RT null T1 Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 chemical K1 Viet Nam K1 capacity building K1 persistent organic pollutant YR 1999 FD 1999-03 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32436 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32436 NO As a follow-up to the POPs awareness raising campaign, a Regional Workshop on the Management of POPs was organized by UNEP jointly with the National Environment Agency (NEA), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam from 16-19 March 1999. The purpose of the meeting was to encourage the countries of the Asia and the Pacific Region to initiate development of national strategies and action plans for reducing/eliminating releases of POPs, assist national officials, including POPs national focal points, implementing immediate national and/or regional actions determined to protect against the risks of POPs and prepare countries for technical implementation of a future global convention on POPs. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 16, 2026