activities of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals and its participating and observer organizations in support of the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/3).
• Report of the sixth session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/5)
• Submission by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry on emerging issues in chemicals management in developing countries (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/6).
• Report by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemicals Safety on contributions to the implementations of the Strategic Approach (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/10).
• Report by the World Health Organization (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/11).
• Summary and commentary on submissions received from stakeholders in response to the questionnaire on Strategic Approach implementation (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/20).
• Citizens’ report on a global outreach campaign on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (follow this link to download the Citizens’ Report).
• Annotated list of submission on emerging issues (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/33).
• Background information in relation to the emerging policy issues of nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials (follow this link to download the relevant document SAICM/ICCM.2/INF/34).

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