08 - 09 November 2011, Bonn, Germany Hosted by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Background and objectives

An accident at Sandoz agrochemical storehouse in Schweizerhalle/Basel, Switzerland on 1 November 1986 caused one of the most severe man-made environmental disasters in the history of Europe.The 25th anniversary of the Sandoz accident was a good opportunity to take stock of the work carried out in this period in the prevention of accidential water pollution and to look for remaining challenges.For this occasion a seminar under the auspices of Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) took place on 08 - 09 November 2011 in Bonn, Germany. This event was kindly sponsored and hosted by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety of Germany (BMU).

DOCUMENTS

Leaflet

Information notice (in English)
Information notice (in Russian)

Agenda of the seminar

Position Paper "25 Years Sandoz Incident" compiled by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Luehr

Press release of the Federal Environment Agency

Presentations of the speakers

Paper "25 Years after Sandoz" in the magazine "Umwelt 3/2012" (in German)