IFCS/FSC/09.01
16 June 2009
83rd Forum Standing Committee Meeting
24 June 2009
Proposed Annotated Agenda
1.0
Opening
President
2.0
Adoption of Agenda
President
3.0
IFCS Financial Report
Secretariat
4.0
Future work and organizational arrangements for IFCS
President
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ICCM-2 Resolution on the Intergovernmental Forum on
Chemical Safety
Future work and endeavours of IFCS
5.0
Meetings
5.1
scheduling
5.2
invitation to newly designated SAICM Regional Focal Points and/or
ICCM Bureau members to participate in FSC
meetings/teleconferences
6.0
SAICM - Implementation update (verbal report)
7.0
Other business
8.0
Closure of the meeting
President
UNEP SAICM
Secretariat/
SAICM Regional
Focal Points
President
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Annotations
2.0
Adoption of Agenda
The Proposed Annotated Agenda is presented to the Forum Standing Committee (FSC) for its
consideration and adoption.
The main focus of the meeting is to consider the future work and organizational arrangements for IFCS in
light of the decision of ICCM not to integrate IFCS into ICCM as an advisory body as proposed by
Forum VI.
Document:
Proposed Annotated Agenda (IFCS/FSC/09.01)
Reference:
List of Documents (IFCS/FSC/09.02)
3.0
IFCS Financial Report
The Secretariat will provide an update on the IFCS Trust Fund covering administrative operations.
The Statement Of Administrative And Financial Arrangements Relating To The Provision Of The
Secretariat For The Intergovernmental Forum On Chemical Safety At The Headquarters Of The World
Health Organization (WHO) includes a section on the terms of the arrangement:
8.
Terms of Arrangements
8.1
Except as otherwise specified, the administrative and financial arrangements may be
modified at any time upon an Exchange of Letters between the Executive Director, General
Management, WHO and the President of the Forum.
8.2
This statement of administration and financial arrangements may be terminated by
WHO or by the President of the Forum subject to three months written notice.
Reference:
- IFCS Trust Fund – 2009 Budget of the IFCS Secretariat (IFCS/FORUM-VI/07w Annex 3)
- Statement Of Administrative And Financial Arrangements Relating To The Provision Of The
Secretariat For The Intergovernmental Forum On Chemical Safety At The Headquarters Of The
World Health Organization (WHO)
4.0
Future work and organizational arrangements for IFCS
ICCM-2 considered the proposal by the Forum to integrate IFCS into the SAICM structure as an advisory
body to the ICCM and took the following decision on the future of IFCS:
ICCM-2 Resolution on the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
The Conference,
2. Decides, in light of the establishment of an Open-ended Working Group as a subsidiary body
of the conference, not to integrate the Forum into the Conference at this time.
The ICCM-2 Decision on establishing an open-ended working group contains the role and functions of
the subsidiary body. The agreed modalities for considering emerging issues are presented in an annex to
the ICCM-2 Resolution on emerging policy issues.
The Forum VI Dakar Resolution on the future of IFCS states the following:
4. ..... authorizes the Forum Standing Committee to take any decisions with regard to the integration
of the Forum into the ICCM;
10. Decides that until ICCM integrates the Forum into ICCM as described in this Resolution, in
particular in Paragraph 7 and its annex, the Forum will continue to operate under its current
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terms of reference, and the Forum Standing Committee will continue to operate under its current
terms of reference;
11. Requests the IFCS Secretariat to support the Forum Standing Committee and to work closely
with the SAICM Secretariat in the implementation of this Resolution;
12. Invites all Governments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations,
including from the private sector, to provide voluntary financial and in-kind resources in support
of the IFCS Secretariat in the fulfillment of its functions.
The role and responsibilities of the FSC are contained in its Terms of Reference and include guiding the
work of the Forum between sessions and assisting with fund raising. The FSC is requested to consider
and advise on the future work and endeavours of the IFCS in light of the outcome of ICCM-2.
References:
- ICCM-2 Resolution on the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical safety
(SAICM/ICCM.2/CRP.33 amended; pending issue of ICCM-2 Meeting Report)
- ICCM-2 Decision on establishing an open-ended working group (SAICM/ICCM.2/CRP.30;
pending issue of ICCM-2 Meeting Report)
- ICCM-2 Resolution on emerging policy issues, Annex Modalities for considering emerging
policy issues (SAICM/ICCM.2/CRP.26/Add.3; pending issue of ICCM-2 Meeting Report)
- Dakar Resolution on the Future of IFCS, Forum VI Final Report Executive Summary
(IFCS/FORUM-VI/07w)
- IFCS Terms of Reference (IFCS/FORUM III/23w Annex 1)
- Forum Standing Committee Terms of Reference (IFCS/FORUM III/23w Annex 5)
5.0
Meetings
5.1
The FSC may wish to consider scheduling future teleconferences/meetings.
5.2
Invitation to newly designated SAICM Regional Focal Points and/or ICCM Bureau members to
participate in FSC meetings/teleconferences
Following Forum V, regional IFCS Vice Presidents invited the SAICM Regional Focal Point to
participate in the FSC teleconferences and meetings. The objective was to establish and strengthen a good
working relationship between the IFCS, SAICM implementation and the ICCM to support the
implementation of SAICM. The FSC is requested to advise on extending the invitation to participate to
the newly elected SAICM regional focal points and/or the members of the newly established ICCM
Bureau.
ICCM-2 adopted a Resolution on regional activities and coordination. The resolution
8. Encourages regional focal points to continue to play a facilitative role within their
regions including undertaking activities as determined within each region such as, inter alia:
chairing regional meetings, disseminating information of interest to focal points within their
region, collecting views from SAICM national focal points on matters of interest to the
region, and assisting in the flow of information and views from the region to its bureau
member, as appropriate.
ICCM-2 adopted Rules of Procedure and in doing so established a Bureau comprising a
President and four Vice-Presidents. Each of the five regions of the United Nations is represented
by one officer in the Bureau.
ICCM Bureau
The Bureau advises the President and the secretariat on the conduct of the business of
the Conference and its subsidiary bodies. (Rules of Procedure of the International
Conference on Chemicals Management (Rule 15, para 1.)
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6.0
SAICM – Implementation update
The SAICM Secretariat and SAICM Regional Focal Points are invited to update the FSC on SAICM
implementation efforts following ICCM-2.
7.0
Other business
The FSC may wish to discuss any other items of business.
8.0
Closure of the meeting
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