PARMA HOSTS FIFTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.03.2010 19:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Representatives of 53 WHO Member States will gather
in Parma, Italy, on 10-12 March 2010 to review the impact of national
and cross-border environmental policies on the health status of the
population of the WHO European Region: over 890 million people. The
three-day Fifth

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health is the latest
milestone in an intergovernmental process that started in 1989.

The event will bring together over 800 participants from countries
across the European Region, including ministers of health and
of the environment, representatives of the European Commission,
intergovernmental and nongovernmental stakeholders, scientists and
youth delegates.

Governments of countries in the European Union (EU) and other parts
of the WHO European Region are expected to adopt a declaration
reinforcing their commitment to reducing major environmental risk
factors (including unsafe water and sanitation, contaminated air and
dangerous chemicals) and emerging global threats (such as climate
change). The declaration, to be signed on 12 March 2010, will commit
governments to achieve clear goals in the next 10 years.