i. The minimization of environmental harm.

Minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 14

Environmental PAYT programs are an effective tool in increasing waste separation and recycling, and also encourage waste minimization.

Part VI Review of information on the minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 14

The most sustainable means of doing that was to encourage industrial development, particularly in agro processing and minimization of post harvest losses.

b. provide appropriate assistance, especially to developing States, for the minimization of the effects of major incidents which may cause serious pollution of the marine environment

Examples of measures to safeguard the health of women and children are the minimization of chemical exposures before conception and through gestation, infancy, childhood and adolescence.

Minimization of hazardous wastes would be enhanced by national planning and policies, awareness raising and protection of handlers, while contaminated sites would be subject to identification and remediation.

The programme provides the constructive life skills of peace and conflict minimization and prevention to refugee and returnee children, youth and the wider community through experiential learning and training.

Its stated object is to preserve the marine environment through the complete elimination of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances.

Techno economic support to pilot rural agro enterprises will be provided, which will result in smoother production flows improved product quality waste minimization and by product utilization, and improved packaging.

A number of relevant case studies on available alternatives and on the use of substitutes were identified, relating in particular to the treatment and minimization of medical, municipal and hazardous wastes.

Article 14 of the Basel Convention recommends the establishment of regional or sub regional centers for training and technology transfers regarding the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes and the minimization of their generation.

The new Law on Protection from Ionizing Radiation is expected to provide for supervision and minimization of the unnecessary exposure of the population to the widely used sources of ionizing radiation in medicine, industry and research.

according to the specific needs of different regions and subregions, regional or sub regional centres for training and technology transfers regarding the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes and the minimization of their generation should be established.

Moreover, because effective implementation of the Rotterdam Convention may further the aim of waste minimization under the Basel Convention, Rotterdam related benefits could likely be achieved at a modest incremental cost if the Basel Convention had adequate provisions for project finance.

(a) Greater protection of the Organization's legal rights and minimization of its legal liabilities, through the provision of quality legal advice to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations, leading to an increased understanding of the Organization's legal rights and obligations.

The EU is closely following the development of innovative projects in the field of reactors and nuclear fuel cycles, which could lead in particular to the establishment of new approaches to the fundamental issues, namely safety, non proliferation and the minimization of radioactive waste.

The overarching goal of the Strategic Approach is to have ensured, by 2020, that chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment a target endorsed by the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

The SAICM is developing an overarching policy strategy to achieve by 2020 that chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment. At the March 2005 African regional consultation on development of the SAICM, participants noted that achieving the 2020 goal_

The review of the information on the minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 13, paragraph 14, shall take place in two parts An annual desk or centralized review of additional information submitted by Parties included in Annex I, conducted in conjunction with the annual inventory review A thorough and comprehensive review through in country visits, conducted in conjunction with the review of national communications.