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Integrated management of water resources, including water contamination and basic sanitation;
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Air quality;
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Health implications of natural and human-made disasters;
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Sound management of chemicals;
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Potential health impacts of climate variability and change particularly with respect to small island developing states;
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Workers' health, including the detrimental impact of HIV/AIDS on productivity;
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Food security and safety; and
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Ethics of sustainable development from a health and environment perspective.
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a dvancing the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Vision 21 Goals 2015 and 2025 towards universal coverage and hygiene, adopting the Millennium Summit Goals related to water, and developing and using practical technologies related to both water and sanitation;
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preventing and abating water pollution from urban, industrial and agricultural sources through integrated water resource management and through efforts to fulfill commitments made in the 2001 Montréal Declaration on the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA);
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undertaking an economic and technical assessment of sewage and water treatment systems in the region, including a comparative analysis of best and affordable practices in the application of instruments (economic, regulatory, policy) and a valuation of health benefits to fully promote access to services and gradually internalize costs in a fair and equitable manner;
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exploring and using best practices for the improved management of solid wastes (including biomedical wastes);
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fulfilling our commitment to phase out lead in gasoline and to further this work by developing national strategies to phase out lead from other sources;
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developing national action plans to reduce air emissions from transportation sources including actions to decrease sulfur in gasoline and in diesel;
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developing strategies to improve indoor air quality in homes, workplaces and public facilities;
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bringing into force the Stockholm Convention, with a focus on the development of POPs inventories, and in particular on reducing reliance on, and seeking alternatives to, DDT;
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developing pollutant release and transfer registries as a tool to manage exposure to chemical releases;
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developing prevention, preparedness and response plans in cases of emergencies and disasters to reduce vulnerability of populations;
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undertaking scientific research to improve our understanding of the health and environment effects of climate variability, including vector-borne diseases and of climate change; and
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to enhance efforts between UNEP, UNDP, PAHO, and ECLAC, in building a regional proposal on the ethics of sustainable development to be taken to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
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