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T1 Behind the Global Monitoring Plan: In Conversation about Monitoring Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - UNEP/GEF Projects on Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring under the Stockholm Convention
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 persistent organic pollutant
K1 Samoa
K1 chemical
K1 Egypt
K1 pollution
K1 Japan
K1 Argentina
K1 Palau
K1 Zambia
K1 Indonesia
K1 Antigua and Barbuda
K1 Thailand
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34472
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34472
NO Stories told by the people behind the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) UNEP/GEF project:“Women who are breast feeding their first-born are able to participate in the milk sampling. We select female mayors to work with the women” by Afele Faiilagi, Samoa. “How do hazardous chemicals affect our mothers in Egypt?” by Elham Refaat Abdel Aziz, Egypt. “This project is very important for Japan as it has a history of severe pollution” by Tetsuro Fujii, Japan. “The results that we obtain from the Global Monitoring Plan are of key importance for policy-making” by Leila Devia, Argentina. “As a Small Island Developing State, we see POPs present in our environment even though we have not produced them” by Roxanne Blesam, Palau. “We take our water samples from one of the major rivers on the African continent, the Zambezi” by Christopher Kanema, Zambia. “Training is key in order tokeep monitoring sustainable” by Anton Purnomo, Indonesia. “In Antigua and Barbuda we look at chemicals management as a whole” BY Linroy Christian, Antigua and Barbuda. “We have serious air quality issues in Thailand, caused by open burning in winter or haze pollution from neighboring countries” by Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn, Thailand.
NO https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/chemicals-waste/what-we-do/persistent-organic-pollutants/global-monitoring?_ga=2.70717465.829096221.1607328229-1402479924.1607084245
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026