Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous

Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous

Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous

Rotterdam Convention Operation of the Prior Informed Consent procedure for banned or severely restricted chemicals

Of the 201 chemicals concerned, 160 are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Of the four chemicals concerned, two are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

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The voluntary prior informed consent procedure continued to provide protection to all participating countries, not only to Parties to the Convention.

The husband also has the right to declare his consent void in writing until the beginning of the procedure of artificial insemination.

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade entered into force on 24 February 2004.

The expected number of responses is calculated for all countries participating in the prior informed consent procedure at the time indicated for chemicals concerned in each column.

(e) Parties should consider the need for and practical implementation of athe prior informed consent procedure for ODS imports similar to the one used in the Basel Convention

Decision guidance documents for the other 11 chemicals had previously been circulated under the interim prior informed consent procedure and a number of import responses had already been received.

As at 30 April 2005, no Party had reported information to the secretariat on transit movements through its territory of chemicals subject to the interim prior informed consent procedure.

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, adopted on 10 September 1998 and acceded to on 22 July 2003.

It was noted in the cover letter circulated with the decision guidance documents that responses previously submitted under the interim prior informed consent procedure did not need to be resubmitted.

To date, 24 pesticides, 6 severely hazardous pesticide formulations and 11 industrial chemicals are listed in Annex III of the Convention and are therefore subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

The functions of the secretariat are defined in Article 19, paragraph 2, of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.

In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, suspended the meeting under rule 33 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure.

Consent

Consent

Specifically, they provide that therapeutic abortion is not punishable if the procedure has been approved by a committee of three specialists from the Ministry of Health and the pregnant woman has given consent.

Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade on the work of its second meeting

It should be noted that, under article 10 of the Convention, obligations relating to the submission of import responses apply equally to all categories of chemicals subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

The President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Gérard Latortue, Interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti.

Express consent

On the matter of virginity testing and genital examination, the reporting State should indicate whether such testing was conditional on women's written consent for such a procedure, and whether men also had to undergo virginity testing.

Silence gives consent.

One approach inspired by rule 70 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court is to define consent as not to be inferred by the silence or lack of resistance of the victim.

A large number of statements were made on the study, referring to the substantive and procedural elements of free, prior and informed consent. It was particularly stressed that a decision on consent could only be taken directly by the community concerned according to its own traditional decision making processes, with full respect for the time constraints such a procedure might involve.

Consent to be bound

In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs.

In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Kieran Prendergast, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs.

In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.

In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Kieran Prendergast, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs.

In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the consideration, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rules of procedure.

I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite the Chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to participate in this meeting in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard.

Democracy depends on informed consent.

The Truth about Medical Consent

Free, prior and informed consent

Where consent to the measures of constraint is required under articles 18 and 19, consent to the exercise of jurisdiction under article 7 shall not imply consent to the taking of measures of constraint.

In Guinea, marriage is concluded by mutual consent, and by law that consent must be given freely by both parties.

Welcoming the entry into force of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade as a key instrument providing States with a major tool to reduce the risks associated with pesticide use,

In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs.