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UNU e-Newsletter Issue 16. April 2006 The international community has long
recognized the need for a global strategy for the production, transport,
storage, use and disposal of chemicals.
On Feb 6, 2006, after years of work, participants at the International
Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
adopted the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
initiative. The agreement was
then approved by the 9th special session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global
Ministerial Environment Form (GCSS-9/GMEF). The main text of the SAICM (still
draft) is available at www.chem.unep.ch/ICCM/meeting_docs/default.htm. Asia News:
Introduction of new member institutes, India (next issue) and Pakistan (this
issue) Shimadzu GC/MS has arrived at each new member’s laboratory
in India and Pakistan, and will be installed soon. The new member institute
in Pakistan is introduced in this issue. The Indian member institute will be
introduced in the next issue.
PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF RESEARCH IN WATER
RESOURCES The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources was established in 1964 under the name of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Research Council (IDFCRC) within the Ministry of Natural Resources. It was brought under the control of Ministry of Science and Technology in 1970. It was renamed as Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in 1985.
UNU
News and Events Conferences in Tokyo and Iwate The programme of these conferences will be updated soon. UNU-IAS seeking applications for PhD
and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programmes Please see PhD
and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programmes for more
details. The application deadline is 12 May, 2006. UNU-GIST Joint Programme seeking
applications for the Internship Programme Please see Internship
Programme for Fall Semester 2006 for more details. The application
deadline is 31 May, 2006. Event
reports This training session was held for
the project member institutes between 24-26 Jan 2006
(27-28 Jan: Additional training for trainees from India & Pakistan) at Hadano Factory Tokyo Customer Support Center, Shimadzu
Corporation. Prof. Hiroshi Suzuki, Kagoshima
University, provided the participants with general knowledge on shrimp
species in Asia (Click
here for his slides).
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