Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 11:34:53 -0400
From: Karen Perry <kperry@psr.org>
Organization: Physicians for Social Responsibility
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To: kperry@psr.org
Subject: Int'l POPs Elimination Network

Thank you for your organization's endorsement of the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) platform statement. IPEN is a network of environmental and public health organizations committed to achieving the elimination of persistent organic pollutants through a global agreement which more than 100 governments began negotiating last month in Montreal, Canada. A number of North American organizations -- including Physicians for Social Responsibility, Greenpeace, Commonweal, World Wildlife Fund, Pesticide Action Network, and the Women's Environment & Development Organization -- have spearheaded the formation of this network, which is now seeking the participation of additional organizations from around the world. IPEN was officially launched in Montreal on the eve of the first government meetings there. More information about IPEN, including a draft mission statement and the minutes from our meeting in Montreal, is available at <http://www.psr.org/IPEN_Homepage.htm>.

IPEN has established an email listserve for sharing news and information about POPs and the POPs treaty process. If you'd like to subscribe, send a message to <majordomo@igc.org> with the following in the text:

subscribe pops-network <your email address>

It would also be helpful if you would fill out and return the brief questionnaire that follows. This will help us keep track of the groups that have endorsed the platform and are involved in IPEN and their specific interests, as well as provide a mailing list for new documents and other information.

Please don't hesitate to contact me for more information about IPEN and what we're doing. Thanks again for you interest, and I look forward to working with you!

--Karen Perry, IPEN Coordinator

P.S. If you would like more background information about POPs and the POPs treaty, you may want to look at the UN Environment Programme's POPs website at <http://irptc.unep.ch/pops/>.

***IPEN QUESTIONNAIRE***

YES we want to be a participant in the International POPs Elimination Network.

Organization:
Name of contact person:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:

Short description of organization: (two or three sentences)




I/We are interested in participating in IPEN in the following ways:

1. Be on IPEN list serve _____
2. Put IPEN on our mailing list for our publications, policy statements, notification of activities ____ 3. Attend and participate in upcoming international POPs negotiations meetings ____
4. Provide our national delegation with information, work with delegation re position development ____ 5. Inform local activists re POPs negotiations, convey local concerns to POPs negotiators ____
6. Be involved in an IPEN Working Group on an issue (alternatives, stockpiles, etc.) or a process (outreach, clearinghouse functions, etc.) ____
7. Disseminate information about POPs treaty progress and IPEN activities to local press
8. Other ____



IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR PRESS PEOPLE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN POPs AND IPEN, PLEASE INCLUDE THEIR NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION:




IPEN welcomes you. Thank you for filling out the above questionnaire.
May we have your permission to share the above information with other IPEN members in a Network directory? Yes____No____ --
Karen Perry
Associate Director, Environment & Health Program Physicians for Social Responsibility
1101 14th Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 898-0150 x249 (202) 898-0172 (fax) Visit PSR's Web site at http://www.psr.org!

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