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Art.9 |
Article 9 |
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Art.9.1 |
1. Each Party shall facilitate or undertake the exchange of information relevant to: |
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Art.9.1.a |
(a) The reduction or elimination of the production, use and release of persistent organic pollutants; and |
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Art.9.1.b |
(b) Alternatives to persistent organic pollutants, including information relating to their risks as well as to their economic and social costs. |
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Art.9.2 |
2. The Parties shall exchange the information referred to in paragraph 1 directly or through the Secretariat. |
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Art.9.3 |
3. Each Party shall designate a national focal point for the exchange of such information. |
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Art.9.4 |
4. The Secretariat shall serve as a clearing-house mechanism for information on persistent organic pollutants, including information provided by Parties, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations. |
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Art.9.5 |
5. For the purposes of this Convention, information on health and safety of humans and the environment shall not be regarded as confidential. Parties that exchange other information pursuant to this Convention shall protect any confidential information as mutually agreed. |
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Art.10 |
Article 10 |
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Art.10.1 |
1. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, promote and facilitate: |
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Art.10.1.a |
(a) Awareness among its policy and decision makers with regard to persistent organic pollutants; |
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Art.10.1.b |
(b) Provision to the public of all available information on persistent organic pollutants, taking into account paragraph 5 of Article 9; |
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Art.10.1.c |
(c) Development and implementation, especially for women, children and the least educated, of educational and public awareness programmes on persistent organic pollutants, as well as on their health and environmental effects and on their alternatives; |
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Art.10.1.d |
(d) Public participation in addressing persistent organic pollutants and their health and environmental effects and in developing adequate responses, including opportunities for providing input at the national level regarding implementation of this Convention; |
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Art.10.1.e |
(e) Training of workers, scientists, educators and technical and managerial personnel; |
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Art.10.1.f |
(f) Development and exchange of educational and public awareness materials at the national and international levels; and |
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Art.10.1.g |
(g) Development and implementation of education and training programmes at the national and international levels. |
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Art.10.2 |
2. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, ensure that the public has access to the public information referred to in paragraph 1 and that the information is kept up-to-date. |
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Art.10.3 |
3. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, encourage industry and professional users to promote and facilitate the provision of the information referred to in paragraph 1 at the national level and, as appropriate, subregional, regional and global levels. |
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Art.10.4 |
4. In providing information on persistent organic pollutants and their alternatives, Parties may use safety data sheets, reports, mass media and other means of communication, and may establish information centres at national and regional levels. |
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Art.10.5 |
5. Each Party shall give sympathetic consideration to developing mechanisms, such as pollutant release and transfer registers, for the collection and dissemination of information on estimates of the annual quantities of the chemicals listed in Annex A, B or C that are released or disposed of. |
