Mini-Hearing on Obsolete Pesticides in Eastern European Countries, the Caucasus and Central Asian Countries in the European Parliament on 29 of June 2010

Please find the Conclusions of the mini-hearing on “Obsolete pesticides” and other presentations according to programme:

• Ria Oomen-Ruijten, MEP – Obsolete pesticides Mini Hearing – 29 June 2010 – European Parliament ASP 3 E 2
• OSCE Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, Armenia – Nubarashen POPs pesticides burial site in Armenia. Emergency case
• Richard Thompson, Joergen Maersk Pedersen, FAO – Obsolete Pesticides in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
• First Deputy Minister Vitalii Boot, Oleksander Ovdiienko, Ministry of Emergency, Ukraine
  1. Ecological emergency zone in Kalush: current situation and mitigation of the consequences – presentation
  2. Speech on “Ecological disaster area in Kalush: current status and further mitigation of the consequences”
• Marta Ciraj, Ministry of Health, Slovenia – Slovenian initiative WHA Resolution + Obsolete Pesticides Proposal in Danube STRATEGY
• Mariana Grama, Ion Barbarasa, Valentin Plesca, Moldova – Initiatives and actions on the elimination of obsolete pesticides in the Republic of Moldova
• Gulchera Aliyeva, ECORES, Azerbaijan – Emergency issues related with obsolete pesticides in Azerbaijan Republic
• John Vijgen, IHPA – EU Commission Plan together with stakeholders on Obsolete Pesticides from paper to reality
• Christian Egenhofer, CEPS – Concrete Steps for Implementation of Action Plan on OPs
• Andrew Murphy, EU Commission, DG Environment
• Statements by Elena Manvelyan , AWHHE, Armenia
• Questions during Mini-Hearing
• CONCLUSIONS and ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN