Governments should combat the illegal export of banned and hazardous chemicals, including agro-chemicals, in accordance with relevant international and regional agreements. Governments should support the negotiation of a legally binding international instrument for the application of prior informed consent procedures for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Food & Nutrition
Health
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Women and the environment (1997), para. 11.