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Other Americas

• This page covers countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean; the US and Canada are covered by separate pages.

Chemicals policy in this region is mainly focused on engagement in, and implementation of, global chemical agreements, for example the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), the Stockholm Convention and GHS.

A South American workshop on GHS implementation at the end of 2004 involved countries from Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile [as a candidate country] and the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela).

A report is also available of a regional consultation meeting on SAICM, involving representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean

Many countries in this region have produced national profiles of their chemicals management capability, as a part of a UNITAR program. For details, see the UNITAR National Profile web pages

 

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