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Third Meeting of the Organizing Committee of the UN/OECD online seminar in follow-up to the Beirut port explosion

Third Meeting of the Organizing Committee of the UN/OECD online seminar in follow-up to the Beirut port explosion

04 March 2022 10:30 - 12:00
Geneva and online Switzerland

On 4 March 2022, the Organizing Committee of the “UN/OECD online seminar in follow-up to the 2020 Beirut port explosion: Lessons learned, experiences and good practices of ammonium nitrate storage and handling, and related accident prevention, preparedness and response” convened for the third time to reflect on the seminar and to discuss follow-up activities. In particular, the committee shared their feedback on the seminar from their respective perspective and discussed the next steps that each partner organization intends to take to address the safe management of hazardous substances in port areas (as well as the safe management of ammonium nitrate) within their respective constituencies.