Non-governmental organizations

The eChemPortal is an effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the European Commission, the United States, Canada, lapan, the International Council of Chemical Associations, the Business and Industry Advisory Committee, the World Health Organization s International Program on Chemical Safety, the United Nations Environment Programme on Chemicals and environmental non-governmental organizations. 

ICAA is a non-governmental organization in consultative status (Category Special) with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and in official relations with the World Health Organization. ... 

WHO works with several partners to make price information easily accessible to governments, non-governmental organizations, donor agencies and any institution involved in medicines procurement. 

Public-private-NGO (non-governmental organization) mix approaches are being pursued to ensure timely availability of medicine supplies of assured... 

III.b. 1.8. Independent medicine information. Often, the only information about medicines that practitioners receive is provided by the pharmaceutical industry and may be biased. Provision of independent (unbiased) information is therefore essential. Drug information centres (DICs) and dmg bulletins are two useful ways to disseminate such information. Both may be run by government or a university teaching hospital or a non-governmental organization, under the supervision of a trained health professional. Whoever runs the DIG or bulletin must (1) be independent of outside influences and disclose any financial or other conflict of interest and... 

Shrum, W. 2000. Science and story in development the emergence of non-governmental organizations in agricultural research. Social Studies of Science 30 95-124. 

U.N. (2002). Activities of Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental Organizations of UNFCCC Article 6 (Education, Training and Public Awareness). UNFCCC Publ., New York, 203 pp. 

More often than not, stakeholders disagree with each other on scientific risk assessments. While a company may conclude that a chemical does not present an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment, a regulator may identify the need to reduce a risk [473], Consumer or environmental non-governmental organizations (NGO) may push for regulatory action beyond that which regulators deem adequate to reduce a risk. 

Of the (then) 151 States Parties, 113 attended the RevCon. Also in attendance were two signatory States (Haiti and Israel) and two non-States Parties (Libya and Angola). In addition, 5 international organizations (the European Space Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC], the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), 22 non-governmental organizations and 6 industry associations were approved to attend the RevCon. 

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) addressing environmental, public safety, and other chemical-related issues... 

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