UNEP/POPS/CONF/4
AnnexF
INFORMATIONONSOCIO-ECONOMICCONSIDERATIONS
Anevaluationshouldbeundertakenregardingpossiblecontrolmeasuresforchemicalsunder
considerationforinclusioninthisConvention,encompassingthefullrangeofoptions,including
managementandelimination.Forthispurpose,relevantinformationshouldbeprovidedrelatingtosocio-
economicconsiderationsassociatedwithpossiblecontrolmeasurestoenableadecisiontobetakenbythe
ConferenceoftheParties.Suchinformationshouldreflectdueregardforthedifferingcapabilitiesand
conditionsamongthePartiesandshouldincludeconsiderationofthefollowingindicativelistofitems:
(a)Efficacyandefficiencyofpossiblecontrolmeasuresinmeetingriskreductiongoals:
(i)Technicalfeasibility;and
(ii)Costs,includingenvironmentalandhealthcosts;
(b)Alternatives(productsandprocesses):
(i)Technicalfeasibility;
(ii)Costs,includingenvironmentalandhealthcosts;
(iii)Efficacy;
(iv)Risk;
(v)Availability;and
(vi)Accessibility;
(c)Positiveand/ornegativeimpactsonsocietyofimplementingpossiblecontrolmeasures:
(i)Health,includingpublic,environmentalandoccupationalhealth;
(ii)Agriculture,includingaquacultureandforestry;
(iii)Biota(biodiversity);
(iv)Economicaspects;
(v)Movementtowardssustainabledevelopment;and
(vi)Socialcosts;
(d)Wasteanddisposalimplications(inparticular,obsoletestocksofpesticidesandclean-upof
contaminatedsites):
(i)Technicalfeasibility;and
(ii)Cost;
(e)Accesstoinformationandpubliceducation;
(f)Statusofcontrolandmonitoringcapacity;and
(g)Anynationalorregionalcontrolactionstaken,includinginformationonalternatives,andother
relevantriskmanagementinformation.
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