| Objective: To promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm. To contribute to the environmentally sound use of those hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics by providing for a nationaldecision making process on their imports and exports and disseminating these decisions to parties. Date signed: 11th September 1998 Date of adoption: 10th September 1998 Ratification: 3rd February 2005 Entry into Force: 4th May 2005. Government Obligation: To contribute to the environmentally sound use of those hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics by providing for a nationaldecision making process on their imports and exports and disseminating these decisions to parties. Focal Point: NFP Principal Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forestry . Official Contact Point Director Department of Multilateral Environmental Agreements Ministry of Environment and Forestry Designated National Authority Mr. Simon Opiyo Ombajo Chief Executive Secretary Pest Control Products Board Rotterdam Convention Designated National Uthority for Industrial Chemicals and Pesticides (DNA CP) Need to confirm with PCPB who is the focal person since PCPB as an institution is the DNA . In this particular case we need both Projects/Initiatives: Institutional Needs Analysis for Chemicals and Waste Management in Kenya. The project funded by UNDP. |
