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Basel Waste Solutions Circle launches membership drive | |
The Basel Waste Solutions Circle is a global initiative to promote the protection of human health and livelihood through the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes worldwide.
Launched by the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal in 2009, the Circle kicked off a global membership drive on 21 January 2014 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Basel Convention. The Basel Waste Solutions Circle is composed of members who demonstrably contribute in a concrete manner to the implementation of the Basel Convention.
Membership to the Circle is open to governments, intergovernmental organizations, public interest and civil society groups at all levels, professional organizations, industrial organizations, academic institutions, private enterprises, communities and individuals that implement an activity recognized under the Circle. The 2015 Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention will recognize those admitted to the Circle during 2014.
The Conference will honour the best activities in each of three categories:
For more information, visit www.basel.int/bwsc or email michael.jones@brsmeas.org |
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Fatoumata Keita-Ouane is the new Head of the Chemical Branch | |
Ms Fatoumata Keita-Ouane, a national of Mali, took office as the new Head of Chemicals Branch, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, UNEP in January.
Ms Keita-Ouane holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and an advanced degree in Toxicology from the “Université Catholique de Louvain”, Belgium.
She began her international career in Geneva at the World Health Organization’s Division of Pharmaceuticals and then worked in UNEP’s International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC), which later evolved to become Chemicals Branch, until 2006. She was responsible for chemical management capacity building, particularly in African countries. Mr Keita-Ouane also initiated activities to build national chemical management infrastructures and supported countries with the negotiations of the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
From 2006 to 2010, Mr Keita-Ouane was appointed Senior Scientific Affairs Officer at the Stockholm Convention Secretariat and led the establishment of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee and the Effectiveness Evaluation Programme for the Convention.
In 2010, she moved to the Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) where she held the post of Chief of the Scientific Assessment Branch. |
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