YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Minister of Nature Protection, Aram Harutyunyan, on Wednesday attended an event entitled “Destruction of expired pesticide reserves and disinfection of sites infected with stable organic pollutants: Management of save chemicals.” 

To note the aforesaid program is implemented jointly with the Ministry of Nature Protection and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Armenia Office, the Ministry press service informed.  

In his welcoming remarks at the event, Harutyunyan underscored the start of this program in Armenia. “Armenia has assumed very serious commitments, and this process continues for long years. Stable organic pollutants have a serious impact on human health. There is a need to study and design methods to destroy them,” the minister noted.    

Patrice Coeur-Bizot, the UNDP Resident Representative to Armenia, likewise attended the event. He, too, expressed his confidence toward the successful implementation of this program in Armenia.