Role of the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods in the development of a harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals for implementing Chapter 19 of Agenda 21.

Requests the Committee on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: (a) to elaborate, by the end of 1996, as requested by the International Programme on Chemical Safety and ILO, proposals for globally harmonized criteria for the classification of flammable, explosive and reactive materials; (b) to continue collaboration with the International Programme on Chemical Safety for the implementation of chapter 19 of Agenda 21; requests the Secretary-General to convene, in consultation with the Director-General of ILO, meetings of experts in the classification of physical hazards during sessions of the Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, or in conjunction with those sessions.

Adopted without vote, 44th meeting

Adopted at the 44th plenary meeting, 19 July 1995.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council: organizational session for 1995, New York, 1 and 7-10 February 1995; resumed organizational session for 1995, New York, 4 and 5 May, 1 and 6 June 1995; substantive session of 1995, Geneva, 26 June-28 July 1995; resumed substantive session of 1995, New York, 25 October, 2 November and 12 December 1995 - E/1995/95 - p. 16-17 - (ESCOR, 1995, Suppl. no. 1).