Annex II - Principles and approaches
(a) Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Declaration) (1972), in particular principle 22; [1]
(b) Agenda 21 (1992), in particular chapters 6, 8, 19 and 20; [2]
(c) Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992); [3]
(d) Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995); [4]
(e) Bahia Declaration on Chemical Safety (2000); [5]
(f) United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000); [6]
(g) Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation) (2002); [7]
(h) Dubai Declaration on International Chemicals Management (2006); [8]
(i) World Health Organization, Principles for Evaluating Health Risks in Children Associated with Exposure to Chemicals, (2006); [9]
(j) United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007); [10]
(k) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (2011); [11]
(l) “The future we want” (2012); [12]
(m) International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (2014); [13]
(n) Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (2015); [14]
(o) International Labour Organization, Guidelines for a Just Transition towards environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All (2015); [15]
(p) Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015); [16]
(q) Women’s Empowerment and the Link to Sustainable Development (agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women) (2016); [17]
(r) International Labour Organization, Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (2023);
(s) World Health Organization, Chemicals Road Map (2017); [18]
(t) General Assembly resolution 76/300 of 28 July 2022 on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (2022);
(u) The following agreements, where applicable:
(i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979); [19]
(ii) Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1989); [20]
(iii) International Labour Organization Chemicals Convention (No. 170) (1990);
(iv) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1992); [21]
(v) International Labour Organization Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention (No. 174) (1993);
(vi) Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (2004); [22]
(vii) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2004); [23]
(viii) International Health Regulations (2005); [24]
(ix) Minamata Convention on Mercury (2017); [25]
(x) All International Labour Organization Fundamental Conventions, including the Occupational Safety and Health Convention (No. 155) (1981) and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention (No. 187) (2006), and all other relevant international labour standards pertaining to health and safety in the area of chemicals and waste.
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[1] Report of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 5–16 June 1972 (A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1), part one, chap. I.
[2] Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex II.
[3] Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
[4] Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
[5] Available at https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/bahia-declaration-on-chemical-s….
[6] General Assembly resolution 55/2.
[7] Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
[8] Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management: Texts and Resolutions of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (United Nations Environment Programme, 2006). Available at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/SAICM_publicati….
[9] Available at https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/43604/924157237X_eng.pdf?se….
[10] General Assembly resolution 61/295, annex.
[11] Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (New York and Geneva, 2011).
[12] Outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012. General Assembly resolution 66/288, annex.
[13] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization, The International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (2014).
[14] General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex.
[15] International Labour Organization, Guidelines for a Just Transition towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All (2015).
[16] General Assembly resolution 70/1.
[17] Available at https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Se….
[18] World Health Organization, Chemicals Road Map (2017).
[19] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, no. 20378.
[20] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1522, no. 26369.
[21] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1673, no. 28911.
[22] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2244, no. 39973.
[23] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2256, no. 40214.
[24] World Health Organization, document WHA58/2005/REC/1, resolution 58.3, annex.
[25] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 3202, no. 54669.