| Mexico City, 22/06/2001 – Janine Ferretti, executive director of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Secretariat, spoke yesterday to a group of health and environmental protection experts at Mexico's First National Workshop on Children's Health and the Environment.
The workshop, which ends today, focuses on improving cooperation among institutions working on health and environment issues and was jointly organized by the CEC and Mexico's Secretariat of Health and Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources.
Last year, the CEC Council, composed of the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States, signed a resolution setting in motion a North American agenda on children's health and the environment. Through a variety of activities, the CEC is bringing together members of the health and environment communities to identify and address some of the major environmental hazards impinging on the health of children in North America.
The CEC was established under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to address environmental issues in North America from a continental perspective, with a particular focus on those arising in the context of liberalized trade. The CEC Council, the organization’s governing body, is composed of the environment ministers (or equivalent) of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Janine Ferretti's speaking notes are below. More information about the CEC's work on children's health and the environment can be found at: <http://www.cec.org>.
Executive Director's speaking notes for Mexico's National Workshop on Children's Health and the Environment
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