BAHIA DECLARATION ON CHEMICAL SAFETY

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I. We, the participating partners in the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS), met in

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, October 15-20, 2000 for our Third Forum. Representing governments,

international organizations, and nongovernmental

organizations from industry, public interest groups, and groups concerned with scientific and labour

interests, we:

Reaffirm our commitment to the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development including the

principles on sustainable development, capacity building, access to information and the

precautionary approach; Recommit to Agenda 21, Chapter 19, acknowledging the challenges for

chemical safety set in 1992 at Rio