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The seven Participating Organizations of the lOMC are FAO, ILO, OECD, UNEP, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and WHO. In addition, two observer organizations are also participating in the lOMC, namely the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank aOMC 2006). 

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Broz, J.S. French, T.R. Corroll, H.B. Blocking of High Permeability Zones in Steamflooding by Emulsions in Proc., 3rd UNITAR/ UNDP Internat. Conf. Heavy Crude and Tar Sands, United Nations Institute for Training and Research New York, 1985, pp. 444-451. 

This need for attention was recognised by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). They have co-operated closely to help improve capacities by having an ASEAN component in their Global GHS Capacity Building Program, 2005-2007. Under this ASEAN component, two studies were conducted, namely ... 

UNITAR 1996. Preparing a National Profile to Assess the Management of Chemicals Guidance document. United Nations Institute for Training and Research. http //www2.unitar.org./cwm/ publications/cw/np/np gd (nov2003).pdf... 

Some terms are used in other ways by other researchers, or in other countries, and may have legal definitions different from those given here. The distinctions drawn among light, heavy, extra-heavy, and bituminous crude oils were made on the basis of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)-sponsored discussions aimed at establishing such definitions (i-3). For terms drawn from the area of colloid and interface science, much reliance was placed on the recommendations of the lUPAC Commission on Colloid and Surface Chemistry (4), For important emulsion terms that are frequently used in industrial practice, the aim was to be consistent with the standard petroleum dictionaries such as references 5-7. 

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) joined the lOMC in 1997. The lOMC vision is to be the preeminent mechanism for initiating, facilitating, and coordinating international action to achieve the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) 2020 goal for round management of chemicals. 

Work on the globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals is being led by the International Labour Organization together with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. 

Oil sands are essentially beds of sand containing a heavy hydrocarbon bitumen. Bitumen is chemically similar to conventional oil but has comparatively high density (low API gravity) and high viscosity. Although a number of definitions for bitumen have been used by various authors, a reasonable set of definitions is given in Table I, based on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)-sponsored attempts to establish definitions (1—3). 

Figure 11. Bitumen recovery versus oil sand grade based on mean commercial operating plant data to 1980, according to Houlihan. (Reproduced with permission from reference 70. Copyright 1982 United Nations Institute for Training and Research.)...

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