A communication portal for the global ban asbestos virtual network http://www.ibasecretariat.org/lka-blog.php May 1, 2013: The latest update to this feature which was started on Nov 29, 2011.

]]> http://www.ibasecretariat.org/index.htm May 22, 2013: Raising funds for Asbestos Research
May 22, 2013: Publication of Articles on Asbestos
May 21, 2013: Death of Asbestos Defendant
May 20, 2013: Asbestos Giant Liable for Cleanup Costs
May 17, 2013: Tenth Anniversary of Relief Trust
May 17, 2013: Case against Former Minister Dismissed

]]> http://www.ibasecretariat.org/index.htm The 16 most recent articles can be accessed from the IBAS home page, but please see below for abstracts and direct links to the latest articles. http://www.ibasecretariat.org/lka-rotterdam-convention-an-activists-diary-may-2013.phpMay 21, 2013: Earlier this month (May 6-10, 2013), I was part of a group of civil society representatives who were accorded observer status at the 6th Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the Rotterdam Convention. The substantive developments I witnessed during that time were summarized in a series of frontline reports written in Geneva under difficult conditions. ...]]> http://www.ibasecretariat.org/lka-rotterdam-convention-2013-dossier.phpMay 21, 2013: This file contains a series of contemporaneous reports written during the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention which took place from May 7 to 10, 2013 in Geneva. The contents of these articles detail an orchestrated putsch by asbestos stakeholder governments, in conjunction with their industry counterparts, to block the listing of chrysotile asbestos in Annex III of the Convention and to disrupt proceedings at which civil society campaigners attempted to disseminate an alternative message; one which highlighted the humanitarian and environmental catastrophes which have been caused by the commercial exploitation of asbestos. ...]]> http://www.ibasecretariat.org/lka-ready-steady-go.phpMay 7, 2013: Fund-raising efforts by the Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia (ADSA) yielded more than $100,000 for Australian researchers in 2012. These donations were generated by the Society's inaugural Charity Walk for Wittenoom Children in May and a golfing competition in October. ...]]> http://www.ibasecretariat.org/eternit-great-asbestos-trial-toc.htm Feb 13, 2012: A book published by IBAS and a consortium of civil society groups that examines the trial of Eternit executives in Turin against the backdrop of Eternit activities on three continents (released online and in hard copy on Feb 13, 2012).

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