The second session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2) convened from 11-15 May 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Delegates considered new emerging policy issues, rules of procedure, the need for an intersessional body, and matters related to finance, and adopted resolutions on, inter alia: rules of procedure; emerging issues; a process for considering emerging issues; the establishment of an open-ended working group; and financial resources. Delegates also took the decision not to integrate the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) as a subsidiary body of the ICCM. The ICCM2 decision left the IFCS to determine its own future. As a result, the Forum Standing Committee will convene via teleconference in June 2009 to take a decision on the future of IFCS. (IISD RS sources)
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