The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat, in collaboration the Ministry of Land and Environment, Jamaica, is organizing a Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) regional meeting on the SAICM. In addition, short meetings are being organized on: assisting countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region to prepare for the upcoming negations on mercury as mandated by the UNEP Governing Council in its decision 25/5; nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials; industrial chemicals management, organized by the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention and the World Health Organization; and resource mobilization to support implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.  

dates: 5-13 March 2010  
location: Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica  
phone: 41-22-917-8532  
fax: 41-22-797-3460  
e-mail: saicm@chemicals.unep.ch  
www: http://www.saicm.org/index.php?content=meeting&mid=99&menuid=&def=1