On 27-28 January 2006, representatives of the International Chemical Secretariat attended a stakeholder meeting in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, on chemical safety and the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on the elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants, so-called POPs. The event, entitled "Seminar on Chemical Safety in Belarus" gathered representatives from a number of National Agencies, Research Centres, Universities, Government Ministries and National NGOs, as well as representatives of American, Czech and Swedish Environment Organisations.

In a follow-up to the seminar, Belarusian NGOs decided to form an NGO coalition to work for Chemical safety in Belarus. This collaboration will cover a range of national and local organisations, e.g. BirdLife Belarus, Labour Women, Chernobyl-watch and a number of Belarusian environment organisations.

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