Protection against products harmful to health and the environment

Expresses its appreciation for the cooperation extended by Governments in the preparation of the Consolidated List and urges all Governments, in particular those that have not yet done so, to provide the necessary information to relevant organizations for inclusion in future issues of the Consolidated List; requests the Secretary-General to continue to prepare the Consolidated List focusing on chemicals and pharmaceutical products in alternate years, with the same frequency for each official language in publishing the Consolidated List as was envisioned in General Assembly resolutions 39/229 and 44/226; urges the adoption of the agreed text of the Rotterdam Convention at the diplomatic conference to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 10 and 11 Sept. 1998 and calls for a speedy ratification by the signatories of the Convention, aimed at its early entry into force; emphasizes the need to continue to utilize the work being undertaken by relevant organizations of the UN system and other intergovernmental organizations in this area.

Adopted without vote, 46th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1998, New York, 22 Jan. and 3 and 6 Feb. 1998; resumed organizational session for 1998, New York, 7 May 1998; substantive session of 1998, New York, 6-31 July and 5 Aug. 1998; resumed substantive session of 1998, New York, 16 Dec. 1998 - E/1998/98 - p. 68-69 - (ESCOR, 1998, Suppl. no. 1).