RT null T1 Building a Safer and Greener Africa: A Pan-African Strategy for the Environmentally Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and Action Plan - Note by the Secretariat T2 Construire une Afrique plus sûre et plus verte : Une stratégie panafricaine pour la gestion écologiquement rationnelle des produits chimiques et des déchets et un plan d'action - Note du Secrétariat A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 chemical K1 waste YR 2025 FD 2025-06 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48185 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48185 NO This note introduces the need to develop a strategy and action plan on environmentally sound management of chemicals and wastes in Africa. The note is intended to inform the twentieth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment with a clear understanding of why Africa must collectively address chemicals and waste governance and elevate chemical safety and waste management as continental priorities in the context of the Global Framework on Chemicals and Africa union Agenda 2063. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 16, 2026